Happy Friday, Ladies and Gents! This is our last Quick News post before Gen Con! We have some content scheduled next week but otherwise it may be slow early in the week. We will be preparing and traveling to Indianapolis on Tuesday/Wednesday and will start uploading coverage Wednesday night at the Sun King Brewery event. We hope you caught our last review for The Battle of Red Cliffs and keep your eyes open for a special [p]Review next week! Here is your Quick News for this week.
Announcements and Releases
- There are printable bonus route cards available for AEG’s Trains available now.
- Fantasy Flight Games announced the third edition of Fury of Dracula this week.
- The rules for The Undercity, the new Iron Kingdoms board game from Privateer Press, are now available to check out!
- The Demon’s Heresy Adventure Deck for the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game was announced this week, too.
- Asmodee announced on Facebook this week that the popular game Mysterium (previously not available in English) will be available for purchase at Gen Con!
- Xtreme Xpansion for Mantic Games’ Dreadball is coming soon!
- Check out this Code of Nine trailer video made by Z-MAN Games.
- Purchase Halo: Fleet Battles from special booths at Gen Con and get extra models for free! Read the Gen Con post about this on Facebook.
Kickstarters
- Meridian Miniatures has some pretty sweet Steampunk Militia Miniatures up on Kickstarter now!
- The Cards of Cthulhu became popular very quickly, and they are back with the Beyond the Veil expansion!
- Purgatoria: City of Angels is a new noir RPG with some curious plots!
- Roadkill Rivals – compete to create the most roadkill in this strange little card game.
Other Interesting Articles And Finds
- AEG will be broadcasting from Gen Con on Periscope!
- Meet Yoon, the iconic Kineticist, and preview the new class!
- If you’re a fan of Munchkin and Steve Jackson Games and have the opportunity to attend Gen Con, be sure to go find them and get your sweet loot signed!
- This year’s Gen Con exclusive mini from Privateer Press is for the Minions of Hordes!
What We’re Playing
- Played some Fidelitas early this week – the small game is super fun. Be watching for a review in the upcoming weeks!
- Picked up some of the new Magic Origins set – there’s some pretty awesome stuff in there if you haven’t already checked it out!
We are really excited to go to Gen Con, meet up with old friends, say hello to familiar publishers, and hopefully meet some new people! We will be posting to our Instagram and Twitter frequently during the convention so be sure you’re following us there! Until next week, happy gaming!