Sunday, June 24, 2018

Gen-Con 2018 Board Game publisher's List


 Gen-Con is coming!

I don't know about you, but I can get overwhelmed as I prepare for Gen-Con. I'm starting to plan out my schedule for the show and I'm trying to determine which publishers to try to arrange meetings, which would be a good fit for my games (you should never pitch to a publisher who isn't a good fit!) and this year, I want to find out more from the publishers about what they are looking for

However, I didn't even know who was going to be at the show! How was I to learn this? My first thought was to check out the Gen-Con website's interactive map but it's actually kind of hard to navigate for this kind of information.

Undeterred, I dug deeper into the web (OK, I Google'd) and I was able to find a great site at Living Dice.com that had links to all of the exhibitors at the show, however this list, while comprehensive, included everyone at the show, including a vendor who sold adorable Owl Bear stuffies.

I took a few days (really, it took three days) to go through the list. I only listed publishers who produced board games, not those who exclusively made miniature games (like WarMachine or Warhammer 40K) and not companies that only made role-playing games (not that they aren't great companies - I am only focused on board and card game publishers). And I didn't list game-manufacturers who also sold games like The Game Crafter. 

In addition to the company, I listed their booth location number at the show. I would have liked to have gone into more detail about the games they make and their published titles, but at least it's a start.

Also, any publisher marked with a * only had one game list on their site, which implied to me that they are less likely to publish someone else's game... yet.


