Alley Cat Games & Comics opens one week from today!
Do I feel ready? Heck no! This will be a very busy week, indeed. We had a work party at the store last night, and got a ton of stuff done. Thanks to Meredith (my very supportive wife), Bryan (my Number One) and his wife Missy, [...]
Ah, Wizards of the Coast. Boy, did they stir up a hornets nest at Gen Con! Wizards of the Coast (or WotC) is one of the big dogs of the gaming industry. They are the company behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic the Gathering, etc, and they are owned by Hasbro, the second largest toy company [...]
Minnesota-based Fantasy Flight Games consistently puts out some of the coolest, highest-quality games on the market. I was really looking forward to seeing them at Gen Con, and their booth certainly did not disappoint.
One of their upcoming products that I’ve been keeping an eye on for the past year or so is the Mutant Chronicles [...]
Yeah, I know I already gushed about this game in my Wizard World Chicago entry, but I actually got to play a demo of the new game on Thursday at Gen Con (ok, so it was my first stop!) and got a taste of the game play.
Overall, similar in style and tone to Heroclix (or [...]
One of my favorite game systems right now is Rackham’s AT-43 pre-painted science fiction miniatures game. I like the rules, I like the setting, I like the miniatures. However, despite demoing the game on several occassions as part of Rackham’s demo team (something I’ll continue to do at Alley Cat), I’ve yet to actually play [...]
As I mentioned in my last entry, I spent this past Thursday and Friday at Gen Con in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is the grand-daddy of gaming cons. It’s big. It’s crowded. It’s the place to be if you’re a gamer.
I took a bunch of pics around the show, which I’ll be posting over the coming [...]
We got home late Sunday night from Chicago. Wizard World was a fun show overall, but it pales in comparison to the San Diego Comic Con. I lived in California for most of my life, and attended SDCC about 10 times over the years. It’s amazing. Wizard World Chicago is about 1/3 the size and [...]
I’m typing this from a hotel room in Chicago. My wife, daughter and I drove up to Chicago yesterday to attend Wizard World Chicago, one of the largest comic book/pop culture conventions in the country.
With the major comic book publishers in attendance Wizard World is a great opportunity for me to introduce myself and Alley [...]
