Paula's 10 Most Anticipated Gen Con 2023 Games!

[@mrTii]

"I love rolling dice, even if dice hate me." I felt that in my heart ❤

[@firefly24601]

Full respect for Paula committing to the RHPS "anticipation" bit... every time.

[@freeheeler00]

She knows how to stay in.

[@RecklessFables]

Gave me a Rockey Horror flashback 🎉

[@mythaniakeroberos2405]

As someone who almost exclusively plays 2 player games with my partner, I love the 2 player only call outs. Thank you.

[@LeScorpionmasque]

Thank you Paula for the "Sky Team" feature! It is an honor to stand at #2🙂. We'll be at Gen Con, in case you'd like to meet!

[@PaulaDeming]

I'll be trying to get a peek at the game for sure! See you at the booth!

[@VerenaFuchs]

0:44 Love the RHPS Dr. Frank-N-Furter reference! Now that song is stuck in my head... 🎶🎵🎶

[@BoxedMeeples]

Before you ask, we are not going to tell you any of the secrets 😂😂 But enjoy My Island - so much fun and everything you described in terms of fun new things every game and super easy to get to the table. Enjoy Gen Con, hope it's amazing and you get to play some that will become your new favourites 😀

[@danielscillieri58]

Thank you for stopping by and checking out mr. Torgues arena of badassery :) you guys are great.

[@PaulaDeming]

thank you for talking to us about it!

[@kestrel5]

Queen of Midnight added to my list, I rushed to note it when you said it's got Dice Throne-like player boards and the clock looks so cool!! Also hilarious ad, check! 😂

[@PaulaDeming]

I thought of you when I saw the game, actually!

[@Jamienomore]

Who is your Aunty Pisitated? Ha! Ha! I Loved seeing you relaxed on a chair drinking a coffee or something. It was such a normal thing to do. When you were talking about the Game Sky Team, you showed a picture of the Board. It reminded me of a part of a TARDIS Consol. Very Good well done Video.

[@JamieDaggers]

I've had SO little time to catch up on what's hot leading up to GenCon, so THANK YOU for making this list! I'm only going to be able to escape from the mini painting area for a few hours over the weekend so I gotta be strategic! See ya at GenCon! :)

[@PaulaDeming]

yay, see ya there!!

[@dolphi5]

The only one I have on my list to check out is Hamlet (By the Lake). Booth 366. Town building with tiles, yay!

[@PwrSrg]

I will be sure to keep an eye out for you at GenCon!

[@kingxerocole4616]

Queen by Midnight looks cool. Great art.

[@2532robh1]

Yay Paula!!!! Hope to be able to meet you if we cross paths a Gen Con!

[@JonTripp115]

Paula: "Antici..." Audience: *"SAY IT!!"* Paula: "...pation."

[@davidthompson7233]

Eek! So stoked that General Orders made the list! Hope to see you at GenCon. I’ll be demoing General Orders at the Osprey booth.

[@PaulaDeming]

I'll be on the lookout!

[@steelman774]

SkyTeam sounds wonderful! I’m adding it to my list. It sounds like Captain Sonar meets The Crew … for 2! 😎 Thanks Paula!!

[@ken418]

Have fun at Gen Con Paula Deming!

[@foglight11]

Yes to this list!! I am writing them down for my wanderings.

[@ScionOfTheTimes]

Trailblazers is a lot of fun. Played hours solo without even starting the included expansions

[@PaulaDeming]

well that speaks pretty dang highly of it, that's for sure

[@RickKoeppen]

I came into this video hoping to see 3 Ring Circus and I was not disappointed! One of my favorite designers (Calimala, Zapotec), great art, and a really cool theme!

[@DaFees]

Great video as always, Paula. I’m anticipating getting the Wingspan Nesting Box (and possibly some extras to go with), running demos, and getting to meet folks I otherwise never get to see. I was also anticipating Point City but I’m not sure that one will be available. 🙂

[@SamKimpton]

Great list! Sky Team sounds a lot like the Apollo game from 2020, which was super hard.

[@PaulaDeming]

Thanks! I can't wait to try Sky Team!

[@andrewroy9528]

With a Devir game on the list and another you're gonna demo, you should check out Blind Business from them too!😀

[@michaelkussy9153]

Trailblazers is great. I have played it at 1, 2, and 8 players and it feels basically the same. It is mostly multiplayer solitaire but the puzzle is so engaging that you almost forget that other people are even there. And it is fast. Only 24 cards are played for the entire game so you have to balance efficiency with designs of grand paths circling the globe.

[@PaulaDeming]

oh cool, sounds like how Cartographers works at any player count as well.

[@superbadisfunmy]

this will be my first Gen Con and i live in the city. im so excited to go !

[@PaulaDeming]

oh nice! I hope you have a blast!

[@bookaddict777]

My Island and 3 Ring Circus are high on my anticipated list too - even if I am not actually going to Gen Con.

[@jessemccaughey4231]

I just be happy if they’d actually put out more copies of planet unknown for sale. really want that game but don’t want to pay $300 mark up eBay prices.

[@obsidiansiriusblackheart]

Scram is looking like my next buy when I have a job again 😂

[@portlandgamecraft]

Nice Rocky Horror reference!

[@portlandgamecraft]

Also, I do love Last Light!

[@TheEscapistartist]

Thank you for this! I'm adding Couture and Queen by Midnight to my list.

[@daleEfriesen]

Please make a followup video commenting on your experience with each of these.

