Are You Ready for Gen Con?
Less than one month remains until the Best Four Days in Gaming™!
The Gen Con team is ready for the show; are you?
2012 Badges are still available with Will Call Pick-up
here, under the “Attend” heading. You also may continue to
sign-up for events and purchase event tickets. If you missed the prior weeks’ announcements, you can find out about this year’s Media Guests of Honor
Wil Wheaton,
Kristin Bauer, and
Nichelle Nichols by clicking on their names.
According to Wil Wheaton, "I had such a great time at Gen Con in 2010 -- also known as 'The Year Wil Slayed The Dragon With One Shot’ In True Dungeon -- I can't wait to go back this year." There is still time to get your badge and be a part of the show!
This Week's Updates Are:
Gen Con Indy 2012 Coupon Book
Did you know that each year Gen Con produces a show-specific Coupon Book featuring deals and special offers for attendees? Yes, that’s right; you may be missing out on discounts and freebies, if you are not looking at the coupon book. Gen Con will distribute coupon books via on-site kiosks where you may pick up your own personal, free copy.
Why not get yourself some free loot and pay less for gaming purchases?
This year’s book includes deals from companies including:
| Arcane Wonders | Gaming Etc. | Paizo Publishing |
| Artemis | Greater Than Games | Palladium Books, Inc |
| Cool Mini or Not | Haywire Group | The Spoils |
| Cool Stuff, Inc | Konami | Talicor |
| Cryptozoic Entertainment | Maps of Mastery | Thornhenge |
| Crystal Caste | Mayfair Games | Wiggity Bang Games |
| Flying Frog Productions | Moosetache Games | Wyrd Miniatures |
| Games Workshop | Offworld Designs | |
Gen Con Indy 2012 will present the first opportunity for players to sample the game, which will release in the US market to Target stores in September 2012. Mayfair also plans to release hobby store exclusive products for
Star Trek: Catan™.
Star Wars: X-Wing™ Miniatures Game
This year at Gen Con Indy, Fantasy Flight Games Organized Play for
X-Wing™ gets started with
the inaugural Star Wars: X-Wing tournament!
In
X-Wing, the miniatures game of tactical space combat, powerful Rebel X-wings collide with nimble Imperial TIE fighters. Whether you field rookie pilots or legends like Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, the detailed miniatures and intuitive gameplay will immerse you in the game’s cinematic space dogfights. The epic space battles of
X-Wing are designed to be every bit as dramatic and action-packed as those from the classic Star Wars trilogy, and the action is magnified when you play
X-Wing as part of the game’s worldwide Organized Play community!
The game’s Core Set and first four expansions will be available from the moment Gen Con Indy kicks off until they sell out. You can pick up your copy of the Core Set at the Fantasy Flight Games booth in the exhibition hall, and you can further bolster your squadron with additional pilots and starfighters from the
X-Wing™ Expansion Pack,
TIE Fighter™ Expansion Pack,
Y-Wing™ Expansion Pack, and
TIE Advanced™ Expansion Pack.
Then, Friday morning, Gen Con Indy 2012 attendees can participate in
the world’s first X-Wing tournament. Registration for the event begins at 10 am, and the action kicks into high gear by 11 am.
X-Wingis ready to jump to hyperspace at Gen Con Indy. May the Force be with you™!
Rowboat Tournament with $500 in Troll and Toad Gift Vouchers
Moosetache Games will host the second annual Rowboat Tournament, August 17-18, at Gen Con Indy 2012 with $500 in prizes awarded to the top three tournament winners! In addition to earning bragging rights, finalists will receive a TrollandToad.com gift voucher that’s sure to put a smile on the face of any gamer!
- 1st place = $300 value
- 2nd place = $150 value
- 3rd place = $50 value
Rowboat is the bidding, trick-taking card game where trump changes throughout the hand! Players navigate their way through a varying spread of cards called “The Tide”. Rowboat is a game of precision, where trying to make your bid provides for a high level of drama and excitement! If you like classic card games like Spades or Euchre, then you will love Rowboat!
