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!