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Kickstarters: Oni, Res Publica 2230AD

Oni res publica

Indianapolis. The crossroads of America. Dust settles on a town abandoned, the massed tread of shopping bag-laden board gamers now just a faint echo after a football stadium-worth of people realised the end of Gen Con was nigh and just… left. Occasional movement flickers at the edge of deserted boulevards – things that might once have been human skitter in the shadows, crying out for more games to fill their unending hunger. “GAMES” they rasp, waving the remains of dessicated wallets from some long-forgotten reality. “MORE GAMES”.

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Gen Con 2015 Daily Roundup: Day Two

HanLeia
Giant steam-powered battle robots, a 1920s flapper version of Loki, and we’re off to Hoth in Star Wars Imperial Assault.

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GEN CON 2015 DAILY ROUNDUP: DAY ONE

Gen Con Visit Indy
Look at all these people cramming into Day One of Gen Con yesterday! Want to see what they were so excited about? Read on, my friends, read on.

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Gen Con 2015 Daily Roundup: bonus Day Zero edition

FFG Gen ConMorning everyone! As I prattled on about yesterday, mega North American board gaming convention Gen Con 2015 is upon us like a dentist hunting a celebrity lion, and The Boarding Kennel will be giving you a potted rundown of all the most exciting news and happenings from each day.

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Gen Con Alert! Four days of board game sneak peeks, surprises and (no) sleep ahoy

Arc Games

If you’ve dipped your toes into the luke-warm waters of board games chat on Twitter or other social medias in the past 48 hours, you’ll have noticed two words have undoubtedly dominated – Gen Con.

Yes I know they’re not real words – more like something you might hear a caveman slowly force out as they adjust to the rudiments of early language – but nevertheless, talk of it is everywhere. So what is it?

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