It's 7:00 PM on a Saturday. You pull the new game off the shelf. By the time you've sorted the pieces, read the rules, and explained them to everyone, the night's over before it started. That's the problem we set out to solve.

Gen Con was Fawnalore's first time in front of real players — four days, dozens of playtesters, and more feedback than we could have hoped for. Here's the story of the road to the table, four days in the First Exposure Playtest Hall, and the changes already underway because of the people who played.