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Videos from Gen Con 2014: Subdivision, Epic Resort, The Game of 49, Bring Out Yer Dead & 1750: Britain vs. France

Videos from Gen Con 2014: Subdivision, Epic Resort, The Game of 49, Bring Out Yer Dead & 1750: Britain vs. France
Board Game: Subdivision
• Amazingly enough, I can finally see an end to these game demonstration videos that we recorded in the BGG booth at Gen Con 2014 — and it's about time given that a month has passed since that convention. In 2013, we dumped all the videos into BGG's YouTube channel at once, which seemed overwhelming. Who's going to watch 100+ videos in one sitting?! In 2014, I've set them loose at roughly five per day, which has brought us to the current situation of posting about Gen Con at the end of September. For 2015, I guess we'll shoot for twice the publication speed to get everything out faster. I'm sure that all of the game publishers with news of Spiel releases will co-operate by not talking about their games too soon, right?

In any case, we'll lead with designer (and BGG volunteer admin) Lucas Hedgren and his Subdivision from Bezier Games. If you want to know more about the game's background, either before or after this demonstration, head to Hedgren's designer diary on BGG News, which includes early impressions from yours truly after two playings:





Board Game: 1750: Britain vs. France
• I'll confess to knowing nothing about Jason Huffman's 1750: Britain vs. France from Battle Hardened Games other than what I've seen in passing while assembling this post. Darned lack of omniscience!





Board Game: Bring Out Yer Dead
• As with that video of 1750: Britain vs. France, this demonstration of Arron Watts' Bring Out Yer Dead from Ginger Ale Games' Max Holliday is a preview of a forthcoming title, albeit one with a giant honkin' coffin that proves to be an eye-catcher when sported at a game convention.





Board Game: The Game of 49
• The Game of 49 is the debut release from Mark Corsey and his Markee Games. I used to live near Mark, and he attended my game sessions in Concord, NH many times, almost always with a treat in hand, upstaging me as host as the most I ever offered guests were chairs and oxygen and things like that.

I recall playing a prototype of The Game of 49 at some point during my years in Concord, but beyond that I recall nothing. Still, I backed the game on Kickstarter if only to say thanks to Mark for all the cookies. Being nice to others is sometimes its own reward, but sometimes you're thanked in others ways as well.





Board Game: Epic Resort
• Ben Harkins' Epic Resort from his Floodgate Games was another of the many sellouts at Gen Con 2014, and with his booth being adjacent to BGG's, it was easy to see the many people circling around waiting for a chance to demo the game.

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