[@beneisen6982]

Sail and Queen by Midnight were the two I've been looking forward to

[@EpicGamingNight]

Thanks so much for talking about Last Light!! I’m so stoke for you guys to try it out!!! 🚀

[@zvnetzley9209]

I should have hopped up and offered you my seat when you were listening to Cliff teach Sky Team. Did you get a chance to play it later on? It was a great game.

[@PaulaDeming]

you are all good! I did end up getting to play it on Sunday, right before the hall closed!

[@MaliMike]

Ticket to Ride Legacy?? I am here for that one.

[@eVanDiesel]

There is somehow TWO different Texas Chainsaw Massacre games coming out at Gencon! One by Funko and one by Trick or Treat! I'm gonna make Missy buys me both!!!

[@doggosplosion]

Any game by Dave Thompson and I am in especially worker placement WW2. That is a solid display of PSC games, now Floodgate, trilogy of 20 minute wargames back there.

[@maxkosek]

If you like auction bidding games you should definitely try hunt Art Society super fresh!

[@rialiti3996]

Just thinking about it but it should be "award winning board game comedy podcast" right ?

[@PaulaDeming]

hehe TRUE

[@robocad]

Stop by the Calliope Games booth. I'll be running demos. I hope you get to try 4 Corners or Tsuro Phoenix Rising. I designed the Tip-Pivot tray those games use. Hope to see you there.

[@daem0nfaust]

1. I'm here for lists 2. I take lists seriously 3. I'm not laughing. It's no laughing matter

[@PaulaDeming]

very good

[@timboslice9299]

Great video as always Paula! I’m jealous of you getting to go to GenCon lol - hope you get to play all those games!

[@PaulaDeming]

fingers crossed - it's a lot to try to get done!

[@bakermitchell6209]

Was that a bit of Whovian accent on the word "Exterminate" when talking about the 4 Xs of Last Light? Great List! Have a great time at Gen Con!

[@PaulaDeming]

hehe it sure was

[@KitMagnification]

Pretty games always draw me in!

[@samhugo5870]

I don’t understand, 2.33: Why do you have to like "Take That" to play this Game? Did they do the Soundtrack of this Game? In the original line-up? Or what is going on here?

[@gurnblanston2848]

Defenders of the Dictionary sounds amazing! Thank you for putting it on my radar; I hadn't heard of it before. But yeah, a word game from the people who made Planet Unknown? I can't get my wallet out quickly enough!

[@PaulaDeming]

right??

[@theoldman2821]

"BGG says about this game..." Actually BGG doesn't say anything about any game. It prints the publisher's description.

[@TheLazzanova61]

Last Light is the most interesting game for me on your list.

[@AndrewRStiles]

Great list Paula, as per usual.... I hope we accidentally meet while I'm running around pitching my games to publishers.

[@joost00555]

I hope you revisit this list after you've played them. A bunch of these sound exciting but I hope to hear that they are as good as it sounds

[@PaulaDeming]

Hopefully I can check out enough of them to be able to do a follow up!

[@rabbitholepodcasts]

Hey, I show up at 0:33! HI!!!

[@jamescartwright1150]

Excellent stuff as always Paula.

[@Sigurd-r5]

Sweet!

[@climbon321]

Oooh, is My Island available for purchase? Thought it might just be demo. Will have to rearrange our Thursday morning plans!

[@PaulaDeming]

honestly, it might just be for demo, but if I can buy it I want to!

[@climbon321]

@@PaulaDeming fingers crossed! It's our most anticipated game too!

[@jangofouts]

From numerous posts that I have read, My Island and Ticket to Ride Legacy are only available for demoing .

[@climbon321]

@@PaulaDeming It's been moved from Demo to having an MSRP on the BGG Preview list!

[@homerwitham768]

I am hoping that Matt Mercer comes to Gen Con

[@thomasvickery5671]

If we are really really good, can we see a Twitch stream of a My Island episode?

[@MegaSNES64]

Puzzle-y Deming then?

[@boardgamepirates]

Games with pirate themes are the best 😉😁🏴‍☠️

[@crippledfoxgaming]

Crud. I can't make it this year. Make sure and stop by the Mantic booth and harass those guys. It was absolutely luvverly to meet you last year.

[@lasocietedesjeux]

Hi Paula, come to see us at the Hachette booth, I am pretty sure you will love SkyTeam ;) that’s my case !

[@PaulaDeming]

I can't wait to try it out, it looks so fun!

[@gagnonjoel2]

Sky Team is amazing! 🎉

[@TabletopToolbox]

I really, really hope I can run into you at GenCon! As a fellow content creator, I'd love to meet you! Cheers!

[@VengerSatanis]

*CHA'ALT*

[@billyfriedrich9165]

It takes a big person to admit when they're wrong, especially about TTR.

[@FurchtbaresGaming]

Sry, not a native speaker here, I did not understand what the game "Sail" is part of. "digital....what"?

[@PaulaDeming]

Digital Demos - the live stream Gen Con preview event I'll be doing on Twitch and then uploading here to KZbin the weekend before the convention. Sail is one of the games I'll be play as part of that live streamed event.

[@FurchtbaresGaming]

@@PaulaDeming oh i see! Thank you so much

[@peterkarlsson1825]

I see some dogfight on the shelf.

[@zocktol]

Good to know I am not the only one, falling victim to pretty art.

[@jimmyhudson3379]

I have the same game at the top of my list!

[@obsidiansiriusblackheart]

Spoilers 😂

[@jimmyhudson3379]

@@obsidiansiriusblackheart 🤦🏼‍♂️ didn’t think about that 😂 I’ll change my comment!

[@SUK2293]

Aunty Cippy Pashen

[@jackjohnson9988]

Love working a booth at Gencon…easier to get hold of those coveted migh sell out games

[@backskin]

😘