The best of Gen Con 2022 round-up – from SolForge Fusion to Vagrantsong

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GameCentral takes a look at all the new board games and RPGs revealed at Gen Con 2022, the world’s biggest tabletop gaming convention.

The summer games drought is currently at its height when it comes to video games but August is a very busy month for tabletop gaming. While fans in the UK are getting hyped for the Pokémon Trading Card Game World Championships, on August 17, last weekend saw the biggest tabletop gathering in the world, Gen Con, take place in Indianapolis in the US.

In 2020 Gen Con was cancelled and last year saw a reduced schedule, with many events moving online, so it was great to see that this year’s convention was back in full force. Huge crowds were in attendance, looking to play a host of new board games, role-playing games, card games, and deck-building games.

Now that board games are more popular than ever, there were lots of innovative designs and themes on display – not just the usual Tolkien-esque adventures. These are some of the most interesting that caught our eye, which should start becoming available over the next 12 months.

We’ve always been big fans of Wyrd Games, whose miniatures games like Malifaux appeal to our inner (and outer) Goth, with Tim Burton-esque aesthetics and colourfully creepy characters. Their new offering, Vagrantsong, is a cooperative and story-driven boss battler where you take on the role of a tramp trapped on a supernatural ghost train, the Silver Ferryman.

You must battle ghosts called haints, who are haunting the train, by choosing between different class types such as the knife-wielding Curse Bearer or the Run Away who has a shaggy dog in tow. You can adjust your playstyle with different skills and resources picked up as you play. Succumb to the ghosts and