Ambie went to KublaCon in the SF Bay Area over Memorial Day Weekend!

Ambie and Crystal discuss a couple games they've played recently, including The Enigma Emporium Presents: Wish You Were Here and the Stockpile app. We then talk about unique victory conditions in board games. In this week's "Board Game Etymology" segment, Crystal discusses the origins of the word "unique."

by Ambie Valdés

For the first time in forever, Toby and I went to Gen Con! This year was the 50th anniversary, and all the badges were sold out, so there were a lot of people there. We definitely did not go in expecting to play many games, but we still managed to play a few games throughout the convention! We also don't usually buy many new games, so we were mostly there just to experience everything as a once-in-a-lifetime event.

The convention was overwhelming. Before this, the biggest board game convention I went to was 3,000 people, so it was a huge jump to go to the 60,000 people at Gen Con! Also, most of the conventions I'd been to were more focused on open gaming and didn't have many vendors, but half the convention center was dedicated to exhibitors. We walked through the Exhibitor Hall multiple times each day, and every time we'd see booths we hadn't seen before. I'm pretty sure we still didn't see everything there.