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
Fingers crossed and see you at Gen-Con!