An 18xx variant that takes place in Upper Canada. Please see details in the 18xx Tournament description for advancement to the 18xx Tournament finals taking place on Sunday at 8 a.m. PBT.
1861 is a two-player board game of the American Civil War. 15mm pieces of infantry, cavalry, cannons, generals, Indians, cargo ships, and ironclads. Object of the game is to take the opponent's capitol.
The war between the states lives on. Recreate one of the battles of the Civil War in this Avalon Hill tournament game. Battles will come from the fifteen found in the game and will be randomly selected. Players will have a chance to play both sides in the battle with the higher combined score moving on to the Championship Round.
Become a rail baron in the new Europe. An Empire Builder variant. Please see details in the Empire Builder International Tournament description for advancement to the finals on Sunday at Noon. PBT event.
A game you've played for years gets new life when played at a convention.Try it and see how different and challenging the game is when played against new players.
Your robot is doing the best it can but with crushers, pushers, conveyors, and other robots in the way, it is just about impossible to get to the next flag.
Turn sheep into cities! An easy-to-learn game of gathering resources and building cities.Trade commodities with fellow players to build up your cities and roads.
Turn sheep into cities! An easy-to-learn game of gathering resources and building cities.Trade commodities with fellow players to build up your cities and roads. Four-round tournament. Second round, Semifinal, and Final on Sunday.
Trade in gold, fuel, and metal to build fleets or call elections on enemy worlds. Empires are built up quickly and alliances can be formed in various media. Unique tallying system makes this game fast-paced and fun! GM Fred Lange.
Players create their own giant monsters and battle to save and/or destroy the world! This unique card-based strategy game contains lots of property destruction and monster-to-monster combat! If you like giant monster movies, play this one! GM Alex Strang.
Stocks, mergers, and hostile takeovers are the call of the day in Avalon Hill's financial game of hotel chains. Start a hotel of your own or take over one of your opponent's chains!
Learn to play this family game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Simple game, yet it is truly a strategy game to outwit and outplay your opponent.This is a family game for up to four players.
NASCAR racing on four different tracks.Two rounds on Thursday, two on Friday, with first and second each round advancing to finals on Saturday. GM Leland Black.
Tactical air combat in the Pacific Theater in this easy-to-learn new card game. Uses GMT's very successful Down in Flames system. Learn by playing. All participants receive a $2 coupon.
Learn to play the award-winning WWII strategy wargame. Depicts the war between Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany. Unique game system uses real wooden blocks for hidden movement and a true sense of "the fog of war." Rules and game mechanics taught.
Gather your armies and head into battle. Players bring one good and one evil army to this Avalon Hill tournament to see who is the master of the shattered lands. Best of three games. Each round determines who goes on to become a legend. Winners advance to the Championship Round Saturday at 10a.m.
The ultimate monster bash! Recruit monsters to fight on your side and crush the opposition (how many Ogres with bad dice does it take to defeat a lone Centaur?). Winners advance to a final game immediately following the qualifier rounds.
A fast-paced game of magical combat. Battle it out with other wizards in an ever-changing dungeon. Steal their treasures! Humble them with your powerful spells!
Learn to play this family game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Simple game, yet it is truly a strategy game to outwit and outplay your opponent.This is a family game for up to four players.
Players choose how WWII starts and develops. Great for "What if" scenarios.Try attacking France in 1939, Russia in 1940, or try Sea Lion invasion of England with a Soviet bear clawing in the back door.
GMT's latest Great Battles of the American Civil War Series regimental-level game. Bragg vs. Rosecrans in one of the major battles of the West-West Georgia, that is. Learn the game, play a few rounds. Developer John Alsen will instruct and explain.
Newest release from Columbia Games."Pearl Harbor was just the beginning." Using the unique "blocks" system, the game depicts World War II in the Pacific Theatre. Game allows for a grand Japanese strategy. Stop by and learn how to play.
Newest release from Columbia Games."Pearl Harbor was just the beginning." Using the unique "blocks" system, the game depicts World War II in the Pacific Theatre. Game allows for a grand Japanese strategy. Stop by and learn how to play.
Turn sheep into cities! An easy-to-learn game of gathering resources and building cities.Trade commodities with fellow players to build up your cities and roads.
