Dan Patriss shares his thoughts on Gen Con 2023.
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NEWS
Gen Con Numbers were record-breaking at 70,000 and will be staying in Indianapolis through 2030
Loracana Takes the Con by storm and lines all around the convention floor
Other nutty news about CCGs, 2 men were seen stealing $300,000 worth of MTG product
Buzzworthy Games From Gen Con
- Everything Ever by Floodgate games
- Cosmoctopus by Lucky Duck Games
- Sky Team from Le Scorpion Masque
AEG showed off a new game by Elizabeth Hargrave (Wingspan) and Mark Wooton (Thunderstone Quest, Boomtown) coming out in 2024 called Undergrove
A Few announcements coming from Renegade Game Studio
In a press release, they announced two new games
- G.I. JOE: Battle for the Arctic Circle, which will be powered by the Axis & Allies gameplay engine
- They also announced a new addition to the Robo Rally line-up, Transformers Robo Rally game
Upper Deck Showed off 3 new titles
- The Vs. System: The Boys
- The Vs. System: AEW game
- Legendary Marvel Studios: What If…? (late ‘23) Core set not an expansion
Took them a little while but FFG is finally releasing a Deadpool character pack for Marvel Champions. $22 (FFG Announcement)
Finally Dire Wolf Digital announced Dune Imperium Uprising a new expansion coming later ‘23
Digital news
Dire Wolf Digital announced Dune Imperium Digital coming soon on steam
I will put a link to it so you can wish list it. I cannot wait for this one. Q4 release
Crowdfunding
KICKSTARTER
- Ascendency my #1 to try game from Gen Con
- Mistwind
- Shadowrun: Takedown
- Thunderstone Quest:Uncharted Waters
- Call of Duty:The Board Game
- Kaikoro Kingdoms
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