Gen Con 2025 Recap: New Games, Big Moments, and Tylor's Excitement Ranking and Honest Reactions

Just back from Gen Con 2025, Ilya’s unpacking all the games, demos, and memorable moments from the biggest board game convention in North America! And Tylor? He’s rating every single one based on how hyped he is to play them. Ready for our Gen Con 2025 Recap? Welcome to Kovray! We're a couple who adores board games and seeks to share our joy and passion with you. Today, we'll be diving into Gen Con 2025 experience, well Ilya's, we'll be chatting about some of the demos he's had, games he brought back, and the memories that were made along the way. There certainly are many games to play through, are you excited to hear our thoughts on them? Let's boot up Tylor's Excitement Ranking and BEGIN! Question of the Day: What should we be playing? What are you most excited to hear about? Let us know! 🥰 Enjoyed our content and want to support our work? Please consider checking out our: 📣 Our Patreon:   / kovray   💬 Our Discord:   / discord   Follow along our social media to join in on our adventures! (If you read this, comment rhino in the comments! We may be doing a secret giveaway in the future!) 📘Facebook - @Kovray   / kovray   📸Instagram - @kovraystudios   / kovraystudios   🩵 Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/kovray.bsky.... 🕰️Tiktok - @kovraystudios Time Stamps: 0:00:00 - Gen Con 2025 0:00:54 - What is Gen Con? 0:03:52 - Cascadia: Alpine Lakes 0:06:33 - The Game Makers 0:09:09 - Sanctuary 0:11:14 - Sanibel 0:12:36 - Dragonarium 0:13:50 - Gone to Gaia 0:14:28 - Tessen 0:14:50 - The Twin Towers Trick-Taking Game 0:15:18 - Other Games I Saw 0:15:49 - Favorite Moment of Gen Con 0:16:51 - The People Are The Best 0:19:05 - THE REVEAL 0:20:24 - Fixer 0:20:53 - High Tide 0:21:20 - Up or Down? 0:22:15 - For the Emperor 0:22:40 - Neon Reign 0:23:28 - Yubibo 0:24:14 - The Four Doors 0:25:12 - Llama Llama 0:25:43 - Strange World 0:26:18 - Cosmolancer 0:26:49 - Tearable Quest 0:27:17 - Riftbound 0:27:49 - Fight Five 0:28:38 - Soda Jerk 0:29:38 - Duel for Cardia 0:30:47 - Roaring 20s 0:31:59 - Tamagotchi Collection 0:33:08 - The Sims Board Game 0:34:22 - Dying Message 0:35:11 - Otter 0:35:38 - Suna Valo 0:36:27 - Rival Cities 0:36:50 - The White Castle Duel 0:37:43 - Timber Town 0:38:32 - Duck & Cover 0:39:27 - Collect! 0:39:58 - Meltwater 0:40:55 - Slam Throne 0:42:02 - Fashion Police 0:43:30 - Railroad Tiles 0:44:00 - Slambo! 0:44:36 - Vivo 0:45:20 - Koinobori 0:45:58 - Scurry Up! 0:46:50 - The Sandcastles of Burgundy 0:48:08 - The Peak Team 0:48:40 - Compile 0:50:02 - Hanami 0:51:08 - 3 Chapters 0:51:45 - Wondrous Museum 0:52:15 - Logic & Lore 0:52:47 - Waddle 0:53:22 - The Hobbit: There and Back Again 0:54:24 - Solar Gardens 0:54:54 - Forest Shuffle: Dartmoor 0:56:06 - Snow Colony 0:56:30 - Tornado Splash 0:57:24 - Tag Team 0:58:15 - The Voynich Puzzle 0:59:05 - Gloomies 0:59:49 - Satchel Quest 1:00:36 - Into the Machine 1:01:17 - Sanctuary 1:02:27 - Lightning Train 1:04:04 - THANK YOU! 1:06:11 - Question of the Day How to Enter the Giveaway: 1. Like this video. 2. Subscribe to our channel. 3. Leave a comment below answering the question of the day from the video. 4. Multiple comments can be made, but only one will be considered for the random draw. Feel free to reply and discuss if you want, but only ONE (1) comment will be eligible (per keyword). FOR FUN: Join our Discord Channel!   / discord   Details of the Giveaway: 1. Not sponsored or endorsed by YouTube or its affiliates 2. The giveaway is open to US and Canada. (Other countries if you'd be okay with pitching in for shipping) 3. The giveaway will run until August 30, 2025 11:59PM. Winners will be announced in the video released post that date. (Likely Top 5 of August 2025) 4. We will announce the giveaway winners on YouTube and will only contact you through YouTube or [email protected], keep an eye out for scammers and stay safe out there! Did you go to Gen Con 2025? We'd love to hear about your experience! What convention or show will you be attending next? #GenCon2025 #GenConRecap #AnticipatedGames