This was our initial trip to SDHistCon and we really had a great time! The games were great, the interactions with designers, developers, publishers, content creators and gamers was fantastic and the environment was very chill and interesting. The San Diego Historical Games Convention was held from Friday, November 3rd through Sunday, November 5th at the S.E.S. Portuguese Hall of San Diego. We played 11 total games including lots of prototypes but also a few finished games including Firefight Tactical from GMT Games (with designer Sam London), Peace 1905 coming to Kickstarter next year from Fort Circle Games (with designer Maurice Suckling), Lenin’s Death (with designer Matthias Cramer), John Company 2nd Edition from Wehrlegig Games, The Promised Land: War and Peace in the Middle East 1940-1989 (with designer Matthias Cramer), Night Witches coming next year on Kickstarter from Fort Circle Games (with one of the 2 designers David Thompson), Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection from GMT Games, John Brown (with designer Alex Knight), Microverse (with designer Sam London), Tyranny of Blood: India’s Caste System Under British Colonialism, 1750-1947 (with designer Akar Bharadvaj) and In the Shadows from GMT Games (with one of the 3 designers Dan Bullock).

We shot this 1 hour and 14 minute rambling debrief video about our experience at the convention. At the conclusion of each day, I also wrote a summary of the games we played and people we spoke with that you can read at the following links:

SDHistCon Day 1 Debrief Post

SDHistCon Day 2 Debrief Post

SDHistCon Day 3 Debrief Post

We are planning to attend next year and we really hope that many of you can join us in lovely and sunny San Diego.

-Grant