https://www.boardgamequest.com Board Game Reviews, News and More Fri, 12 Aug 2022 18:15:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 38014872 https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2022-recap/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2022-recap/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:59:51 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=49548 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 […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2022-recap/feed/ 4 49548 https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2021-recap/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2021-recap/#respond Wed, 22 Sep 2021 13:23:22 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=45689 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 […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2021-recap/feed/ 0 45689 https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-gaming-goat-ceo-jeff-bergren-escorted-out-of-gen-con/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-gaming-goat-ceo-jeff-bergren-escorted-out-of-gen-con/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:24:49 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=45582 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 […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/the-gaming-goat-ceo-jeff-bergren-escorted-out-of-gen-con/feed/ 40 45582 https://www.boardgamequest.com/a-convention-haul-look-back/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/a-convention-haul-look-back/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:47:03 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=41509 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, […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/a-convention-haul-look-back/feed/ 0 41509 https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2019-recap/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2019-recap/#comments Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:40:11 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=34103 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 […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2019-recap/feed/ 5 34103 https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2018-recap/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2018-recap/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2018 13:41:53 +0000 https://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=29400 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 […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2018-recap/feed/ 6 29400 https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2017-recap/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2017-recap/#respond Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:43:34 +0000 http://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=24304 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 […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2017-recap/feed/ 0 24304 https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2016-recap-part-3-a-look-forward/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2016-recap-part-3-a-look-forward/#respond Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:43:42 +0000 http://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=19447 Today we finish up our annual Gen Con recap by taking one last look at the convention, and also give our suggestions for the future. If you missed our earlier coverage, you can read Part 1: The Games, and Part 2: The Convention Experience here. Gen Con 2016 and 2017 Suggestion for Gen Con 2017: […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2016-recap-part-3-a-look-forward/feed/ 0 19447 https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2016-recap-part-2-the-convention/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2016-recap-part-2-the-convention/#respond Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:47:57 +0000 http://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=19428 Yesterday we kicked off our annual Gen Con coverage by talking about the new game releases. Today, we are going to dive into our thoughts on the convention at large, before we finish up tomorrow with a look to the future. The Gen Con Convention   My Favorite Part of Gen Con: Tony – Chatting […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2016-recap-part-2-the-convention/feed/ 0 19428 https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2016-recap-part-1-the-games/ https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2016-recap-part-1-the-games/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:49:50 +0000 http://www.boardgamequest.com/?p=19383 Gen Con 2016 is finally in the books and what a week it was. From the games, to the events, to the atmosphere of the convention in general, it truly was “the best four days in gaming”. We begin our annual Gen Con recap by talking about the games. And then later in the week […]]]> https://www.boardgamequest.com/gen-con-2016-recap-part-1-the-games/feed/ 0 19383