6.11: Review of GenCon 2023

It’s that time of year again, and what an excellent time it is! The Pudding Guys review the best four days in gaming as it recently hit Indianapolis in 2023! In addition to filling you in on some of the highlights, Ken gives a few more nuggets of hard won wisdom in advice to the eager convention goers out there (or the casually interested, either way).

Season 2: Episode 49

Join us as we discuss some of our favorite digital tools for staying connected in this trying time. Now that we have time to enjoy them more, we describe some of our favorite board games, and we continue our journey through the history of comic book movies, with Punisher: War Zone, from 2008!

Season 2: Episode47

Hey there Pudding People! This Friday we come to you with a discussion about some fun tools that can help us game with friends that we can’t currently visit, a couple of less popular albums by a great metal band and we finish up comic movies from 2007!

Season 2: Episode 16

It’s the second half of our GenCon experience! Return with us to the halls of the Indianapolis Convention Center as Ken and Richard discuss the joys of the largest gaming convention here in the United States! Along the way, we get a chance to touch base with our good friend, David Wong, and the fabulous people at Flying Frog Productions.

Season 2: Episode 13

Ever been to a game convention? Listen as Ken and Richard discuss one of the largest in the world–GenCon! Learn what it’s like to walk the halls of the Indianapolis Convention Center with nearly 70,000 other gamers.

Season 2: Episode 11

This episode contains the second part of Ken’s adventure at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio. Listen as he has a wonderful conversation with the folks from the Iello and WizKids game companies.

Season 2: Episode 9

Grab your dice, shuffle your cards, and get a glass of your favorite beverage as you join us in the first part of our review of the Origins Game Fair! In this episode, we get the chance to speak with Connor McGoy (Inside Up Games), Tom Wetzel (Thames & Kosmos), and the always amazing Amber Benson (Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series)!

Season 1: Episode 50

We have a short and sweet episode today, about a wonderful little convention called Who’s Yer Con.  We even have a chance to sit down with one of the individuals behind it, Nick Schumaker!

Season 1: Episode 43

This episode, Ken and Richard have an interesting talk with Billy Mitchell and get an inside perspective on a life linked to domination of classic video games!

Season 1: Episode 22

In this episode, our guest is Rich Thomas, veteran artist and game designer, captain of the ship that is Onyx Path Publishing! Get some insight on the old days of White Wolf and other storied gems!

Season 1: Episode 19

Today our guest is Curt Covert, owner of Smirk and Dagger games creator of wonderful gems like Hex Hex and Cutthroat Caverns. Find out what it’s like to run a game company!