Thursday, August 16, 2012

Gencon 2012 - Day 1





The hall is closed and Day 1 of the dealer's hall is over. VG30 scoured the floor looking for the newest games, and what we thought was going to sell out quickly. Here's the day's events!


Net runner sells out in 5 minutes




The ViGs (Very Important Gamers) had a huge advantage in buying their Netrunner an hour before the floor opened. Before the doors even opened to the general public, Fantasy Flight had sold half of their stock. Gamers were picking up 4+ copies for themselves, wiping out their supply by 10:05 am. This was clearly the sought after item of the con, and while Fantasy Flight had plenty of copies, they were quickly devoured by the masses. No word if there was a daily allocation, but based off the evidence we've seen, don't count on it.


Mage Wars sells Thursday Allocation in 1 hour




Mage Wars also was extremely popular, but Arcane Wonders decided to allocate their supply across Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. VG30 is honored to have purchased the first copy of the game, and we wish Bryan Pope the best of luck in the future of this game. If you want a demo, you should snag a spot now, and if you want the game, this should be our first stop.


Seasons sells out in first hour




Asmodee has a very limited supply of Seasons available for purchase at the con and they also went quickly. No word on daily allocations, but the small stack they did have was gone by 11am. We were lucky to snag a copy and will review it as soon as we can.


Drow Dice are frakking hard to get




The "Drow Dice" as they are being called are gorgeous, but it takes a huge time commitment to get them. The d4 is only available for a limited time in the morning at the Wizards booth, the d6 is the easiest to get by performing some paper craft, but the rest of the dice require play testing the new D&D Next, which is a solid 4 hours for just 2 more of the dice. If you're up to it, you should try to collect the whole set anyway, because these dice will be valuable.

We saw lots of neat stuff in the hall that we haven't gotten to sit down and play yet, we're hoping to bring more to you all tomorrow including Mice and Mystics, the Mage Wars Demo, and the infamous AEG Board Game Night. Stay up to date with happenings by following us on twitter, @videogamingat30