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Gen Con Game Fair Thursday Walkaround 2005 Page 3 of 5 Previous Page Next Page Here's a look at how important the television show is to promoting a game. A monitor displayed Alchemist episodes at the same time that fans were sampling the new Fullmetal card game. And this shows the final victory of Japanese gaming over the U.S., the sale of alternate Dance Dance Revolution pads. This is a Gen Con tradition, the "Klingon jail" where your friends can have you thrown behind bars for a payment. It's all for fun and to raise charity money - the Make a Wish foundation is the 2005 beneficiary. Remember the big Hellsing display that the company known as Pioneer Entertainment had at Anime Expo in 2002? The display for the Hecatomb monster-making game from Wizards of the Coast looked like a more elaborate version of that Hellsing setup... ...but the opposite side of the display was given over to the Axis & Allies role-playing game from Timegate Studios. This display, designed to look like a building ravaged by World War II, took on a special poignancy because the convention opened three days after the 60th anniversary of VJ Day. This great banner shares its name but nothing else with the Ragnarok Online game we covered in 2004; it's a different game with a similar title. Page 3 of 5 Previous Page Next Page August Main Page