Lack of Buzz At GenCon Leaves Visitors Scratching Heads

Is the title of the thread reference to SimCity game or something? I really can't remember...

I concur Pathfinder seems awesome, and available worldwide free shipping via Book Depository.

bioball wrote: Anyone see Wil Wheaton there?

Yeah I saw him looking at either mega N. Hex or RC while I was running The Convoy.

Released from this year there is a good probability that folks will still be talking about come next year:

Space Cadets: Dice Duel (Not played, but 100% of people I talked to are in love with it.)

Freedom: The Underground Railroad (No, it won't sell billions, but who cares.)

Sails of Glory (Surprised how awesome the demo of this was.)

Star Trek: Attack Wing (Not played, but from reading rules and cards, I may ditch X-Wing for this. Yes.)

Robinson Crusoe (Played once at Con. Barnes is right. Contender for GoTY.)

Pathfinder Card Game (Contender for GoTY.)

Trains (Contender for GoTY.)

Maximum Throwdown (Pretty sure this never leaves my collection.)

Dead Panic (I'm a bit lukewarm on it right now. Only played once and we beat it relatively easy. No one turned into a zombie. But this has potential to screw your friends over and leave them for dead more than any zombie game I've played.)

Bioshock: Infinite (I'm just excited to try this one for some reason.)

Spyrium (This is very solid. It fits that niche of being very crunchy and plays in 45 minutes.)

There are some sleepers I haven't played and/or made up my mind on.

Interestingly enough, I was more impressed with the artists section of the dealer room than most games. Although, I must agree with Pete: that disc game was nice. Also, Wreck Age was pretty damned dope: a post apocalyptic mini game with continuing story. I was more impressed with the simplicity of the game than most everything else (though the minis were really nice).

If there is any disc flicking game that is an autobuy, it would be Crokinole. It was bizzare; I saw more disc flicking and dexterity games/ptototypes than I ever have before.

Brewmiester wrote:

bioball wrote: Anyone see Wil Wheaton there?

Yeah I saw him looking at either mega N. Hex or RC while I was running The Convoy.

I actually spoke with Wil Wheaton. Details will be coming soon....

I've been anticipating thematic dex games with flipping/flicking/throwing to be the next big thing...its been long enough since Catacombs and Ascending Empires for imitators (and maybe innovators) to start hitting.

What, none of you checked out either Thunder Alley, or more importantly "Impulse"; Chudyks 4X card game??????

ldsdbomber wrote: What, none of you checked out either Thunder Alley, or more importantly "Impulse"; Chudyks 4X card game??????

I couldn't figure out where the heck to find the Impulse demos. I talked to two people who played it and gave very positive feedback about it though.

I saw Impulse on Kickstarter, but the simple fact it HAS to play four keeps me from considering buying it...I'll just play it at a friend's if they get it

daveroswell wrote: I saw Impulse on Kickstarter, but the simple fact it HAS to play four keeps me from considering buying it...I'll just play it at a friend's if they get it

? its listed as 2-6 on BGG. I'm only interested in it if its 2P friendly, do you mean has to as in "no good with less", or is the BGG info wrong?

I had close-up photos of the Sails of Glory models appear in my email. They were really nice, much nicer than the mock-ups they've been showing for the last two years.





If these are legit reps of the final product there are going to be some very happy prepub buyers, even at the salty prices.

S.

daveroswell wrote: I saw Impulse on Kickstarter, but the simple fact it HAS to play four keeps me from considering buying it...I'll just play it at a friend's if they get it

boardgamegeek.com/article/13167745#13167745

yay! 2P is a go

Given what I know about nerds and Firefly, that game could be an empty box with "Firefly" written on it in crayon and it will sell. I liked Firefly well enough, but the ridiculous amount of reverence for it is mind boggling.

Sagrilarus wrote: I had close-up photos of the Sails of Glory models appear in my email. They were really nice, much nicer than the mock-ups they've been showing for the last two years. If these are legit reps of the final product there are going to be some very happy prepub buyers, even at the salty prices.

S.

I have some pics and I saw them firsthand. I watched part of a demo. Really pretty ships, neat game system. A little pissed now that I didn't get in on it.

I'll have pics in my GenCon writeup.

is there a pic of you going peepoops on the BGG booth?