It’s been a few days since I arrived home from Gen Con and I’ve finally recovered and gotten organized, so it’s time for the post-Gen Con wrap-up!
Gen Con 2018 has concluded and what a great time it was! Once again, I drove up from Houston and stayed with a friend who is local to Indy. This year we met up with even more friends that previous years and had a rather large contingent running around the convention. Our group also reconvened our True Dungeon crew from last year for several runs and even managed to complete our first Hardcore run, made up of 9 people from our group and one awesome outside Barbarian!
I also volunteered for Wyrd Games again, who in turn hooked me up with an Exhibitor badge. This gave me a great chance to chat with many game designers about the game design and production process. Some highlights were chatting with Elan Lee (designer of Exploding Kittens) and him running in back of the booth to grab me a copy of the new expansion, having a nice in-depth discussion about ZBrush techniques with one of the lead sculptors for Steamforged Games, and having several conversations about design and game balance with the Wyrd design team.
So, here’s a look at our Gen Con 2018 adventures:
The will call booth!
Waiting in line for our badges
Someone had busted out some Firefly on the ground
A little Day 0 SmashUp action
I found the Chicago contingent!
I found some former AWP Admins!
A view from above before the huge opening day line-up
A view from above before the huge opening day line-up
A view from above before the huge opening day line-up
A view from above before the huge opening day line-up
A view from above before the huge opening day line-up
M3E!!!
I don’t think this KDM model will fit in my bags…
Some Kingdom Death previews
The Malifaux Champion’s belt!
The production boxes for The Other Side, if only they had some models in them…
The production boxes for The Other Side, if only they had some models in them…
Great Wyrd terrain painted by Angel Giraldez
Some Wyrd preview models
Some Wyrd preview models
Some Wyrd preview models
Soon those doors shall open…
Waiting for the running of the nerds…
The doors open..
Soon…
Here they come!
Oh no!
So many people!
We’re all going to die!!!
Teddy!
At the Wyrd Booth
Goryshche!
M3E Rasputina crew cards
M3E Rasputina crew cards
M3E Rasputina crew card backs
M3E Rasputina crew card backs
M3E Marcus crew cards
M3E Marcus crew cards
M3E Marcus crew card backs
M3E Marcus crew card backs
The mutations Marcus gets to hand out now
M3E Strats and Schemes
M3E Rasputina crew models!
M3E Rasputina crew models!
M3E Marcus crew models!
Some ZBrush action at the Steamforged Games booth
Look who I found!
Managed to score a copy of this directly from the game designer!
That’s a big Cthulhu miniature…
Who’s a good Cthulhu?
Me and my new baby, Toddlerthulhu
CMON Cthulhu “miniature” painted by Angel Giraldez
CMON Cthulhu “miniature” painted by Angel Giraldez
CMON Cthulhu “miniature” painted by Angel Giraldez
Some of the Wyrd design team getting interviewed
Some of the Wyrd design team getting interviewed
Preview of a cool forthcoming expansion to 7 Wonders
Ooooo, TD tokens
The Reckoners boardgame
Grilled cheeses!!!
Boardgames have taken over the sportsball field!!!
Boardgames have taken over the sportsball field!!!
True Dungeon run #1 party
True Dungeon run #1 party (this time in front of a much cooler wall!)
Charlie with the Dice Throne guys and the character he worked on with them
Some The Other Side miniatures painted by Angel Giraldez
Some The Other Side miniatures painted by Angel Giraldez
Some The Other Side miniatures painted by Angel Giraldez
I don’t believe I’ve seen this Wyrd model before…
Trying out Clank! In Space
Look who I found out at dinner!
Fighting for control of la Republica de los Bananas and our random Aussie friend happened to have a banana with him for a snack…
True Dungeon run #3, we survived Hardcore mode!!!
Really cool miniatures display and transport solution
Really cool miniatures display and transport solution
Catalyst, a really fun combo building game
Catalyst, a really fun combo building game
I need to remember this when the Kickstarter hits because bards are awesome
Balloons!
I stopped by the Tyrant of Malifaux finals before I started by volunteering shift
Larry is victorious!
Larry with his new belt
2nd place!
3rd place
I found this waiting for me when I got home late from my volunteering shift
District 9 the boardgame
Broken Token organizer for Terraforming Mars, this will definitely make the game faster to set up!
Cool minis at the Steamforged Games booth
Cool minis at the Steamforged Games booth
Nice laser cut terrain
Arena Rex
Arena Rex
Some more Wyrd models I didn’t see earlier
Some more Wyrd models I didn’t see earlier
Some more Wyrd models I didn’t see earlier
Ooooo, looks like they left the deck of The Other Side cards inside the box for me to check out…
Ooooo, looks like they left the deck of The Other Side cards inside the box for me to check out…
Ooooo, looks like they left the deck of The Other Side cards inside the box for me to check out…
A preview of the next two The Other Side factions
Wyrd raffle!
Wyrd raffle!
Wyrd raffle! Go, Kai, go! Pull those names!
The Other Side demo table
Someone is carrying around Toddlerthulhu
A nice close look at Goryshche
Time to tear it all down!
Time to tear it all down!
The obligatory Gen Con haul photo
And if you’ve never seen the “running of the nerds” from inside the hall, here’s a look at this terrifying event:
As you can see, we had a blast as always and are already starting to make plans for next year! Gen Con 2019 is less than a year away!
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