Ed. note: Randy is a long-time booth worker for Chaosium for shows,
and enjoys tracking controversial industry statistics. He graciously
provided this research for publication because, well, it's just darn
interesting! Thanks to Randy for this definitive scoop!
Well friends after looking at the Andon website and checking the
exhibitors listing for GenCon here's some interesting information. As a
few days ago Andon announced that 95% of the Dealers Room has sold out,
I decided to print out the listing of this years GenCon and compared it
to the listing in the 1997 Onsite Update. Now this is a comparsion of
the number of compainies not the number of booths, that I will do after
GenCon.
Number of Companies at 1997 GenCon according to Update: 258
Number of Companies saying they are going to attend: 202
Number that are not attending GenCon 98 according Andon Website: 111
Number of New companies to coming GenCon 98: 51
We all know of the companies that publicly have said they are not going
to go but a number of others, by their absence from the 98 list appear
not to be going. There are several(one booth) non-gaming companies not
on the list like China West, Gateway Comics, and others. Here is my list
of Game Companies and big-time exhibitors not on the Andon List
Avalon Hill(!)
CompuServe
Crazy Igor
Elmore Studio
Fortess Figures
GHQ
HMGS
Imperium Games
InQuest Magazine
A bunch of Card resellers
Mindscape
Paper Mayhem
Parker Bros(I never understand why the ever came)
Pioneer Entertainment
Sierra On-line
Stellar Games
Troll Magazine
Wizards of the Coast(Gotcha)
Now with the room almost full this is all very interesting with the
number of heavy hitters not on the list. Now we are still months from
the show and several of these companies may be at the show. Time will
only tell.
Here is the full list compliled by comparing the list published on the
Andon website and the list from "Updated Exhibitor List" GenCon 97 Onsite
Update. Now there are some long, long time attendees who are on this
list, Andon says there are still some booths left. I hope you can use
this.
3GG
Michael Arcana
The Armageddon Factory
Avalanche Preess
Avalon Hill Game Co.(shock of shocks)
Beyond Reality
Blue Byte Software Inc.
Clyde Caldwell fantasy Art
www.chainmail.com
China West(jewelry)
Comic Art Works
Comics & Things
CompuServe
Covenant of Fire Studios
Crazy Egor's(very interesting)
CyberRealms, Inc
Dag Productions
Daedalus
Digital Alchemy
DiTerlizzi Illustration
Dragon MultiMedia
Dragonspawn Crafthall
Dream Pod 9(announced)
Dungeonworks
Elmore Studios
Fax Attax
Fleer/skybox(heavy hitter)
FoamWorks
ForEverWorld Books
Fortress Figures
GAMA
GAMeBIT INc
Gamewright, Inc
Gateway Comics
Gem Explore/China west(jewelry)
GHQ(damm I needed some rocket launchers)
Global Games
HarperPrism
John Hauser Comics
Highlander Games
HGMS
Steve Jackson(announced)
Joan Hollnagel
Imagineering Design
Imperium Games
InQuest Mag
Koei Cor.
Lon Koenig Games
April Lee
Monika Livingstone
Magic & Tactics Unlimited
Sean Marquis
Milwaukee Fan Clubs
Mindscape
Myrmidon Press
Non Sequitur Productions
Nosferatu Inc
Omnidon's games & Collectables
Omniverse Interactice
Outpost Games
Palladium(announced)
Paper Mayhem
Parker Brothers(They would bring games they thought would sell but they
were terrible)
PHD Games
Pioneer Enterainment
Pix Poster
Rainbow studios
Raven Star Game Designs
Red Sailboat Software
Relis
Rembrandt
Rubicon Games
Sabretooth
San Franciso Laser Disk
Scapegoat Games
Sci-Fi Supply
Science Fiction & FAntasy Book Dealer
Shadow Graphics
Pamela Shanteau
Sierra On-line
Shaircrow Graphics
Stellar Games
Tactical Conflict Systems
R. Talsorian Games(Announced)
Terrain Creations
Ruth thompson
Tri-Tac(announced)
Troll Magazine
Twin Engine Gaming
USPC Games
Video creations
Wargames West
WebRPG(announced)
Weis/Hickman/Games Guild
L.A. Williams
Robin Wood Ent.
Wyrd Images
And now a listing of all the New for 1998 exhibiton room.
These are attendees for GenCon 98 that did not attend GenCon 97.
Advance Primate Entertainment
Air Illusion Airbrushing
Alchemy Press
Argonaut Game studios
IFGS
Infinte Vision
Interplay
Irwin Toys(really really cool toys)
J an J Enterprises
Kerub Games
Kirby Signcraft
Knightsbridge Studios
ASI Apparel
Belle and Blade Studios
Black Knight Games
BTRC(Blackburn Tactical research?)
Cactus Game Design
Cheapass Games(Funny funny cheap games)
Custom Miniature Painting
Cyber Warrior
Decision Games
Demonblade Games
Discovery Toys
Douglas Schuler
Dragon Queen Creations
DuckTek
Dynamix
Elysian Waters of LIfe
Fantasy at your Fingertips
Fantasy Gifts
GameVerse
Gold Rush Games
Guardians of Order
Hubris Games
lange Games
Lasalion Games
Lost World of Wonder
Mendocino Game Co.
MMI Distribution
Out of the Box Publishing
Prolepsis Games
Pulsar Games
Spellbinders
Talonsoft
Tarnished Images
Terse Nielson
The Cabil
The Camarilla
The Sages Guild
Tom Baxa
Ultra Pro
Universal Games
Wizard Entertainment Group
Worm Works
I know the numbers are alittle rought but about 1/3th of the companies
coming to GenCon 98 are new(name wise) to Gencon. Enjoy
