Marketing efforts in the current world are totally new and different. They may also not have wanted to announce new products until the progress-page updates were in place and working, so they may have held off for websties updates, which also makes sense. by W. Eric Martin One day after the cancellation of SPIEL '20, Gen Con has announced that it, too, will not take place in 2020. We've been expecting it, after the cancellations of Origins, UK Games Expo, Essen Spiel, Paizocon, and others, but the last big tabletop gaming convention has finally announced that it will be cancelled for 2020. The Legion community had already seen Clone Wars Legion months earlier, but there was still a ton of interest in it from interviewers. There have been several different labs that have advised that they may be closer to creating a vaccine than expected because they were already working with similar virus strains. Convention co-owner Peter Adkison writes about the decision on the Gen Con blog and announces Gen Con Online on the same dates — July 30 - August 2, 2020 — as the original show. Updated: 12:29 AM EDT May 20, 2020. Sadly enough, so many FFG announcements seem to come like this. This was to be my first GenCon as a TTRPGer for 40+ years. I'm talking about a reveal of Clone Wars Armada, which FFG was presumably planning for GenCon 2020, because they reveal new products at GenCon every year. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Now how do i tag the FFG employees I know to get them to hear me..... FFG announced Clone Wars Armada over a year ago. Morrus is the owner of EN World and EN Publishing, creator of the. This is a good sign that by the end of the year there may be a couple different vaccine options once the test trials have been completed. They were still hyped to see and learn more about CWL at GenCon! Even if FFG had revealed the SSD before GenCon, there's no reason to believe it would've negative impacted the hype around the SSD at GenCon 2019. People will buy spaceships as fast as their incomes will allow because they want to have fun again. © 2018 Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc. Fantasy Flight Games and the FFG logo are ® of Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. It could work a little like Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest where a bunch of smaller announcements takes place under one large banner to drive more interest. Upload or insert images from URL. Gen Con has been an tabletop/board game/RPG staple in the community since 1968, because of the health risks with COVID-19, the organizers have made the tough call to cancel the event. How noble. This will be much the same situation. And just to prove that this phenomenon wasn't exclusive to Legion, here's a pic of FFG's Armada display. It’s great to see Gen Con making the smart decision here. The safety and health of our attendees, exhibitors, and staff are of the utmost importance to us, and we cannot in good conscience host a gathering of thousands while doing so could threaten the health of so many.