Jan Con 2025: Yanari: The Witches Market, Skyfall, Grand Central Skyport and Fool’s Guard
In the tabletop gaming scene, Gen Con represents an important opportunity to discover new offerings and trends. In 2025, a number of titles caught the attention of fans, including Yanari: The Witches Market, Skyfall, Grand Central Skyport and Fool’s Guard.
Yanari: The Witches Market
Yanari: The Witches Market is a board game designed for 2-4 players, set in a magical market in the city of Yatamon, within the Obojima universe. Players take on the role of skilled witches, engaged in preparing potions for customers. Each turn allows them to perform two actions and, potentially, a bonus action with the cauldron. Through collecting ingredient cards, participants can create specific potions for clients, earning points and bonuses. Each witch has unique abilities, and the game offers numerous special ability cards and secret objectives, increasing variety and replayability.
Obojima is a world inspired by Studio Ghibli universes, which has already been used in D&D 5E campaigns. Yanari represents a new adventure that fits into the crowdfunding currently underway.
Fool’s Guard
Fool’s Guard, coming in 2024, is a project of Christian Brantley and the CircleToonsHD YouTube channel. This game stands out for its unique presentation, as the packaging resembles a sword. The game involves creating a unique weapon composed of up to four parts, allowing players to face monsters, collect loot, and interact with other participants.
The game mechanics encourage creativity and strategy, making it an interesting title for fans of card games and fantasy adventures. The crowdfunding campaign was successful, testifying to the interest of players in this type of experience.
Grand Central Skyport
Grand Central Skyport is another title that attracted attention during the event. In this game, participants build their own skyport, starting with two stations and two aircraft. Each turn, players play a card from their hand and place aircraft and stations in new lanes. Strategy is based on moving aircraft and creating advantageous combinations to maximize the final score. The complexity of the game mechanics requires planning and skill in card drafting.
Skyfall
Finally, Skyfall represents the game setting proposed by CapyCat Games, a Brazilian publisher. Although the publisher’s presence at Gen Con was limited, the promotional material for Skyfall aroused curiosity. This role-playing game setting offers an opportunity to explore new adventures and stories, but the lack of an active presence raised questions among attendees.
In summary, Gen Con 2025 presented a review of games ranging from strategic to more creative experiences. Titles such as Yanari: The Witches Market, Fool’s Guard, Grand Central Skyport, and Skyfall highlight the continuing evolution of the industry, offering players new opportunities for entertainment and challenges.
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