Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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These are the absolute must have games at Gen Con 2026 according to the users of Board Game Geek.

00:00 Intro

02:32 #10 Thunder Road: Ignition – 2026 – Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Justin Kemppainen – Restoration Games
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/464729/thunder-road-ignition

05:17 #9 Railway Boom – 2026 – Hisashi Hayashi, Simone Luciani   – CrowD Games – boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/448159/railway-boom

07:48 #8 Night at the Zoo – 2026 – Tomáš Holek – Capstone Games
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/457412/night-at-the-zoo

10:32 #7 The Game Makers – 2026 – Ben Rosset  – Bézier Games
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/447776/the-game-makers

13:11 #6 Compile: Main 3 - 2026 – Michael Yang  – Synapses Games
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/469090/compile-main-3

15:31 #5 Drillers – 2026 – Roman Bednář, Adam Španěl  – CGE
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/465669/drillers

17:39 #4 The Crew: Journey to the Ends of the Earth – 2026 –Thomas Sing – KOSMOS
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/462192/the-crew-journey-to-the-ends-of-the-earth

20:27 #3 Wingspan Pocket – 2026 – Elizabeth Hargrave – Stonemaier Games
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/473508/wingspan-pocket

22:45 #2 Lairs – 2026 – Josh Cappel, Christopher Westmaas – KTBG
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/404883/lairs

24:51  #1 Entropy – 2026 – Tommaso Battista, Simone Luciani, Nestore Mangone – Board&Dice
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/462941/entropy

27:51 Outro