BOARD GAMES with Variant Hex

Kellye and Aaron talk with Adam about what they saw, bought, and did in the exhibit hall of Gen Con 2022.

• Bluesky: @varianthex
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Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Aaron and Kellye talk with Adam about the food they had while at Gen Con 2022. You won't hear anything about fine dining. Surprisingly, this episode ends on an aside about the future of Gen Con, and America.

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Kellye and Aaron discuss the events they attended at Gen Con 2022. Those events include: Fit Fighter Fitness Class, First Exposure Playtesting, Furnace: Interbellum, Dice Hunters of Therion, Tai Chi Sword, Indianapolis Indians game, Dice Tower Live Show, El33ts Concert, and a magic show.

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Aaron and Kellye discuss the games they played in July of 2022.

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Adam and Kellye blaze through 92 games added to the Board Game Geek Gen Con 2022 Preview list in the second half of July. After our lightning round, we shoot the breeze and dive a little deeper into some of the games.

We aren't linking all the games this time due to how many we covered. And, another FIFTY have been added since we recorded this, including titles such as:

• Riverside
• Viticulture World
• Dulce

You can find the entire list of games at Gen Con 2022 on Board Game Geek's Preview List.

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

The whole gang is here to polish off the last of the Board Game Geek Gen Con 2022 preview list! We're circling back to the games that were added, taking a quick pass over demo games, and sharing what we'd buy with $500 to spend in the exhibit hall. Here's the last of the preview games:

• Dice Hunters of Therion
• Saboteur: The Dark Cave
• Cult of the Deep
• Sync or Swim
• Sounds Fishy
• USPS: The Great American Mail Race
• Zillionaires on Mars
• Dandelions
• Psychic Pizza Deliverers Go to the Ghost Town
• Riftforce: Beyond
• Lacrimosa
• Mazescape Hipnos
• Mazescape Cryo-C
• Dune: Imperium – Rise of Ix
• Factory 42
• Gray Eminence: Year of Chaos
• Maeshowe: an Orkney Saga
• Ogre Sandwich
• Robotech: Reconstruction
• Blood Orders
• Nightmare Productions
• TrollFest
• World-Z League

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

We've (almost) made it! Adam and Kellye finally reach the end of the Board Game Geek Gen Con 2022 Preview list. But, a couple dozen new games have been added, so... this is the penultimate preview episode. Finishing out the alphabet, this episode features games from Le Scorpion Masqué, Smirk & Dagger Games, Smirk & Laughter Games, Solis Game Studio, Spin Master Ltd., Studio H, Thunderworks Games, Ubisoft Montreal, Van Ryder Games, and Weird Giraffe Games:

• Turing Machine
• The Spill
• boop.
• Pocket Paragons: AEGIS (English edition)
• Pocket Paragons: Origins (English edition)
• Pocket Paragons: Rivals of Aether (English edition)
• Pocket Paragons: Temporal Odyssey (English edition)
• The Godfather: Last Family Standing (English edition)
• Less Is More (English edition)
• Marvel United: X-Men (English edition)
• Marvel Zombies: Heroes' Resistance (English edition)
• Northgard: Uncharted Lands
• Suspects
• Cartographers Map Pack 4: Frozen Expanse – Realm of Frost Giants
• Cartographers Map Pack 5: Kethra's Steppe – Redtooth & Goldbelly
• Cartographers Map Pack 6: Hornhelm – Wasteland Market
• Tenpenny Parks
• Orlog: Assassin's Creed Valhalla Dice Game
• The Dark Mage (English edition)
• Final Girl
• Final Girl: Frightmare on Maple Lane
• Final Girl: Slaughter in the Groves
• Final Girl: The Happy Trails Horror
• Final Girl: The Haunting of Creech Manor
• The Grand Tournament (English edition)
• Keepers: A beautiful game for clever people
• Sherlock Holmes: International
• Sherlock Holmes: The Beginning
• Space Brigade
• Gift of Tulips
• Studies in Sorcery
• Studies in Sorcery: Divination
• Wicked & Wise

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Adam and Kellye are still working through the Board Game Geek Gen Con 2022 Preview list. They are taking a look at games from R&R Games, Randolph, Rather Dashing Games, Rebel Studio, Red Raven Games, Redshift Games, Renegade Game Studios, Resonym, and Rio Grande Games

