BGB Podcast #338 – Gen Con 2025 Preview

Gen Con! Where all the cool games are, before you even know they’re cool. Or hot! We’ve got you covered, if you want to know what all the best stuff coming out of Indianapolis is going to before before anyone else, then look no further than this episode. Five games each that we’re excited to hear more about at the show! Before we face the heat, we talk about Line of Fire: Burnt Moon, and Rise.
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Timecodes:
02:51 – Line of Fire: Burnt Moon
11:57 – Rise
21:46 – Gen Con Preview
23:53 – Party Panda Pirates
26:09 – Tabriz
27:33 – The Last Command
28:53 – Llama Llama
31:25 – Tearable Quest
33:22 – Furnace Duel
35:59 – Koinobori
37:58 – Galileo Galilei
39:59 – Merchants of Andromeda
42:02 – Ruins
45:03 – Slam Throne
47:34 – Lightning Train
48:40 – Guessocracy: Roll & Vote
51:22 – Habemus Papam
52:34 – Into the Machine
Thank you to Heart Society for generously letting us use What’s On Your Mind, Kid? from their album Wake the Queens.
