What’s Eric Looking Forward To At Gen Con 2025 with Eric Yurko - Boards & Swords #268

Ready to throw down in some UNO at the casino? How about learning sign language in a TTRPG? A bit D&D heavy with the news this week, but Eric Yurko is here from What’s Eric Playing (https://whatsericplaying.com/) to balance us out and talk about what’s going to be on display at Gen Con this year.

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News

Would you learn sign language if it meant you had a consistent D&D group?

https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/613106/underisles-ttrpg-review-inspirisles-book-three

D&D + pets = win!

https://www.polygon.com/dnd-dungeons-dragons/611529/dnd-pets-sidekicks-kickstarter

Related: https://enpublishingrpg.com/collections/level-up-advanced-5th-edition-a5e/products/level-up-monstrous-menagerie-a5e?variant=41366519775426

But will they get the UNO rules right?

https://www.wargamer.com/uno/social-club-baffling

Would you pay $50 for this D&D starter set?

https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/heroes-of-the-borderlands-price

Franchise mode for D&D?

https://www.rascal.news/dnds-full-franchise-pivot-is-a-long-time-coming-but-still-sounds-stupid/

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