We're heading over to the US to attend one of our favourite board game conventions GenCon 2024! We've started researching games and can foresee it being very expensive with NO OVERLAP in our most anticipated lists. We hope that this research helps you navigate through and find some gems that work for you and your gamer group.

Please come and say hi if you see us!

We'll shortly update the list below with timestamps where you can find each of these games at GenCon (to the best of our knowledge!) so be sure to come back when you're marking your map.

Note: all Broll in this video is credited to game publisher and/or designer of the game

*******Warning Spoilers in Timestamps Below!*********
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Location in GenCon 2024 exhibition hall shown in brackets (COMING SOON)
MSRP shown where publisher has listed (COMING SOON)
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Games we've covered
Witchcraft!    • 10, OUT OF 10 (Part 16): the 'weboug...  
Stonespine Architects    • Stonespine Architects | Amy & Maggie'...  
Confusing Lands    • Three GREAT new card games!  
Evenfall    • Top 10 Big Box / Euro Board Games of ...  
Rebel Princess Deluxe    • 10, OUT OF 10 (Part 16): the 'weboug...  
Vegetable Stock    • Ranking all of the board games we bou...  
Hamster Roll
Things in Rings    • Things in Rings ~ we think this cleve...  
Fairy    • Three GREAT new card games!  
Rebirth prototype    • Rebirth ~ Easy to teach, Easy to tabl...  
Luthier prototype    • Luthier ~ the HEAVY, thematic follow...  
ARCS    • ARCS ~ 4x TrickTaking in Space ♣ | ...  
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:53 Highly recommended games that we've played
06:37 10 (Maggie) Cities (Devir, 2827)
09:01 10 (Amy) Tir Na Nog (Grand Gamers Guild, 2838)
11:07 9 (Maggie) Don't Starve The Board Game (Glass Cannon Unplugged, 1939)
12:56 9 (Amy) Landmarks (Floodgate Games, 439, $25)
15:14 8 (Maggie) Seers Catalog (Bezier Games, 3035, $15)
17:47 8 (Amy) March of the Ants (Weird City Games, 2956, DEMO)
19:41 7 (Maggie) Cafe Baras (KTBG, 2004, $20)
20:48 7 (Amy) Lone Wolves (Wonderful World Board Games, 1356, $20)
22:32 6 (Maggie) Fromage (Road To Infamy Games, ?, $50)
25:14 6 (Amy) Gnome Hollow (The Op Games, 135, $50)
27:23 5 (Maggie) Citizens of the Spark (Thunderworks Games, 1363, DEMO)
28:40 5 (Amy) The Fog: Escape From Paradise (XOLLOX Games, ?)
32:13 4 (Maggie) Rock Hard 1977 (Devir, 2827)
34:28 4 (Amy) Decorum Movin' Out (Floodgate Games, 439) but also Forest Shuffle Alpine (Lookout Games, ?, $13), Radlands Cult of Chrome (Roxley, 2662, $13) and Innovation Ultimate (Asmadi Games, 2555, DEMO)
39:00 3 (Maggie) FateFlip: Washed Ashore (Alley Cat Games, 2052, $15)
40:53 3 (Amy) Knitting Circle (Flatout Games, 403, DEMO)
42:34 2 (Maggie) Endeavor Deep Sea (Burnt Island Games, 2004, $55)
45:59 2 (Amy) SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CGE, ICC 235239, DEMO)
47:30 1 (Maggie) Windmill Valley (Board & Dice, 2611, $60)
50:42 1 (Amy) The Gang (Kosmos, 2619, $15)
55:58 Bonus Round
55:95 Wrap Up

Thanks for stopping by! We're Amy & Maggie aka ThinkerThemer. We're an Australian couple with two very different perspectives of what makes a great board game Amy (Thinker) is all about the mechanics and enjoys tight, competitive games, and Maggie (Themer) is all about the storytelling and the theme of the game, and the 'world' that the designer is trying to create. Subscribe to our channel to hear us talk about these two elements of a game, and how well integrated we feel these are in delivering a cohesive and wonderful game experience.
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