GenCon posts and news
I am packing up and getting ready to head west for GenCon 2026. I will have the softcover proof with me to try and get the editing process done. I have already found a few things that need to change before the final PoD edition goes live. I’m hopeful that we will see the printed version available before Halloween. This is my first PoD book with DTRPG so I am adding a lot of padding to delivery estimates. I am working on the text for the Boston: Books, Boats, and Battles adventure two-pack with a target of Christmas for the PDF edition.
At GenCon I’ll have discount coupons valid from Thursday until Bennington Battle Day for the PDF edition for $15.00. I’m only bringing a fixed number and when they are gone, they are gone…. or maybe I’ll keep one and just let people scan the QR code. I don’t feel the need to pump up scarcity for my very first sally into publishing. I am still super excited that other people are excited to read my work.
So normally this is where I’d post my GenCon haul and talk about the ones that got away or the ones that other people stood in line for and didn’t tickle my fancy. Alas with the shift in schedule I was not able to make it to GenCon. I didn’t even make it to Indy. Last year I took a trip to Sun King Brewery in downtown Indy because I was so bummed out that the con was cancelled.
I did poke into the web site and the discord a few times during the convention but it’s not the same. I wish there was a consolidated place for vendor announcements, like a discord channel that’s only for “Hey check out the new blah blah blah from narscholb enterprises <link to product>”
It’s one thing to wander the exhibit hall and talk to the vendors and see what’s for sale, but online I get lost in the chatter. Boardgamegeek had a good post about things announced, that’s where I watched for things.
This summer I had planned on going to Origins and skipping GenCon and then life happened and I was in Vermont in June and busy. This August I find myself in a position to get to Indy for the best four days in gaming, so why not.
Getting into the GenCon mindset this late in the game has introduces some challenges. I haven’t been following the normal YouTubers or really paying attention to the BGG GenCon preview forums. I am far too late for any of the exclusive content from Fantasy Flight (Thanks FF for artificial scarcity, Not!) so that’s one less thing to try and schedule. Most of the events I like to attend I’ve gotten into (What’s new at publisher X seminars mostly.) Now I need to spend a few nights working out what games look good and what games I might need to put on the must buy list. So far that list only includes Goodman Games DCC Lankhmar.