TGN GenCon Video Lineup
Tabletop Gaming News made several videos with Catalyst Game Labs front and center. Here are all of the links in one place for easy reference.
Randall and David Talk About Battletech Releases
Randall and David Talk About Battletech Novels
Randall and David Talk About the Word of Blake Jihad
Battletech received some particular notice and praise in at least two articles.
The BattleTech range continues to expand and the latest set of releases continue to make BattleTech probably the widest game on the market in terms of rules and possible interactions and settings covered by them. Happily the development team continues to follow the “plug and play” mentality that informed earlier rule releases and so gamers don’t need to read and memorize an encyclopedia of rules to use particular technologies or settings in their games.
Second Article. Note that your’s truly provided the fodder for the in article link in the second paragraph!
When I was talking to David at Catalyst Game Labs on Friday he made mention of there being an important product announcement at their booth on Saturday at 10am. I was going there in any case since they were putting up a new BattleTech diorama but sadly I missed the announcement as they made the announcement the previous evening. The announcement was for their new Blake Documents book which provides specifics about the events in the two previous BattleTech Jihad sourcebooks.
This book was a total stealth release. Catalyst didn’t pre-announce it and effectively sprung it on their fans. Kudos really have to be provided to Catalyst for the way in which they provided teasers to gamers at GenCon. At midnight a poster on their forum started posting PDF previews and a figure dressed in Blake robes walked into the BattleTech gaming area in Wasbash 3 tearing pages from the book and screaming about Inner Sphere lies. His bloody robe was later attached to the game cage in the room with a cover of the book attached to it.
It was no surprise that BattleTech fans were lined up at the booth once the show doors opened. I continue to be impressed with the management team at Catalyst but especially with David Stansel-Garner and Randall Bills who have brought a level of professionalism and talent to the BattleTech and Shadowrun lines that fans of these products really deserve.
David and Randall also mentioned a new miniature game they have coming soon that will be a VSF game with giant levitating battleships. I have an interview with them tomorrow and I will be sure to get as much information about it as I can.
Kudos to CGL for putting on an excellent show. The best part of it all is that everyone who attended and even those that did not were all left wanting more. GenCon 2009 promises to be an event to remember. Go ahead and start saving your pennies now.
If you play Battletech there is one place to be in August 2009!
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