Category Archives: Con Report

This Weekend: Geek.Kon

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Matt Forbeck

This weekend, I’ll be reprising last year’s appearance as a guest at Geek.Kon in Madison, Wisconsin. If you’re anywhere near the area, come on out and say hi! Other guests include Chris Ayres, Bill Bodden, Jim Frenkel, John Kovalic,  Matt … Continue reading →

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Listen In On Gen Con

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Matt Forbeck

During all my running around at Gen Con, I wound up being recorded for three different podcasts. In the first, Cam Banks and I chatted with Ryan Macklin and Kevin Weiser for This Just In … From Gen Con! We … Continue reading →

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BoardGameGeek.com Wins the DJA!

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Matt Forbeck

Last Wednesday at Gen Con, I hosted the annual Diana Jones Award party, during which I was proud to announce that BoardGameGeek.com had won this year’s award. I’d tell you all about it, but fortunately Jeff Tidball recorded the whole … Continue reading →

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Bless Matt James’s Dice!

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Matt Forbeck

Freelancer extraordinaire Matt James went around Gen Con and asked people to bless his dice. Wil Wheaton does the hammiest best job of it, but there are lots of great bits here. I was happy to be included too (at … Continue reading →

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Back from Gen Con!

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Matt Forbeck

I had a wonderful time at Gen Con this year, packing in as much fun, friends, and games as I could into the five days I spent at “the four best days in gaming.” It started out with the Diana … Continue reading →

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Off to Gen Con!

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Matt Forbeck

I leave for Gen Con — a.k.a. Gamer Christmas in August — tomorrow morning, ready to take Indy by storm. If you’re going to be there too, be sure to hunt me down and say hi and share some dice … Continue reading →

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I’m a Cheap/Dream Date

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Matt Forbeck

To help raise money for the ENnie Awards given out at Gen Con for the year’s best tabletop roleplaying games, the award committee asked me to serve as one of a slate of “dream dates” for the pre-ceremony VIP cocktail … Continue reading →

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Gen Con Party

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Matt Forbeck

The fine folks at Reactor 88 Studios have lined up an afterparty following their big event at Gen Con: Reactor 88 Studios: Behind the Scenes. With luck, we should have a rough-cut of the InSpectres proof-of-concept to show there. In … Continue reading →

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Guild Wars at Comic-Con, But Not Me

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Matt Forbeck

Earlier this month, I decided I was going to skip Comic-Con this year. I love the show, and I’ll miss seeing all of my friends there. However, Gen Con was bumped up a week, so there’s only a week and … Continue reading →

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Brave New World & InSpectres at Gen Con

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Matt Forbeck

In that last post about my Gen Con schedule, I buried a notation about this year’s Gen Con event from Reactor 88 Studios. According to the official listing: Come see what Reactor 88 Studios is working on. We will be … Continue reading →

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