The 2016 Plaid Hat Games Gen Con Experience
Oh the people! And the games!
Another Gen Con comes to an end and Plaid Hat Games is back home and working on more games!
Are you ready for #gencon2016?! @VisitIndy and @icclos is! pic.twitter.com/UW8RE3l830
— Gen Con (@Gen_Con) August 1, 2016
New Ashes expansions, Summoner Wars expansions, and SeaFall were sold just ahead of wider release. Dead of Winter: The Long Night was on sale as well, and its street date is August 26. Ashes tournaments and cosplay contests were a blast.
The booth was easy to find this year... thanks to this giant thing hanging from the ceiling!
Look for us at Booth #1537! #GenCon2016 pic.twitter.com/f9QYmKgKj9
— Plaid Hat Games (@PlaidHatGames) August 3, 2016
SeaFall sold out instantaneously. Sorry to those who didn't get it there - we wish we could've brought more! But it is still available to pre-order on the PlaidHatGames.com store, and those pre-orders come with a free metal coin upgrade, which Gen Con purchasers had to pay extra for!
If you're heading back from Gen Con with SeaFall, keep an eye out for any dangerous rogues trying to steal a copy! pic.twitter.com/5M1m4d7696
— Plaid Hat Games (@PlaidHatGames) August 8, 2016
Those who couldn't get the game at the con could still demo the prologue, and Rob was there both demoing for some and interviewing for others!
Emerson was at the booth showing off the upcoming Specter Ops companion app. So exciting!
Upcoming companion app for Specter Ops looks amazing. @NazcaGames @PlaidHatGames pic.twitter.com/mlDs1FmNEs
— iOS Board Games (@iosboardgames) August 5, 2016
Dead of Winter: The Long Night, the first stand-alone expansion to Dead of Winter, was being sold at the booth as well. And it was being played all over the place!
Finally playing Dead of Winter: The Long Night expansion from @PlaidHatGames! Can't wait to kick ass. #GenCon pic.twitter.com/Q7naaY5rGA
— Andi @ GenCon! (@geekfitgirl) August 5, 2016
We also had a teaser for the next expansion at the booth... Warring Colonies!
What is this?! New expansion coming from @PlaidHatGames - just a display box at this point. pic.twitter.com/vFW6YsODjE
— Watch It Played (@WatchItPlayed) August 4, 2016
That's not it for Dead of Winter... check out the upcoming Flick 'Em Up Dead of Winter from Pretzel Games, co-designed by Isaac Vega!
Coming in 2017: Flick 'Em Up Dead of Winter! @PretzelGames_ pic.twitter.com/Vnv4WkS6Jy
— Jonathan H. Liu (@jonathanhliu) August 5, 2016
We ran a bunch of Ashes tournaments. This is where I was most of the week and was amazed by the friendly and excited gamers who kept coming back tournament after tournament to play more Ashes!
First Ashes tournament of #GenCon2016 underway! @PlaidHatGames pic.twitter.com/0l35RncRPL
— Timothy Meyer (@WatertribeTim) August 5, 2016
Look for a more full tournament wrap-up later this week. The top 8 players of our constructed tournaments faced off in the finals at our booth on Saturday, and the Phoenixborn played by the top 8 included Leo, Aradel, Brennen, Orrick, and Coal. Matt Bauer's Leo took the top prize of the constructed tournament!
Congratulations to Matt Bauers, the winner of our Gen Con 2016 Ashes Tournament!!! pic.twitter.com/BeeGItSbc1
— Plaid Hat Games (@PlaidHatGames) August 6, 2016
We also had plenty of Ashes cosplayers... Those who stopped by the booth are automatically in our Ashes cosplay contest... winner announced soon!
Photo Credit: Douglas Morse
We owe much of the weekto our amazing volunteers! Here is just a selection of them at the end of tear-down on Sunday. There were many more and we miss you all already!
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