Saturday Morning Friday Blog

Sorry for the next day post, we were exhausted yesterday. Thursday night, we got back to our domicile and played way too much Eschaton (back the Kickstarter here).

After a hearty breakfast of biscuits and gravy (thanks, Jake), we went back to the Con to do more Con things. 

Great games from Friday:

Two Rooms and a boom: this party game is similar to One Night Werewolf in that everyone has a role that everyone else has to figure out. In this game, two groups are trying to discover who is the assassin and who is the president. If the president survives, Blue wins, if not, Red wins. It's a fun game with lots of other win conditions and variables. 10/10 would recommend.

Deathfear: Archon Games has all the great games. In this game, the players are trying to assemble the parts of a demon in order to gain its power and kill their friends. It's a blast and we bought it immediately. 

Epic Roll: this quick, 3-Player game from Summon Entertainment is like a dungeon crawl wherein the players are trying to get through a horde of monsters and be the first to kill the Lich. Maybe 15-20 minutes to play. 

Zombies: another great game from Twilight Creations, in this game, players try to survive a zombie apocalypse by racing to be the first on the helicopter. A mean game that turns friends against one another, Zombies is a lot of fun. The base game will set you back only $30 and there are about 14 expansions that can be combined or played separately, so the game will always stay fresh.

More later: look forward to our reviews of BattleTech by Harebrained Schemes and Giant Killer Robots by Cryptozoic, Evolver, and Weta Workshop, both of which we will be demoing today.

Saturday Morning Friday Blog

Sorry for the next day post, we were exhausted yesterday. Thursday night, we got back to our domicile and played way too much Eschaton (back the Kickstarter here).

After a hearty breakfast of biscuits and gravy (thanks, Jake), we went back to the Con to do more Con things. 

Great games from Friday:

Two Rooms and a boom: this party game is similar to One Night Werewolf in that everyone has a role that everyone else has to figure out. In this game, two groups are trying to discover who is the assassin and who is the president. If the president survives, Blue wins, if not, Red wins. It's a fun game with lots of other win conditions and variables. 10/10 would recommend.

Deathfear: Archon Games has all the great games. In this game, the players are trying to assemble the parts of a demon in order to gain its power and kill their friends. It's a blast and we bought it immediately. 

Epic Roll: this quick, 3-Player game from Summon Entertainment is like a dungeon crawl wherein the players are trying to get through a horde of monsters and be the first to kill the Lich. Maybe 15-20 minutes to play. 

Zombies: another great game from Twilight Creations, in this game, players try to survive a zombie apocalypse by racing to be the first on the helicopter. A mean game that turns friends against one another, Zombies is a lot of fun. The base game will set you back only $30 and there are about 14 expansions that can be combined or played separately, so the game will always stay fresh.

More later: look forward to our reviews of BattleTech by Harebrained Schemes and Giant Killer Robots by Cryptozoic, Evolver, and Weta Workshop, both of which we will be demoing today.

Saturday Morning Friday Blog

Sorry for the next day post, we were exhausted yesterday. Thursday night, we got back to our domicile and played way too much Eschaton (back the Kickstarter here).

After a hearty breakfast of biscuits and gravy (thanks, Jake), we went back to the Con to do more Con things. 

Great games from Friday:

Two Rooms and a boom: this party game is similar to One Night Werewolf in that everyone has a role that everyone else has to figure out. In this game, two groups are trying to discover who is the assassin and who is the president. If the president survives, Blue wins, if not, Red wins. It's a fun game with lots of other win conditions and variables. 10/10 would recommend.

Deathfear: Archon Games has all the great games. In this game, the players are trying to assemble the parts of a demon in order to gain its power and kill their friends. It's a blast and we bought it immediately. 

Epic Roll: this quick, 3-Player game from Summon Entertainment is like a dungeon crawl wherein the players are trying to get through a horde of monsters and be the first to kill the Lich. Maybe 15-20 minutes to play. 

Zombies: another great game from Twilight Creations, in this game, players try to survive a zombie apocalypse by racing to be the first on the helicopter. A mean game that turns friends against one another, Zombies is a lot of fun. The base game will set you back only $30 and there are about 14 expansions that can be combined or played separately, so the game will always stay fresh.

