This Just In…From GenCon 2009! Wrap-up
August 27th, 2009
No comments
A little over a week after the convention doors closed, Ryan releases the traditional yearly Gen Con wrap-up that Ken Hite & Paul Tevis do (with special guest producer Ryan Macklin, apparently). It should be noted that this recording started 1am on GenCon Monday.
- 00:20 – Ryan heralds the virtual arrival of Paul & Ken in an exhausted manner.
- 01:50 – Ken begins the commentary on the effects the economy has had on GenCon
- 02:23 – Ryan talks briefly about the RPG bloggers & podcasters, turning the discussion to new media navel gazing.
- 04:55 – Paul saves us by relating it back to the economy and its effects on GenCon.
- 06:15 – Ken talks about the transition of booths in the dealer hall.
- 07:20 – And we go briefly back to gaming new media.
- 08:10 – And Godwin’s Law is demonstrated.
- 08:30 – Hero Sixth Edition sold well, without the book even being there. And many other people did very well, like Pelgrane & Adventure Retail.
- 09:40 – Talking about the split up of “indie alley”
- 10:47 – Moving onto Gen Con’s management & investing in the convention — the new registration system & iPhone app.
- 11:46 – Welcome to 2007, Paul.
- 12:13 – “It’s not that they’re in survival mode.” / “They’re in growth & improvement mode.”
- 12:49 – Paul talks about the difference between this and last years This Just In. This year was less product-oriented.
- 14:08 – And Paul makes us fix this remedy. Our list:
- 14:22 – Action Castle
- 15:22 – Homecoming: one soldier’s story
- 16:35 – Sign In Stranger: Making Contact
- 16:55 – Bloodstained Stars
- 17:30 – Venus 2141
- 19:30 - S/Lay W/Me
- 22:20 - GURPS Vorkosigan (Angry fan mail can be directed to Paul)
- 23:35 – Geist: the Sin Eaters (for a look at the visuals, check out the quick start guide)
- 26: 13 – “If Ed Healy is liking something, the odds are it’s certainly worth paying attention to.”
- 26:32 – Pathfinder (and talk about the production model and its amazing success)
- 29:02 – Cubicle 7 Pathfinder supplements
- 29:24 – “4/e was selling membership in a brand. Paizo was selling membership in a religion.”
- 29:45 – Starblazer Adventures
- 31:13 – Warhammer Fantasy 3rd Edition (Preview at Gen Con, not yet out)
- 31:40 – Fantasy Craft
- 33:20 – Warriors & Warlocks
- 34:35 – Paul acknowledges special guest producer Ryan Macklin
- 34:53 – Spycraft 2.0 Pocket Edition
- 36:08 – Volume, indeed
- 36:34 – Paul asks Ken about the Day After Ragnarok different form factors between the Savage Worlds edition & Hero Edition.
- 37:44 – Weird War II for Savage Worlds
- 40:20 – Chronica Feudalis
- 41:23 – Clearly, there needed to be more post-production. I was punchy at nigh 2am.
- 41:57 – “The Gen Con of Twitter”
- 43:43 – The ENnies live-tweeted the results as they happened. And somehow Ryan neglected to boast about the Evil Hat ENnies he accepted for.
- 44:10 – Hi, Rob.
- 46:34 – We declare it to be late.
- 46:45 – But not so late that Ken can’t remind us of our duty of pimpage:
- Rough Magicks for Trail of Cthulhu
- Day After Ragnarok, Hero 6th Edition Version (A note that it’s the first Hero 6th supplement, alongside The War of Worldcraft, both of which are third-party books.)
- Cthulhu 101
- The Antarctic Express
- Grim War
- 50:15 – And Paul gets in on the pimpery train:
- 51:20 – And the trio closes out the show as they should, with some fine scotch.
I apologize for the poorer audio quality. This was recorded in a hotel room, we were tired, but for all you hardcore fans out there, here you go. And a big thank-you to Ken & Paul for, well, being Ken & Paul on tape.
And again, thank you to our friends at OgreCave for the show-note support at the con. Beers are on me.
Running time: 51:57 / File size: 35.7M
Categories: Gen Con 2009