  • Academy Games : 2748
  • Adam's Apple Games : 2663
  • AEGIS Combining Robots : 3060*
  • Albino Dragon: 122
  • Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG): 701
  • Alter Reality Games: 2501
  • Amigo Games: 2763
  • Ankama Board Games : 2753
  • Anvil Eight Games: 320
  • APE Games: 1739
  • Arcane Wonders: 1249
  • Archon Games: 460
  • Archon Studio: 2544
  • Ares Games: 335
  • Artana : 1159 
  • Asmadi Games: 2229
  • Asmodee Digial: 2509
  • Atlas Games: 1407
  • B&B Games Studio: 259
  • Bananagrams Inc.: 2015*
  • BANDAI: 3023
  • Bezier Games: 431
  • Big G Creative: 1656
  • Big Potato Games: 2105
  • Blacklist Games: 2907
  • Blood & Cardstock Games: 120
  • Blue Orange Games: 1813
  • Brain Games: 2205
  • Braine Games: 2050
  • Breaking Games: 2329
  • Brotherwise Games, LLC: 1639
  • Buy the Rights: 554*
  • Calliope Games: 1901
  • Capstone Games: 1559
  • Cardboard Dynamo: 2768
  • Catan Studio: 823*
  • Cephalofair Games: 250
  • Chaosium: 829
  • Cheapass Games: 1823
  • Chip Theory Games LLC: 2927
  • CMON 415
  • Coffee Cake Gaming: 2958
  • Columbia Games: 273
  • Corvus Belli Infinity: 241*
  • Crafty Games: 1929
  • Cranio Creations: 2005
  • Cryptozoic Entertainment: 609
  • D-Verse NEXUS: 2959
  • Daily Magic Games: 264
  • Days of Wonder: 1619
  • Decision Games/Strategy & Tactics Press: 3018
  • Deep Water Games: 272
  • Devious Weasel Games: 1130
  • Devir Games: 2639
  • Diemension Games Inc: 3065
  • Dodeca System Games: 363
  • Dude Games: 2807
  • Dust USA: 3035*
  • DV Giochi: 2707
  • Eagle-Gryphon Games: 163
  • Eggertspiele: 2935
  • Et Games: 565
  • Everything Epic: 2923
  • Exodus The Trading Card Game: 2944*
  • Exploding Kittens, LLC: 2643
  • Facade Games: 2856
  • Fallen Dominion Studios, LLC : 3057 
  • Fantasy Flight Games : 809  
  •  FASA Games : 1929 
  •  Fireside Games : 2455 
  • Floodgate Games : 249  
  •  Flying Frog Productions : 941
  • Flying Meeple: 2315
  • Force of Will: 2469
  • Formal Ferret Games: 2770
  • FoxMind: 1908
  • Free League Publishing: 1455
  • Gale Force Nine: 629
  • Game Salute: 2315
  • Gamelyn Games: 2945
  • Games Workship: 2619
  • Gamewick Games: 2918
  • Gamewright: 2100
  • GCT Studios: 2821
  • Genius Games: 171
  • Gigamic: 1913
  • Gold Baby Games: 165
  • Golden Bell Studios: 2860
  • Golden Egg Games: 319
  • Goliath Games: 2507
  • Gorilla Games: 2606
  • Grail Games: 30
  • Grand Gamers Guild: 2007
  • Great Northern Games: 2511
  • Green Couch Games: 2108
  • Greenbrier Games: 637
  • Grey Fox Games: 2401
  • Griggling Games: 123
  • Gut Bustin Games: 1236
  •  HABA USA: 1907
  • Hammerdog Games: 634
  • Happy Games Factory: 175
  • Hawk War Games: 2141
  • Haywire Group: 2006
  • HELVETIQ: 2956
  • HEWN: 2723
  • Hit 'Em With A Shoe: 3058
  • Holy Grail Games: 2859
  •  Hot Metal Games: 1552
  • IDW Games: 158
  • IELLO: 129
  • Indie Boards and Cards: 2447
  • Inside the Box Board Games: 2857
  • Inside Up Games: 1456
  • Jasco Games: 2119
  • Jason Anarchy Games: 2448
  • Jellybean Games: 2953
  • Junk Spirit Games: 2656
  • Kess Co.: 2865
  • Keymaster Games: 2445
  • Kingdom Death: 3003*
  • Knowledge the Game: 2861*
  • Kolossal Games: 3004
  • Kosmos: 2648
  • Lay Waste Games: 2831
  • Leder Games LLC: 3043
  • Level 99 Games: 2149
  • Lightseekers: 555*
  • Lone Shark Games Inc.: 2735
  • Looney Labs: 1651
  • Lucky Duck Games: 3054
  • Luna Games: 2960
  • Mantic Entertainment Ltd: 835
  • Master of Wills: 2965*
  • Mattel Games: 349
  • Mayday Games: 2101
  • Meromorph Games: 2646
  • Mindclash Games: 1739
  • Monolith Board Games: 2830
  • Mr. B Games: 2342
  • Myndzei Games LLC: 112
  • Mythic Games: 3033
  • Mythical Eras of War Games, LLC: 1839
  • Nauvoo Games: 2009
  • Ninja Division: 2627
  • North Star Games: 2311
  • Odam Publishing: 1238
  • Odd Bird Games: 271
  • Oink Games: 2561
  • On The Lamb Games: 464*
  • Paizo Inc. 403*
  • Pandasaurus Games: 3047
  • Party People Games: 175
  • Passport Game Studio: 2535
  • Paw-Warrior Games: 2504
  • Peaceable Kingdom: 1805
  • Pegasus Spiele: 2013
  • Pelgrane Press: 1317
  • Perplext LLC: 466*
  • Petersen Games: 1261
  • Plaid Hat Games: 1537
  • Plan B Games: 2935
  • PlayMonster: 453
  • Pointy Hat Games LLC: 3061*
  • Portal Dragon: 3062*
  • Portal Games: 1850
  • Pretzel Games: 1850
  • Prolific Games: 269*
  • Queen Games GmbH: 2527
  • Quined Games: 1556
  • Rather Dashing Games: 1437
  • Ravensburger: 2113
  • Red Raven Games: 2659
  • Renegade Game Studios: 2209
  • Resonym LLC: 1803
  • Restoration Games: 151
  • ROXLEY: 531*
  • Rule & Make: 2535
  • Set Enterprises Inc.: 2208
  • SFR: 2025
  • Skybound Games: 2841
  • Slugfest Games: 1849
  • Smirk and Dagger Games: 1743
  • Soaring Rhino: 2961
  • Space Cowboys: 1719
  • Space Unicorn: Battle Over Cupcake Mountain: 2755
  • Sparks Games: 553*
  • Sparkworks: 2315
  • Spellforge Games: 1259*
  • SpinMaster: 2727
  • Spy Alley: 2110*
  • Starling Games: 2315
  • Steamforged Games: 2827
  • Steve Jackson Games: 2827
  • Stonemaier Games: 3019
  • Stronghold Games: 2019
  • Studio Woe: 3015
  • Summon Entertainment: 1256*
  • Surfin' Meeple LLC: 2201
  • Table Forged, LLC: 2540
  • Tasty Minstrel Games: 1337
  • The City of Games: 2765*
  • The Witchborn: 1938*
  • ThunderGryph Games; 2862
  • Thunderworks Games: 2954
  • Tudor Games: 2955
  • Tuesday Knight Games: 2051
  • Twilight Creations Inc.: 323
  • Twin City Games: 1906*
  • TwoGether Studios: 2667
  • University Games: 2208
  • Upper Deck: 1205
  • USAopoly: 137
  • Van Ryder Games: 2731
  • Vesuvius Media: 2558
  • Victory Point Games: 2315
  • Warcradle Studios: 3027*
  • We Have Issue! Publishing: 1940*
  • Weta Workshop: 601*
  • White Wizard Games: 2741
  • Wildfire LLC: 1355
  • Winning Moves Games: 237
  • Wizkids: 217
  • Wonderment Games: 2855*
  • Wyrd Games: 1129
  • XYZ Game Labs: 2962
  • Z-Man Games: 1429
  • Zafty Games: 157
Whew! That's a lot of publishers! I'm sure at least ONE of them would be willing to talk to you about your games.

Fingers crossed and see you at Gen-Con!