Gen Con – Board Game Quest

Gen Con 2024 Recap – The Games, News, and Staff Picks

Tony Mastrangeli — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:18:39 +0000

Gen Con is back, baby! The best four days of gaming has been on a steady rise since COVID-19 and this year felt like the biggest in a long time. All four days were sold out before the con even started and on Thursday, the dealer hall was PACKED. When you were hungry, lines to […]

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Most Anticipated Games of Gen Con 2024

Tony Mastrangeli — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:34:39 +0000

Gen Con is fast approaching, and along with the annual Essen Game Faire, it’s one of the biggest times for new board game releases. As of this writing, there are over 500 new tabletop games either being released or demoed at the convention. That’s a lot of new content. For those curious about which games […]

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Gen Con 2023 Recap – The Games, News, and Staff Picks

Tony Mastrangeli — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:57:34 +0000

Gen Con 2023 is in the books and what a convention it was. Over 70,000 attendees descended upon Indianapolis for the annual “Best Four Days of Gaming”. A large portion of the BGQ crew was on site for the convention and we’ve pulled out some of our highlights of the show. The Gen Con Experience: […]

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Gen Con 2022 Recap

Tony Mastrangeli — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:59:51 +0000

After a bit of a hiatus from convention travel, the BGQ crew was back in full force at Gen Con 2022 this year. Pre-pandemic, Gen Con was drawing in close to 70,000 attendees. Last year, it’s first year back, saw a “mere” 35,000 gamers. This year though, over 50,000 eager shoppers descended upon Indianapolis to […]

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Gen Con 2021 Recap

Andrew Smith — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:23:22 +0000

The normal BoardGameQuest experience at GenCon involves a large group of us meeting in Indy, playing a ton of games, and supplying you, our beloved readers, with a recap of everyone’s thoughts. This year, you just get mine. Gen Con 2021’s plans were scaled back across the board. Attendance in 2019 exceeded 70,000 people—however, this […]

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The Gaming Goat CEO Jeff Bergren Escorted Out of Gen Con

Tony Mastrangeli — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:24:49 +0000

Gen Con 2021 starts tomorrow at reduced capacity with a self-imposed 50% cap on attendance. As most people know, Gen Con 2020 was canceled along with just about every other convention due to the ongoing pandemic, so this is the first convention for them in 2 years. However, this year’s event hasn’t even started yet […]

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A Convention Haul Look Back

Andrew Smith — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:47:03 +0000

This year has been very different in almost every way imaginable. For me personally, the lack of board game conventions has been a big one. I’ve attended Origins and Gen Con regularly. The occasional BGG.CON and G2S. I love the atmosphere. Seeing old friends and meeting new ones. Playing games with people I just met, […]

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Gen Con 2019 Recap

Tony Mastrangeli — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:40:11 +0000

The annual Gen Con gaming convention is in the books and, as usual, it was quite the ride. This year over 70,000 people descended upon Indianapolis to game, cosplay, and enjoy the “best four days of gaming”. And that’s probably what you are here for, the games. The BGQ staff was on hand to demo […]

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Gen Con 2018 Recap

Tony Mastrangeli — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 13:41:53 +0000

Another year, another Gen Con in the books. The 2018 edition of the Best Four Days In Gaming found the Board Game Quest crew reunited for to play new games, enjoy old games, meet with friends old and new, and forget the world as we immersed ourselves in a non-stop whirlwind of demos, plays, and […]

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Gen Con 2017 Recap

Tony Mastrangeli — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:43:34 +0000

Gen Con 2017 is in the books and it was, as always, the “Best Four Days of Gaming”. The entire Board Game Quest team was down there to play games, meet people, and otherwise game our little hearts out. I’ll skip any more preamble and just get you right to the good stuff. Thoughts on […]

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