GenCon Update: First Two Days Of Incredible!
August 16, 2014 by stvitusdancern
This is a quick update to GenCon 2014 look for the upcoming videos. The first two days of GenCon have been a whirlwind of activity. There has been so much to see and do, I do not even think 4 days is enough to accomplish everything one would want to do. We have met a ton of people and have seen some amazing games and gaming activities. I can tell you the amount of people that are here is unbelievable! There are times when it is so hard to move around with camera gear let alone without it.
Some quick highlights for you: We stopped at the Palladium Publishing stand to get a peak at Robotech Tactics and they only had a couple of demos. They did not have the stock that they were supposedly going to sell at GenCon. We will get pictures and video for you. We met up with Carlos from Corvus Belli and we are witness to the new starter boxes selling like wildfire. I went back this evening and I did not see one box left.
We also met Dave from Hawk Wargames and talked to him for a bit and really enjoyed him telling us about his inspiration for the design of the factions.
We also have a couple of surprise interviews for you and a ton of pictures. We ended Friday night by attending the Dungeons and Dragons (WoTC) launch party for Tyranny of Dragons. Watch the really cool trailer for the upcoming MMORPG.
Oh and there was this little game that they are launching called Star Wars Armada and for some reason every was really drawn to the table. Seriously, it looks awesome and I have to say that it might be bigger much bigger than X-Wing!
And don't forget we have the Beasts of War meetup tonight at 5pm at Loughmillers pub and eatery. 310 W. Washington. Just north of the pub. We might have some special guests come by and share a pint. If you are at the con we hope to see you there, we will be giving away prizes.
The fun has just begun, we hope you join us, won't you?
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A game with star destroyers. That’s definitely on my shopping list?
The Palladium Games Robotech RPGT Gencon pre-sale has been a fiasco of epic proportions: After royally hacking off those of us who backed with a blatantly rigged vote as to whether we would be okay with them selling copies at the show pulled from the first container of Kickstarter stock, it turns out they were (again) being hugely optimistic at the odds of said container clearing customs, they could have kept schtumm and saved themselves a pr disaster. And from reports I’ve been reading from those in attendance Kev and Co. continue to be dismissive of miniature gamers (see the… Read more »
Excellent news on the Infinity front! They had a ton of Operation Icestorm boxes so selling them this early on means it was a smashing hit! Great stuff CB. 🙂
Star Wars Armada was my big thing. Awesome to see a fleet game coming out from FFG like we hoped it would. Those miniatures look stellar.
Watched a test play of this Game on YouTube looks very nice. Might well pick up a copy also the minis are nice.
This game looks out of this world…. 😛
Hope it does as well as X wing, but I have to admit I flinch at games like this where you have to buy boosters to continue playing, as it always turns out very costly. Hope this is an exception to the rule though. 🙂
Why does Star Wars Armada have to be released in Q1 of 2015! Why let us know all about it NOW?
So we can start selling bodyparts to pay for it I’d presume….
Looking forward to this and since the new Scum faction has been announced for X-Wing I guess there is every prospect of them putting an appearance in here as well.
Large scale Star Wars “capital ship” battles . . . Gen Con . . . BoW Meetup . . can you hear my teeth grinding in envy all the way from here? 🙂
Well, thanks to the scum faction, I got someone tempted to give X-wing a shot.
mmm well where´s the rest of BoW coverage for Gencon? just few references, and almost seen on other channels, hope to see some videos soon or even as a Backstager, sorry but must tell bad and goods, so this time a bit disapointing, compared to salute tours and others. :(.
I applaud for making this as it is without a doubt a cool idea. Its just not my cup of tea for a few reasons. The rebel ships are not to scale with the destroyers, the corvette would be the size of a pencil tip compared to the star destroyer. also their of those rebel ships are “built for war”. The blockage runner is a corvette… and the nebulon-b is not something i’d take to battle with a star destroyer… in the movies it was used as a medical frigate. so you have a hot rod, and an ambulance fighting… Read more »