More later: look forward to our reviews of BattleTech by Harebrained Schemes and Giant Killer Robots by Cryptozoic, Evolver, and Weta Workshop, both of which we will be demoing today.

Saturday Morning Friday Blog

Sorry for the next day post, we were exhausted yesterday. Thursday night, we got back to our domicile and played way too much Eschaton (back the Kickstarter here).

After a hearty breakfast of biscuits and gravy (thanks, Jake), we went back to the Con to do more Con things. 

Great games from Friday:

Two Rooms and a boom: this party game is similar to One Night Werewolf in that everyone has a role that everyone else has to figure out. In this game, two groups are trying to discover who is the assassin and who is the president. If the president survives, Blue wins, if not, Red wins. It's a fun game with lots of other win conditions and variables. 10/10 would recommend.

Deathfear: Archon Games has all the great games. In this game, the players are trying to assemble the parts of a demon in order to gain its power and kill their friends. It's a blast and we bought it immediately. 

Epic Roll: this quick, 3-Player game from Summon Entertainment is like a dungeon crawl wherein the players are trying to get through a horde of monsters and be the first to kill the Lich. Maybe 15-20 minutes to play. 

Zombies: another great game from Twilight Creations, in this game, players try to survive a zombie apocalypse by racing to be the first on the helicopter. A mean game that turns friends against one another, Zombies is a lot of fun. The base game will set you back only $30 and there are about 14 expansions that can be combined or played separately, so the game will always stay fresh.

More later: look forward to our reviews of BattleTech by Harebrained Schemes and Giant Killer Robots by Cryptozoic, Evolver, and Weta Workshop, both of which we will be demoing today.

Saturday Morning Friday Blog

Sorry for the next day post, we were exhausted yesterday. Thursday night, we got back to our domicile and played way too much Eschaton (back the Kickstarter here).

After a hearty breakfast of biscuits and gravy (thanks, Jake), we went back to the Con to do more Con things. 

Great games from Friday:

Two Rooms and a boom: this party game is similar to One Night Werewolf in that everyone has a role that everyone else has to figure out. In this game, two groups are trying to discover who is the assassin and who is the president. If the president survives, Blue wins, if not, Red wins. It's a fun game with lots of other win conditions and variables. 10/10 would recommend.

Deathfear: Archon Games has all the great games. In this game, the players are trying to assemble the parts of a demon in order to gain its power and kill their friends. It's a blast and we bought it immediately. 

Epic Roll: this quick, 3-Player game from Summon Entertainment is like a dungeon crawl wherein the players are trying to get through a horde of monsters and be the first to kill the Lich. Maybe 15-20 minutes to play. 

Zombies: another great game from Twilight Creations, in this game, players try to survive a zombie apocalypse by racing to be the first on the helicopter. A mean game that turns friends against one another, Zombies is a lot of fun. The base game will set you back only $30 and there are about 14 expansions that can be combined or played separately, so the game will always stay fresh.

More later: look forward to our reviews of BattleTech by Harebrained Schemes and Giant Killer Robots by Cryptozoic, Evolver, and Weta Workshop, both of which we will be demoing today.

Post Lunch Day 1

After lunch, we swung back into the Convention to play Eschaton, a tremendous game by our friends at Archon Games.

Eschaton is a deck builder and area control game in which the players are cultists attempting to spread their religion before the end of the world/game. We had a load of fun playing it and ended up backing it on their currently running Kickstarter.

We also had an interesting time playing Gauntlet Legends on an arcade game that we found in a hallway. You can see our play-through and a short interview with out man at Harebrained Schemes, Mitch Gitelman, on our Facebook by searching Geek Cast Live.

Gen Con 2016-Morning 1

After a grueling morning of walking around the Con, we're currently refreshing ourselves at the Tilted Kilt.

Notable games this morning:

- Iron & Ale: from our friends at Table Forged, this dwarves drinking game is tons of fun! Check them out and make are you get the expansion and the special Gen Con card!
- Imploding Kittens: the much anticipated expansion to Exploding Kittens is available for pre-order on Amazon, or you can pick it up at Gen Con for just $10.
- Eschaton: the new game from Archon Games, the producers of Geek Cast Favorite--Shindig Machine.

We also stopped by our friends at Harbrained Schemes and Dog Might. More on them this afternoon.