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Gen Con 2022 is here! Not making your way to Indy this year? Bring Gen Con to your home!

The following games are either being demoed or released at Gen Con this year, and they're all available for you to play right now on Tabletopia.

 
[h2][/h2][h2]1941: Race to Moscow[/h2]
 


[h2]After the Empire[/h2]
 


[h2]Animals in Espionage[/h2]
 


[h2]Asking for Trobils[/h2]
 


[h2]Autobahn[/h2]
 


[h2]AuZtralia: Revenge of the Old Ones & AuZtralia: TaZmania[/h2]
 


[h2]Bear Raid[/h2]
 


[h2]Birds of a Feather: Western North America[/h2]
 


[h2]Buru[/h2]
 


[h2]Caper: Europe[/h2]
 


[h2]Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Collector's Edition[/h2]
 


[h2]CULTivate[/h2]
 


[h2]Cytosis: A Cell Biology Board Game[/h2]
 


[h2]Deep State: New World Order[/h2]
 


[h2]Dice Hospital: ER – Emergency Roll[/h2]
 


[h2]Dice Theme Park[/h2]
 


[h2]Ducks in Tow[/h2]
 


[h2]Dwellings of Eldervale[/h2]
 


[h2]Enigma: Beyond Code[/h2]
 


[h2]Eternal Palace[/h2]
 


[h2]Factory Funner[/h2]
 


[h2]Ganesha[/h2]
 


[h2]The Gardens[/h2]
 


[h2]Ghosts of Christmas[/h2]
 


[h2]Gift of Tulips[/h2]
 


[h2]Gutenberg[/h2]
 


[h2]Hippocrates[/h2]
 


[h2]Kiwi Chow Down[/h2]
 


[h2]Maeshowe: an Orkney Saga[/h2]
 


[h2]Nacho Pile[/h2]
 


[h2]NEXUS: Arena Combat System[/h2]
 


[h2]Night Parade of a Hundred Yokai[/h2]
 


[h2]Northgard: Uncharted Lands[/h2]
 


[h2]Oak[/h2]
 


[h2]Omicron Protocol[/h2]
 


[h2]Orconomics (Second Edition)[/h2]
 


[h2]Paint the Roses[/h2]
 


[h2]The Palaces of Carrara (Second Edition)[/h2]
 


[h2]Paris: l'Étoile[/h2]
 


[h2]Periodic: A Game of The Elements[/h2]
 


[h2]Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles – Episode 1[/h2]
 


[h2]The Red Dragon Inn 8: Pub Crawl[/h2]
 


[h2]Rulebenders[/h2]
 


[h2]Silicon Valley[/h2]
 


[h2]Skate Summer[/h2]
 


[h2]Skull Canyon: Ski Fest[/h2]
 


[h2]Star Scrappers: Orbital[/h2]
 


[h2]Stroganov[/h2]
 


[h2]Successors (Fourth Edition)[/h2]
 


[h2]Switch & Signal[/h2]
 


[h2]Tenpenny Parks[/h2]
 


[h2]Viticulture World: Cooperative Expansion[/h2]
 


[h2]Winter Queen[/h2]
 

Be sure to check out the full BGG Gen Con Preview list to see what else is happening!

Bagh Chal is a traditional abstract game that is popular in Nepal. The name roughly translates to "Tigers Moving". It is an abstract strategy game with an asymmetric setup, i.e. a different number of pieces per side (like Hnefatafl and its ilk). One opponent plays four tiger pieces and the other plays twenty goats.

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The board bears a passing resemblance to a Chinese Chess board in that the pieces move along lines from intersection to intersection. However, the gameplay is more similar to Alquerque, Checkers or Draughts. At the start of the game, there are four tigers on the board while there are no goats. The goat player places his/her pieces on the board one by one wherever they choose, with the tiger player getting a move between each placing. Once all the goats are on the board, the two players take turns moving one of their pieces one space. A tiger can alternatively capture a single goat by jumping over it in a line to an empty space. The tigers win if they can capture five goats. The goal for the goats (who cannot make captures) is to hem the tigers in, giving them no opportunity to move or jump.

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The team at Lemery Games currently are Kickstarting a pocket-sized edition of the game in order to help revive its popularity and save the game from dying out!

You can learn more about the local conservation efforts that are being persued to keep this ancient game alive at The Kathmandu Post.

Cooperate with members of your extended winemaking family in various asymmetric regions around the world in Viticulture World: Cooperative Expansion as you try to achieve global recognition. Balance the management of your individual vineyard with the combined effort of your fellow players to gain influence within the region.

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Using the new game board, tiles, tokens, and event cards combined with the original vineyard mats and game cards, you have six years to achieve the two conditions necessary for victory in the selected region: (1) Each player must reach 25 victory points and (2) the shared influence token must reach the end of the influence track. The cooperation, objectives, and asymmetry in this expansion are similar to that of Spirit Island and Orleans: Invasion.



The Viticulture core game is required to play the Viticulture World expansion. Other expansions are compatible with this expansion.

Gather your crew, stake out your jobs, and get the goods before the authorities catch up with you in this fast-paced card game for 2 to 6 international masterminds.



In Heist: Masterminds, colourful characters meet improbable complications on the way to glory and riches (or serious jail time). On your turn, you'll decide to gather resources, do some legwork on a potential job, or brave the risks and claim one of these rare treasures for yourself! Roll up your sleeves, unfurl those blueprints, and plan the crime of the century on your way to being crowned the one true Mastermind.

Your target options are always shifting due to your rivals' actions and the passage of time in-game, so be ready for anything when your turn comes around. It might just be worth some extra attention from the authorities if it means landing that job right before your window of opportunity closes.

Terra Futura is an engine-building card game, in which you build your land of tomorrow. By placing and activating cards in your territory you get resources and goods. Try to be more effective than your opponents and you win the game.

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There are many ways to build your economy. You may take a quick route resulting in pollution, or you can take it slow and clean. On every turn, you choose a card from the display and place it in your territory in front of you. This will activate all the cards in a column and a row in which you placed the new card. So, think twice about where you put each card.

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Pollution is a vital part of the game. Using international transport and speeding your production may help you get needed resources faster, but it creates pollution, which may block your cards and even stop you from scoring some of your resources. But using it carefully might lead to victory.



The game ends when all players build their territory of 9 cards (3 × 3 grid). At the end, they activate their territory once more based on their secret scoring card. Players get victory points based on resources and goods they acquired during the game and they score bonus points from their secret scoring cards. Before the winner is announced they subtract points for each polluted card.