More than just about any other medium, I have found over the years that it is exceedingly difficult to keep up with tabletop games, be they board games, TCGs, or RPGs. There are so many titles coming out from all over the globe so often and with so little overall marketing – a BoardGameGeek page and static website doesn't really cut it in 2024 – that anything short of someone shaking me down and yelling in my face about a game rarely moves the needle.
But having attended Gen Con 2024 earlier this month and having seen and played a whole bevy of different games, now I have the honor and privilege of being the one to shake you down and yell in your face. Proverbially speaking, of course. Not everything I tried during the event is worthy of a place amongst the best board games, but a handful might be. Here are 5 tabletop games, ranging from card to board to role-playing, that I haven't stopped thinking about since the convention.
