![Gen Con 2015 XI: Attack on Titan, Quest for Arete, Badass Zombie Killers, Civicus Dice Game, Hostage Negotiator & Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game](https://cf.geekdo-images.com/xvQd8l3F5YXlsJuc_DppMQ__thumb/img/vC0HolHopfMQrC_C16SLnnD7s2s=/fit-in/200x150/filters:strip_icc()/pic1599441.jpg)
One title I was happy to put on camera was Attack on Titan from designers Antoine Bauza and Ludovic Maublanc, which Cryptozoic plans to release in 2016. The design isn't finished, so this presentation is more overviewy than others that we've shown, but you can still grasp the garlic as to how this game works.
• Another forthcoming release from Cryptozoic Entertainment is Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game, which they've given a 1970s, "we just discovered this behind a filing cabinet" vibe. As for the gameplay in this title inspired by the Valve video game, you're fighting against the other players and the system itself to keep hold of your cake.
• Aside from the on-site game demos, we also recorded short overview videos at the side tables of our booth, sometimes with a designer who had reached out to me beforehand and sometimes with a designer who just walked up to the booth and caught me tweeting photos or somesuch. That's how we recorded something about Badass Zombie Killers with designer Lee Garvin from Reality Cheque LLC.
• One bonus thing about designer encounters at Gen Con and other conventions is that I can then spur them in follow-up messages to update their game pages on BGG. I believe that Jason Kirkpatrick's Quest for Arete was not self-published in 2013, as stated on the BGG page, but rather is still in the works for the future, and I've encouraged him to submit corrections, upload more images, etc. So many little details to think about when you're developing and publishing a game on your own, including all the marketing efforts that don't relate to the game itself.
• Civicus Dice Game from Playco Games was funded on Kickstarter in July 2015 with an expected release date of November 2015, and for those who missed the campaign co-publisher Will Hilburn presents an overview of the game.
• Another title that recently ended a Kickstarter campaign is Hostage Negotiator from designer/publisher A. J. Porfirio from Van Ryder Games. Lots of add-ons for this game should you feel compelled to take on an alarming number of abductors...