Draft Mechanic Episode #81: Gen Con 2018 Convention Recap
Pasaraya: Supermarket Manager
2016, Boxfox Games
Designer: Seh Hui Leong
Artist: Macxell Lim
Warsaw: City of Ruins
2016, Granna Games/2018, North Star Games
Designer: Filip Miłuński
Artist: Tytus Brzozowski, Grzegorz Molas
Everdell
2018, Starling Games
Designer: James A. Wilson
Artist: Andrew Bosley
Spirits of the Forest
2018, ThunderGryph Games
Designer: Michael Schacht
Artist: Natalie Dombois
Franchise
2018, Queen Games
Designer: Christwart Conrad
Artist: Ian O'Toole
Monster Crunch! The Breakfast Cereal Battle Game
2018, Big G Creative
Designer: Forrest-Pruzan Creative
Team UP!
2018, Helvetiq
Designer: Hadi Barkat, Sébastien Pauchon
Cryptid
2018, Osprey Games
Designer: Hal Duncan, Ruth Veevers
Artist: Kwanchai Moriya
Homebrewers
2019, Greater Than Games (Dice Hate Me Games)
Designer: Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset
Artist: SaRae Henderson
Crusader Kings: The Boardgame
2018, Free League
Designer: Tomas Härenstam, Nils Karlén, Jon Manker
Artist: Ola Larsson, Johanna Pettersson
Europa Universalis: The Board Game
2019, Aegir Games
Designer: Eivind Vetlesen
Into the Black Forest
2018 or 2019, Green Couch Games
War Chest
2018, Alderac Entertainment Group
Designer: Trevor Benjamin, David Thompson
Artist: Brigette Indelicato
Monster Match
2018, North Star Games
Designer: Ken Gruhl, Quentin Weir
Artist: Linda DeSantis, Ben Goldman
Strike
2012, Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
Designer: Dieter Nüßle
Artist: Franz Vohwinkel
(Reimplementation coming soon as Impact: Battle of the Elements)
Mars Open: Tabletop Golf
2018, Bellwether Games
Designer: Dennis Hoyle
Artist: Harris Fagotto, Katie Khau
Run, Fight, or Die: Reloaded Kickstarter
Comanauts
2018, Plaid Hat Games
Designer: Jerry Hawthorne
Artist: Jimmy Xia, Tregis
Spirits of the Wild
2018, Mattel
Designer: Nick Hayes
One Deck Galaxy
2019, Asmadi Games
Designer: Unlisted
Fast Forward: FORTUNE
2018, Stronghold Games/2F Spiele
Designer: Friedemann Friese
Artist: Harald Lieske
Bad Maps
2019, Floodgate Games
Designer: Tim Armstrong
Artist: Kristen Pauline, Peter Wocken
Bosk
2019, Floodgate Games
Designer: Daryl Andrews, Erica Bouyouris
Artist: Kwanchai Moriya
Conex
2017, HABA
Designer: Prospero Hall
Karuba: The Card Game
2017, HABA
Designer: Rüdiger Dorn
Artist: Claus Stephan
High Rise
2019, Formal Ferret Games
Designer: Gil Hova
Danielle Corsetto: Girls With Slingshots, Stuck at 32, Boo! It's Sex
Section Timestamps:
01:00 Wednesday (intro)
03:48 Played: Pasaraya
06:27 Planning for the week
07:44 Thursday recap
09:00 First stops in the hall
11:15 Played: Warsaw, City of Ruins
15:45 Played: Everdell
20:57 Played: Spirits of the Forest
25:21 Demo: Franchise
32:33 Played: Team Up!
36:06 News from: Asmodee Digital
41:48 News from: Direwolf Digital
45:04 Demo: Cryptid
49:45 Friday recap
50:33 Played: Homebrewers
55:19 Played: Sabotage
56:38 Demo: Crusader Kings & Europa Universalis
61:08 Played: Into the Black Forest
64:50 News from: Alderac Entertainment (AEG)
68:16 News: New T.I.M.E Stories surprise
69:45 Rolling Dice & Taking Names meet up
71:14 Played: Mars Open
74:19 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot
75:09 Saturday recap
76:19 Demo: Comanauts
80:18 Played: Spirits of the Wild
83:03 Demo: One Deck Galaxy
88:10 Played: Fast Forward “Fortune”
91:14 Demos: Bad Maps & Bosk
97:34 Demos: HABA
101:07 Panels & Events
104:08 Sunday recap
104:34 Played: High Rise
110:39 Gen Con Final Thoughts
114:30 Outro
