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Gaming Recommendations

Gen Con Staff Are Working (And Gaming) From Home #1

Marketing Manager Kristen Jensen on Staying Sharp With Abstract Strategy Games Heya! Kristen here, I manage brand and communications for Gen Con. While we’ve had official stay-at-home orders in Washington State for only a week now, our intrepid leadership at the company had the foresight to have us work from home since the first week […]

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Gaming News

TableTakes News Briefing for March 30, 2020

Weekly Tabletop Gaming News Highlights, Selected by the Hosts and Producers of TableTakes Want to get this in your inbox every Monday? Sign up here! Headlines Coronavirus Updates: Most Stores Are Closed, Tabletop Publishers and GAMA Organize Assistance Polygon: The board game industry is coming together to help indie stores during the pandemic GAMA: COVID-19 […]

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Gaming Recommendations

Games to Play During Social Distancing

One-Player, Two-Player, and Family-Friendly Games Recommended by Our Community Here at Gen Con HQ in Seattle, we’ve all been working from home for two weeks and practicing social distancing. At least … I think it’s been two weeks. Time has become a loose concept. If you’re anything like us, you still need to game during […]

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TableTakes News Briefing for March 23, 2020

Weekly Tabletop Gaming News Highlights, Selected by the Hosts and Producers of TableTakes Want to get this in your inbox every Monday? Sign up here! For news about Gen Con and COVID-19, see this page on the official Gen Con website. Headlines New “Signature Spellbook: Chandra” for MTG ICv2: Wizards of the Coast Announces ‘Signature […]

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Q&A

Featured Artist Interview With Christopher Burdett

Get to know Featured Artist Christopher Burdett in this Q&A Christopher Burdett is one of our three Featured Artists for Gen Con 2020! Get to know him and his work in this Q&A, then check out his work this year at the convention! The Art Show is a special section of the Exhibit Hall where […]

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Gaming News

TableTakes News Briefing for March 16, 2020

Weekly Tabletop Gaming News Highlights, Selected by the Hosts and Producers of TableTakes Want to get this in your inbox every Monday? Sign up here! For updated news about Gen Con and COVID-19, see this page on the official Gen Con website. Headlines Free League Acquires Licence for Middle-Earth RPG EN World: The One Ring/Adventures […]

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Q&A

Featured Artist Interview With Steve Prescott

Get to know Featured Artist Steve Prescott in this Q&A Steve Prescott is one of our three Featured Artists for Gen Con 2020! Get to know him and his work in this Q&A, then check out his work this year at the convention! The Art Show is a special section of the Exhibit Hall where […]

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Gaming News

TableTakes News Briefing for March 9, 2020

Weekly Tabletop Gaming News Highlights, Selected by the Hosts and Producers of TableTakes Want to get this in your inbox every Monday? Sign up here! Headlines Plaid Hat Games Changes Ownership to Original Founder PHG Re-acquired by the Original Founder New Starter Box Set for Tales From the Loop ICv2: ‘Tales from the Loop Roleplaying […]

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Stories from Gen Con

Gen Con 1992: Like Dying and Going to Geek Heaven

Gen Con Owner and Chairperson of the Board Peter Adkison on His First Trip to Gen Con My first Gen Con was 1992, and for years I had dreamed of attending. As an avid fan of Dungeons & Dragons since 1978, and as a wargamer before that, Gen Con always seemed to me like a mythical […]

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TableTakes News Briefing for March 2, 2020

Weekly Tabletop Gaming News Highlights, Selected by the Hosts and Producers of TableTakes Want to get this in your inbox every Monday? Sign up here! Headlines Amazon Producing Prime Series Based on Tales From the Loop Nerdist: TALES FROM THE LOOP Trailer Depicts a Surreal New Sci-Fi Series More D&D Unearthed Arcana Subclasses Dungeons & […]