It’s still not too late to get in on the fun. Currently 10 spots are still available! To reserve a free seat, log into the Gen Con online event system and select a ticket for the Friday 9 pm tourney slot (
CGM1233794). The Tournament format is 1v1 single round elimination and seating is limited to 32 total players (only one entry per person). To get on the email wait list, please contact
rowboat@moosetachegames.com.
Don’t own a copy of Rowboat? Visit
Troll and Toad and pick up a copy at the show!
To stay connected, go to these
Facebook and
Twitter links.
Important Group Housing Deadlines
The deadline for making
new hotel room reservations in the Gen Con block is
5 PM EST, Monday July 23. You can make reservations online by visiting the group housing
website, by calling the ICVA housing hotline at 317-262-8191, or by emailing requests to
housing@visitindy.com. The group block is largely sold out at this time, but the housing bureau will continue servicing Wait List requests as cancellations occur until the cut-off time, after which new requests cannot be accepted.
Cancellations and other changes to
existing reservations can be made through the housing bureau until
5 PM EST, Monday August 6. If you need to cancel an existing reservation, please do so at your earliest opportunity in order to make your room available to fellow convention-goers in need of lodging. Thank you for your attention and support!
Event Spotlight
Indie Games Explosion No planned events or pre-registered games for Gen Con? No problem!
Come to Indie Games Explosion and play exciting and unique independently-produced tabletop role playing games, without having to sign-up before the event.
Bring your event tickets and get a taste of cutting-edge small press games like
Fiasco,
Monsterhearts,
Dungeon World,
Apocalypse World,
13th Age,
Cthulhu Dark,
Mouse Guard,
Trail of Cthulhu,
Bulldogs!,
Swords Without Master,
Lady Blackbird,
Dread, and many more. Curious about indie RPGs? Drop in and they will find a game for you!
No experience is necessary: our friendly GMs teach all the rules! And they love your previously unused generic tickets! Find the Indie Games Explosion at Room 238 and check out the general schedule
online.
Bemani Invasion - Arcade Rhythm Games Love Rhythm Games? Play all of your favorites along with many games you may never see again in North America! Stop into the Nexus
Gamin(g)?[SE1] Alliance & Bemani Invasion’s Arcade Room to play games such as
Dance Dance Revolution X2,
Technika 3,
Taiko no Tatsujin,
Beatmania IIDX Lince, Pop’n Music Fantasia, and many more!
Want to prove you are the best? Sign-up for the Dance Dance Revolution tournament (
EGM1238376)!
You can get 4-hour or 8-hour passes for $8 (
EGM1238739) or $12 (
EGM1238743), respectively. Want to play all day? Buy a day pass for $20 (Thursday
EGM1238746, Friday
EGM1238747, or Saturday
EGM1238748) – and play all the arcade dance games you want!
And don’t forget to check out the
other video game events in the eGames Arena this year!
First Exposure Playtest Hall Do you want to try new games before anyone else? How about even before they reach stores?
As announced last week, Gen Con is pleased to debut a new gaming area in 2012 - the First Exposure Playtest Hall. Attendees can sample new games and speak with their creators
throughout the entire convention weekend. The First Exposure Playtest Hall will reside in Sagamore Ballrooms 6 and 7.
Players who are interested in trying out new game concepts should add playtest
event tickets to their schedule, like a standard event. Onsite, players will receive information regarding the games they will playtest.
Authors, designers, and publishers interested in presenting their prototypes for playtesting should fill out an
application form and read through the area’s
full policies and instructions.
Cards vs Zombies ATTENTION: Zombies have infiltrated Gen Con. They want your brains and will stop at nothing to get them. If you want to survive, head to the Cards vs Zombies Headquarters immediately.
Cards vs Zombies is a game, designed specifically for Gen Con, from the creators of the hit Humans vs. Zombies game. At their HQ, you may claim your armband and join fellow humans as you try to survive against a growing zombie horde that slowly threatens to take over the convention. These headband-wearing undead will attempt to tag and turn humans into their undead brethren. To survive, you will need to arm yourself with Dart Cards at the Cards vs Zombies HQ and band together to outlast the undead. Trust no one; even your closest friends can become zombies.
You can play this game the entire weekend, dodging zombies and battling with cards between other scheduled events.
ZED1238466 – Cards vs. Zombies
