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Gen Con 2015, the best four days in gaming, was held this past weekend in Indianapolis, Indiana. Polygon was there working the vendor floor, trying to get hands on with as many new tabletop games as we could muster. Here are five of the best new games we played this year.
Vault Wars
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When adventurers return from slaying the dragon, sometimes there's chests leftover that they're unable to open. So, they sell them to the innkeeper for a pittance. In Vault Wars a bunch of innkeepers get together and auction off the parcels of treasure one at a time. This wacky bidding game moves quickly, and benefits from a bit of showmanship at the table. You want your parcel to sell for as much as possible, because you end up keeping the money to use for the next auction.
Basically, the game is Storage Wars set in a fantasy universe, and that's pretty great.