» Live from Gen Con 06: let the wild rumpus stop
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Live from Gen Con 06: let the wild rumpus stop
Random starting notes:
- True Dungeon seems to be less of a big deal in the con culture this time out. Maybe due to the poor position of the Tavern. Or maybe just because I am hopped up on goofballs. I will probably start hearing more about it when Chris has his run.
- People are coming away from the IPR/Forge/Wicked Dead booth with big, big handfuls of books. At one point the line was exactly half as long as the line to buy stuff at the WotC booth – I counted. (The only really impressive lines were at Privateer for Superiority, FanPro for I assume CBT Total Warfare, and – this one shocked me – the Order of the Stick guy for his new board game.)
- People seem to be buying and playing Dreamblade at an impressive clip. Some booths are even selling singles already.
- I still haven’t gotten to play Mechaton. DAMMIT
- Also haven’t seen the Viktory II guy. I don’t remember if we linked to this fellow’s exhaustive documentation, floated on the net a few weeks ago, about what-all went into the garage production of his combat game. [Edit: we have now.] Will have to look for him more carefully tomorrow.
- Already a much stronger presence of video game companies. Pirates of the Burning Seas, yay.
- “Preorder the Deluxe Edition of Kill Doctor Lucky from Titanic Games and get a limited edition Dr. Lucky miniature!” !!!???
More soon, naturally.
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FoE3 Says: August 10th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
I got a chance to play Dreamblade tonight, at Endgame (not being at GenCon and all). We enjoyed it – interesting game play, bizarre and cool minis, and odd strategy. A very entertaining minis … er, boardgame … er, CCG-esque … uh, game. I can see where it might get some attention at the Con.
Plus, the minis are just wild – very good for pre-painted quality. Some players are in for a fright as DMs start getting their grubby little mits on them.
Keep up the reporting and enjoy the Con!
Petrov Says: August 11th, 2006 at 12:23 pm
The viktory II guy won’t be at the con according to this post on his forum:
http://www.morrisongames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47
Don’t know if he found anyone to demo his game.
Josh S Says: August 12th, 2006 at 5:02 pm
Reports are coming in that the Dreamblade tournament at GenCon is pulling in 436 – not a bad number for a game two days old! Picked some up myself today and I can definitely see the attraction…
Chris Says: August 13th, 2006 at 10:02 am
Yes, I managed to say 463 on the audio we taped. I am brilliant. I wandered around and did some very informal focus group testing, and I would say there was an even split between people just playing to try and win cash, and people playing to enjoy the game. I think WoTC has something here. I really hope they do…
Corphus Says: August 14th, 2006 at 10:49 am
Dreamblade was indeed doing well… starters and boosters started out at $22 and $11 respectively at most retail booths ($7 less than WotC), and went up $3-4 each by the end of the weekend. One piece (Scarab Warcharm) was selling for over $40 if you could find one.