Play one of the famous battles of Napoleon in this easy-to-learn new game. Uses GMT's huge Demonstration Game Set. All participants receive a $2 coupon.
1861 is a two-player board game of the American Civil War. 15mm pieces of infantry, cavalry, cannons, generals, Indians, cargo ships, and ironclads. Object of the game is to take the opponent's capitol.
Stocks, mergers, and hostile takeovers are the call of the day in Avalon Hill's financial game of hotel chains. Start a hotel of your own or take over one of your opponent's chains!
Learn some genealogical resources and pitfalls of genealogical research as you entertain yourself with this board game.The trick is to collect nine generations without going into debt. GM Laura Scheurell.
No luck. No dice. Pure willpower and strategy determine a winner in this Avalon Hill tournament. Play one of seven powers in early 20th century Europe. Form alliances. Betray allies. May the most cunning player win.The winner of each qualifying round advances to the Championship Game Saturday.
Come try out the latest revolution in gaming! Diskwars combines all the excitement and strategy of a miniatures game with elements of a CCG. Choose one of several fantasy armies, and battle; mayhem arise!
Become one of nine factions in a bid to take control of the planet Dune. Besides the regular six factions provided for the game, there will be three additional factions that have been introduced through the years. GM Alan Arvold.
Learn some genealogical resources and pitfalls of genealogical research as you entertain yourself with this board game.The trick is to collect nine generations without going into debt. GM Laura Scheurell.
One of the best historical board games ever. Press your advantage when you can and limit your losses during your fall, as best you can.The most historical game ever produced allows you to play 500 years in six hours. Come find out why this event is usually sold out at each convention.
What happens when you cross the wildly popular Disk Wars game with the award-winning world of Legend of the Five Rings? Come learn to play the L5R version of this great game.
This chess variant is highly recommended by chess masters worldwide. It has all the normal pieces plus the wizard and the champion, which are like Knights in that they can jump, but can control up to twelve squares.The wizard can move over three, up one or one space diagonally.The champion can move one or two spaces horizontally or vertically or two spaces diagonally. Pawns one, two, or three on the first move. GM Fred Lange.
Fight the classic campaign of Waterloo. Can you succeed where Napoleon failed? This is a game of move, bluff, charge, and retreat, using the famous wooden blocks and "fog of war."They're out there, but where and how many is not known.
Turn sheep into cities! An easy-to-learn game of gathering resources and building cities.Trade commodities with fellow players to build up your cities and roads.
Galaxy is an intergalactic combat and conquest card game, brought to you by the same design team that created Avalon Hill's critically acclaimed Titan:The Arena.Three-to-five players vie for control of the cosmos with base and entire fleets of spacecraft.
Six sets on six boards (in a three-by-two array) with clocks make this chess variant very exciting. Special rules for the knights and pawns (not for capture): Knights can teleport to the same coordinate on any other board. Pawns that start on your half can move any number of spaces forward through empty space. Should know the rules of normal chess. GM Fred Lange.
An Empire Builder variant set in Japan. Please see details in the Empire Builder International Tournament description for advancement to the finals on Sunday at Noon PBT event.
Turn sheep into cities! An easy-to-learn game of gathering resources and building cities.Trade commodities with fellow players to build up your cities and roads.
Turn sheep into cities! An easy-to-learn game of gathering resources and building cities.Trade commodities with fellow players to build up your cities and roads. Four-round tournament. Second round, Semifinal, and Final on Sunday.
(Special Saturday session with Anthony Daniels.) Who will prevail, the Dark Side or the Light? Use the Force as your guide to answer trivia questions in this relaxing departure from the rush that is Gen Con! Better brush up on the movies! May the Force be with you.
Reiner Knizia's Through the Desert is now in English! Come try this fast and fun game of competing camel caravans! Easy-to-learn! Fun for the whole family!
1861 is a two-player board game of the American Civil War. 15mm pieces of infantry, cavalry, cannons, generals, Indians, cargo ships, and ironclads. Object of the game is to take the opponent's capital.
Learn to play this family game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Simple game, yet it is truly a strategy game to outwit and outplay your opponent.This is a family game for up to four players.
