Gen Con 2013 – Game Demos from the Convention Floor, Kickstarter Edition: Glamazons, Fantasy Frontier, Monolith, Paradise Fallen, Quicksilver & Ninja Dice

• Time for more game demos from the floor of Gen Con 2013 before that convention fades completely into the past, and we'll kick off this set of videos with designer/publisher Matt Loter from Prettiest Princess Games, who gave a rundown of Glamazons vs The Curse of the Chainmail Bikini, which he expects to release in Q1 2014. Awesome stretch goals for this Kickstarter project!

• Another Kickstarter project due to launch shortly after Gen Con 2013 is the one from designer/publisher Michael Coe from Gamelyn Games for Fantasy Frontier. Interviewing folks about Kickstarter games to come, Kickstarter games being sold at Gen Con, Kickstarter game being demoed because they arrived too late to be sold at Gen Con, etc. became a common experience at this con, partially due to Kickstarter continuing to be a huge force in allowing designers to bring their own games to market and partially due to BoardGameGeek having its own booth at the con (with me covering less-established companies that didn't fit into our broadcasting schedule).

• Designer/publisher Matthew Papa from Goblin Army Games gave an overview of Monolith: The Strategy Game, which hit the retail market at the end of August 2013 following delivery to Kickstarter backers. "Designer/publisher" was another common trend throughout the convention, and again that relates to the power that Kickstarter provides to these individuals in terms of bringing an idea to publication.

• Patrick Nickell from Crash Games gives an overview of the, yes, Kickstarter-funded Paradise Fallen: The Card Game from designer Andrew Wright. It's fun knowing that you're looking at the only copy of a game in existence, as was the case with this production copy, which was shipped directly to the convention. Lucky for Patrick, I had taken my meds that morning and didn't skedaddle with that copy in order to hide parts of the game in the Catan sheep, Matt Loter's cleavage, and elsewhere. Next time you might not be so lucky, Patrick...

• Designer (and co-publisher?) Paul Imboden gave an overview of the airship-racing game Quicksilver from Split Second Games, which (based on BGG comments) has reached Kickstarter backers and will (ideally) be shipping to retail outlets before the end of 2013.

• Finally, for now, publisher Jeff Gracia from GreenBrier Games presented Rocco Privetera's Ninja Dice, which will sneak its way onto Kickstarter at some point in the future – or in the past, depending on when you read this note. (That kind of floating time reference is what I refer to at the end of this video, and folks were making such references all the time! You never know when people will watch videos, read reviews, and scan news posts, so you need to use fixed time references whenever possible in order to place such videos, reviews and posts in context. "Oh, this says the Kickstarter project took place in September 2013," says a future reader in May 2014. "Maybe it's out now. Let's look for it today when we pass by the store." (Clearly this future reader is overly optimistic. Get a clue, time-traveler!)

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Gen Con 2013 – Game Demos from the Convention Floor, Kickstarter Edition: Glamazons, Fantasy Frontier, Monolith, Paradise Fallen, Quicksilver & Ninja Dice

Links: Faidutti on the Culture of Game Design, Solis on Idea Stealing & Wired on Sites You Should Follow (Hint, Hint)

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Gen Con 2013 – Game Demos from the Convention Floor: SOS Titanic, Lewis & Clark, Goblin Vale, Airborne Commander & Ryan Laukat's Eight-Minute Empire