You Pick It, I Review It — Gen Con 2012 UPDATE

Last week I kicked off the 4th annual You Pick It, I Review It ^[1] Gen Con event. Votes were cast, and after doing a little research, I have picked two products for this year’s You Pick It. They are…

Shadows of Esteren

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This was the first request, from 9littlebees ^[3] who went the extra distance and talked right to the publisher about reviewing the book. I was already intrigued by this game the second I saw the video teaser ^[4], but what clinched it were these words: Medieval, Horrific, and Gothic. Also this game is a French import, and that has piqued my curiosity about how a Europen game looks at GMing (we are a GMing blog afterall). Overall, this game looks fantastic, and some of the French developers of the game will be at Gen Con so I will get a chance to meet with them and talk to them directly about the game.

Bonus Pick: Agents of Oblivion

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Confession: I am just starting to run an Agents of Oblivion ^[6] game, and was going to buy this book at Gen Con. It will also give me a great excuse to talk to Sean Preston ^[7] about the game as well. I have read the PDF and this book has a great way to approach making a setting book, from the GM perspective. So I will happily make this my bonus pick.

Off To Gen Con

For those of you who put in suggestions and did not get picked, I am sorry I can’t pick up every game and review it. It is like this every year at Gen Con, too many good games..too few dollars.

I will report back after Gen Con with a Post Con report, and I will be updating G+ along the way. If you are at Gen Con, keep an eye out for me and come say hi.