GMT's latest Great Battles of the American Civil War Series regimental-level game. Bragg vs. Rosecrans in one of the major battles of the West-West Georgia, that is. Learn the game, play a few rounds. Developer John Alsen will instruct and explain.
Newest release from Columbia Games."Pearl Harbor was just the beginning." Using the unique "blocks" system, the game depicts World War II in the Pacific Theatre. Game allows for a grand Japanese strategy. Stop by and learn how to play.
An excellent, easy-to-learn strategy game of WWI,"the war to end all wars." One round, results based on Victory Points; if a tie, playoff round follows immediately. All participants receive a $2 coupon.
Turn sheep into cities! An easy-to-learn game of gathering resources and building cities.Trade commodities with fellow players to build up your cities and roads.
1861 is a two-player board game of the American Civil War. 15mm pieces of infantry, cavalry, cannons, generals, Indians, cargo ships, and ironclads. Object of the game is to take the opponent's capitol.
Can you get your cargo past raiding Bedouins, ravaging wolves, other caravan masters, and the lure of unexplored pyramids? Maybe you need Fritz the Wonder Camel. A logistics board game packed with humor and fun.
Up to nine-player game of Avalon HiII's Dune, with a light-hearted twist. Only cosmetic changes separate it from the original. In order to simplify the game, neither the duel nor the spice harvest will be used.GM Paul Joswick.
Come play the epic fantasy board game where Elves, Dwarves, Knights, and more vie for control of the realms of Mennarra. Utilizes the Sails of War expansion.
For ten years Gen Con has been the home of Conquest of the StarLords,a fleet operations strategy game of futuristic conquest, diplomacy, warfare, economics, backstabs, and twelve unique races. All rules taught. Join the War!
No luck. No dice. Pure willpower and strategy determine a winner in this Avalon Hill tournament. Play one of seven powers in early 20th century Europe. Form alliances. Betray allies. May the most cunning player win.The winner of each qualifying round advances to the Championship Game Saturday.
The latest in GMT's award-winning Great Battles of History series. Fighting Cavalry, combined arms, great leaders, and huge armies. Uses GMT's huge Demonstration Game Set. All participants receive a $2 coupon.
Be ready to play a number of chess variants and two-person strategy games. Players will have five minutes to learn the rules, and five minutes on a side to play. Loser's choice of variant in next game. Champion is player with wins in most number of variants. Games include Chaos, Omega, Omnigon, Latrel, Split-Board, Quarto, Quinto, Quixo,Quads, Abalone,TimeLine,Twixt, Fuedal, Ploy. GM Fred Lange.
Fast and furious fantasy fun! Players use their dragon's arcane and physical skills to defeat their enemies. Each player must carefully calculate the best way to use his or her magical spells.They must put themselves in the best position to blast, bite, and claw their way to the top, because only one dragon can be the Dragon Supreme!
Set in the Fertile Crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, early civilizations are emerging and your goal is to nurture their balanced growth.This game has everything: backstabbing politics, huge monuments, hidden treasure, and art by Doris Matthus.
Galaxy is an intergalactic combat and conquest card game, brought to you by the same design team that created Avalon Hill's critically acclaimed Titan:The Arena.Three-to-five players vie for control of the cosmos with bases and entire fleets of spacecraft.
What happens when you cross the wildly popular Disk Wars game with the award-winning world of Legend of the Five Rings? Come learn to play the L5R version of this great game.
Fight the classic campaign of Waterloo. Can you succeed where Napoleon failed? This is a game of move, bluff, charge, and retreat, using the famous wooden blocks and "fog of war."They're out there, but where and how many is not known.
Kings jump to take, move normally. Rooks, Bishops, Queens move once, and must move again at right angles to the first move without capture on first move. Knights switch places with pieces within two spaces. Pawns promote only to Kings. Pawns move and take forward like Knights, or bounce off friendly pawns to go backward, etc. En passant is complicated. Good luck! GM Fred Lange.
Learn to play this family game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Simple game, yet it is truly a strategy game to outwit and outplay your opponent.This is a family game for up to four players.
Join us for a demonstration of the evolving game of Dawn Patrol in a time when many British fliers won the Victorian Cross.This is a setting where you may win an award "For Valour."