Totally Not Using Another Episode To Talk About Gen Con 2025 - Boards & Swords #270

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I promise we’ll get back to interviews next time (Nova Open LIVE show btw!!), but for now we’ve finally got more news out of Gen Con to talk about, along with what was “hot” during the show.

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News

More details on Gundam Assemble

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60205/gen-con-2025-news-bandai-previews-gundam-assemble

New edition of Mutants and Masterminds!

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/08/rpg-green-ronin-releases-240-page-playtest-for-new-mutants-masterminds-4e.html

L5R board game!!

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60209/gen-con-2025-news-office-dog-previews-new-l5r-board-game

Assassins Creed Animus kickstarting soon from Mantic Games

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/08/mantic-games-assassins-creed-animus-board-game-coming-to-kickstarter-this-month.html

Devir made a critical error in Ace of Spades

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/08/devir-to-recall-all-copies-of-new-release-ace-of-spades-after-backlash-over-slavery-depictions-in-artwork-apologises-for-causing-harm/

Diablo RPG taking as long to come out as one of the video games...

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/08/the-diablo-tabletop-rpg-will-unleash-hell-on-your-tabletop-coming-soon.html

Brass....Pittsburgh?

https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/1/blogpost/177095/steel-yourself-for-brass-pittsburgh

Some people don't like Universes Beyond

https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/60266/magic-the-gathering-universes-beyond-sets-receive-ongoing-complaints

Deets on the new Perkins/Crawford daggerheart projects

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/08/rpg-daggerheart-shows-off-chris-perkins-jeremy-crawford-projects-brennan-lee-mulligan-new-critical-role-gm.html

GW gets upset

https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/08/warhammer-40k-kill-team-shadowhunt-brings-two-new-kill-teams.html

Links discussed during the show

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/60244/the-jds-perspective-the-most-buzzworthy-games-gen-con

https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/60260/rolling-initiative-more-diamond-strangeness-some-thoughts-gen-con

https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2025/08/05/gen-con-exhibitor-numbers-rebound-to-record-levels-despite-tariffs-uncertainty-biggest-ever-attendance-reaches-almost-72000/

https://youtu.be/U51tq9fnQBA?si=9c7xy2SatkNzjMiYhttps://youtu.be/G8K3fwN_wGg?si=UNDdQ-0UaWnbew7i

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