• Bug Off!
• Dom Pierre
• Ferret Out
• Oh Really?
• Coyote Peterson's Wild Adventure
• Wild Kratts Endangered Wildlife Game!
• Chronicles of Avel
• Meadow: Downstream
• San Francisco
• Knight Fall
• Tacopocalypse
• Unicorn Stew
• Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done
• Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done Deluxe Edition
• Crusaders: Thy Will Be Done – Divine Influence
• G.I. Joe Deck-Building Game: Shadow of the Serpent Expansion
• My Father's Work
• My Little Pony: Adventures in Equestria Deck-Building Game
• My Little Pony: Adventures in Equestria Deck-Building Game – Familiar Faces Expansion
• Power Rangers: Deck-Building Game – Omega Forever
• Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid – Merciless Minions Pack #1
• Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid – Time Force Ranger Pack
• Transformers Deck-Building Game: Infiltration Protocol
• Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals – The Heart of Europe
• Phantom Ink
• Dominion: Hinterlands
• Dominion: Hinterlands – Update Pack
• Dominion: Prosperity – Update Pack
• Dominion: Prosperity
• Dominion: Seaside – Update Pack
• Dominion: Seaside
• Race for the Galaxy: Expansion and Brinkmanship
• Space Station Phoenix
• TransAmerica

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Adam and Kellye continue on their quest to discuss every game on the Board Game Geek Gen Con 2022 Preview. This time, they are covering games from Osprey Games, Pegasus Spiele, Pendragon Game Studio, Perplext, PHALANX, Phase Shift Games, Plaid Hat Games, Plan B Games, Portal Games, and Pretzel Games:

• Crescent Moon
• Cryptid: Urban Legends
• Undaunted: Stalingrad
• Village Rails
• A Battle Through History
• Bubble Trouble
• Carnegie
• Deadly Dinner: Red Carpet in Ruins
• Deadly Dinner: The Last Rose
• The Dwarves Big Box
• Fire & Stone
• First Rat
• Framework
• FYFE
• Happy Hopping
• Raccoon Robbers
• Skymines
• Turtle Mania
• The Thing: The Boardgame
• Long Shot: The Dice Game
• 1941: Race to Moscow
• Successors (Fourth Edition)
• Dungeon Drop: Dropped Too Deep
• Dungeon Drop: Wizards and Spells
• Tavern Tales: Legends of Dungeon Drop
• Ashes Reborn: The Artist of Dreams
• Ashes Reborn: The Queen of Lightning
• Familiar Tales
• Summoner Wars (Second Edition): Cloaks Faction Deck
• Summoner Wars (Second Edition): Fungal Dwarves Faction Deck
• Summoner Wars (Second Edition): The Skyspear Avians
• Equinox
• Brazil: Imperial
• Gutenberg
• Yak

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!

Adam and Kellye continue scrolling through the Board Game Geek Gen Con 2022 Preview! They'll look at games from Lowtek Games LLC, Lucky Duck Games, Mr. B Games, Nauvoo Games, Next Move Games, North Star Games, Nuts! Publishing, and The Op:

• Name The Thing: After Dark
• Name The Thing: Retail Hell
• Name The Thing: Sports Ball
• Name The Thing (English edition)
• It's a Wonderful Kingdom
• Built for War: Design, Build, and Destroy World War II Tanks
• Hellenica: Story of Greece – Leaders and Legends
• Thunder Rolls
• PinPoint
• The Reckoners: Steelslayer
• Azul: Queen's Garden
• Paint the Roses
• Fitna: The Global War in the Middle East
• This War Without an Enemy
• Disney Sorcerer's Arena: Epic Alliances Core Set
• Disney Sorcerer's Arena: Epic Alliances – Turning the Tide Expansion (English edition)
• Marvel Dice Throne: Black Widow v. Doctor Strange (English edition)
• Marvel Dice Throne: Captain Marvel v. Black Panther (English edition)
• Marvel Dice Throne: Scarlet Witch v. Thor v. Loki v. Spider-Man (English edition)
• Mountains out of Molehills
• Smash Up: Disney Edition (English edition)
• Venn

• Bluesky: @varianthex
• Instagram: @varianthex
• Twitch: @varianthex (we might start streaming games soon)
• Website: varianthex.com
• Email: [email protected]

Our theme music is "Shimmer" by Mr. Smith, obtained via the Free Music Archive.

"Shimmer" was made available under a public domain license. If you enjoy our theme music, please leave the artist a tip!