Since GENCON is to the US what ESSEN SPIEL is to Europe (and the rest of the world), I'll start this topic to track all articles related to Gencon. Feel free to post any Gencon related articles you like to share so that gamers who come in later can browse thru this archive of articles.

Let's start with the recently concluded Gencon 2018 and what are some of the hot titles from this event.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/the-hottest-new-board-games-from-gen-con-2018/TLDR list
- Root
- Arkham Horror (3rd Ed)
- Coimbra
- Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger
- Nyctophobia
- Gizmos
- Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game
- Keyforge: Call of the Archons
- Newton
- My Little Scythe
- Expancity
- Raids
- Paper Tales
- Welcome To...
- Everdell
- Century: Eastern Wonders
- Arboretum
- Scarabya
- Forbidden Sky