I also plan in a few non-Gen Con related events when I go to Gen Con. Generally it’s meet-ups with some content creators. I went to two of those this year, once to play some games with OSCS (One Stop Coop Shop) discord members and one with the Man vs Meeple group. Gen Con is great for those sorts of meetings because everyone is there. I like that about the convention, even if one of the events did have a hiccup.

OSCS Meet Up

This is the one with fewer hiccups. The only hiccup would be that I didn’t get to meet any of the OSCS people. The upside is, I had some fun gaming. I got to play two games and hangout. One being Whale to Look that I had picked up. I found, with that game, that a fun game at four players, it is not as fun at two players. I’ll talk about that game soon as it is one that I picked up.

The other game was Tesseract. This is a game that is hard to explain, in theme. It’s a game where players are trying to keep a Tesseract (dice cube) from crumbling completely. Meanwhile the game is working against you causing dice to be lost and containment breaches to occur. It’s Pandemic like, in some ways with a few actions you play. And then adds in a very unique dice cube on top of that, literally above everything else.

Man vs Meeple Meet Up

Now, as I write about this, understand that I had fun at this meet up. There is a lot of good conversation, not a ton about board games that was had. Conversation went from Wheel of Time and other books, Marvel shows and movies, and more. It is refreshing in some ways to not talk about board games all the time.

Now, I did play a board game during that time as well. Scout which is a really fun card shedding game. I like the simplicity of the mechanisms but also the puzzle that you are playing. It’s a very fun game that way and a little game as well. I think that makes it stronger.

The gaming, though, is not what people had hoped. Mainly because for two years in a row the air conditioning decided not to work. I think this time it was worse because the food took a long while to come. So we ended with around an hour to play games. That said, it is a really fun time every year. The conversation is always a blast.

Gen Con Recap Part 2

Overall, these events are always fun. I like them mainly as a chance to meet people and game outside of the normal hours. Some days I really like them, but I don’t want them every day. Sleep and staying healthy at Gen Con are important for me.

But when they do happen, it’s always a fun time. Good conversation and in this case, two games that I wouldn’t have played otherwise. I even played Tesseract twice. It is a game that I plan on getting when it hits retail. I like it that much because it’s just different yet similar. I think my game group would like it a lot.

What events outside of Gen Con do you do at Gen Con?

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