Hey hey BATT Family! GenCon 2025 is ONE WEEK AWAY! That means that it is perfect timing to get out the GenCon preview list. We recorded this list on July 9th when there were 499 games on the list. While another 70 or so were added since then, we're all still extremely happy with our lists and will still be looking for these games in particular. Scott, Jason, and Mark have all gathered to make sure that we're telling you about 30 different games that we are excited to check out and hopefully bring home from the con in one way or another.

We hope that you enjoy this episode and you let us know what you're looking forward to on BlueSky or by emailing us at [email protected]. As a reminder, Mark and Jason will be teaching Vantage at the Stonemaier/MeepleSource booth at location 2909 this year and Scott will be demoing it in the play hall not too far away on Thursday and Friday mornings. Come say hi!

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This episode's segments:

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:02 - Honorable Mentions

00:08:40 - List Selection Criteria

00:11:24 - Scott's 10 (Guild Lands)

00:12:29 - Jason's 10 (Tinco)

00:13:20 - Mark's 10 (Habemus Papam)

00:14:50 - Scott's 9 (Ace of Spades)

00:16:06 - Jason's 9 (Alibis)

00:16:47 - Mark's 9 (Escape from the Moon)

00:17:45 - Scott's 8 (Gibberers)

00:19:17 - Jason's 8 (Sprocketforge)

00:20:42 - Mark's 8 (Ofrenda)

00:22:10 - Scott's 7 (Mythical Dice)

00:23:19 - Jason's 7 (Zenith)

00:24:40 - Mark's 7 (Spooktacular)

00:26:22 - Scott's 6 (Solar Gardens)

00:27:52 - Jason's 6 (Unstoppable)

00:29:44 - Mark's 6 (Four Doors)

00:31:30 - Scott's 5 (Petiquette)

00:33:43 - Jason's 5 (Grand Central Skyport)

00:36:20 - Mark's 5 (Pillars of Heracles)

00:37:34 - Scott's 4 (Digit Code)

00:39:26 - Jason's 4 (Journey to Tir na Nog, Blessings and Burdens)

00:40:59 - Mark's 4 (12 Rivers)

00:42:53 - Scott's 3 (Temple Code)

00:44:47 - Jason's 3 (Pillars of Fate)

00:46:05 - Mark's 3 (How to Save a World)

00:48:15 - Scott's 2 (Kronologic: Cuzco 1450)

00:50:44 - Jason's 2 (Dark Quarter)

00:52:25 - Mark's 2 (Iliad)

00:54:30 - Scott's 1 (FlipToons)

00:58:00 - Jason's 1 (Vantage)

01:01:20 - Mark's 1 (Timber Town)

01:03:38 - Final Thoughts

01:05:39 - Outro

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Notes!

1) Mark failed to actually say the name of his number nine. The game being discussed is "Escape from the Moon".

2) Scott failed to correctly say the name of his number eight! We were on fire at this point, but in our defense it was almost 2am when we started recording all this! His number eight is actually Gibberers from Hobby Japan.

3) Mark has since played Zenith. IT'S SO, SO GOOD GUYS.

4) We've gotten some preview copies of Pillars of Fate and the other retail IV games that you'll be getting reviews of VERY SHORTLY. Mark likes Pillars A LOT. It's a good thing too, because he's gotta pick up the copy he already bought!

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