Dirt & Dust, a strategic rally game where deck-building and dice placement decide who conquers the course, will debut at Gen Con 2025, with the first copies available for sale, demos at Ares Games and Albi booths, and special activities: the Gen Con Rally Championship and three Play with the Designer - Petr Čáslava.

The Dirt & Dust: Gen Con Rally Championship is a board game rally tournament to celebrate the launch of the game, competing head-to-head with other players. It will run along the four days of the show - every two hours, up to four players will launch onto a specially designed test track, crafted exclusively for this unique Gen Con event. Albi’s demo team will explain all the rules and get players fully race-ready.

Dirt & Dust is a medium-complexity board game for experienced players who enjoy taking risks. A single race takes around 90 minutes. Players will be able to follow race results online through an app — and who won’t be happy with its time, can come back and try again. Every driver will get a foil card as a reward for taking part in the championship, and every day Albi will award the first three drivers with its games, such as Karak, Karak II, Atol, and Rail Line, alongside Dirt & Dust merchandise items, and a winner’s trophy.

For more information and to join the Gen Con Rally Championship, check the tournament events at Gen Con website.

At Gen Con, play with the game designer Petr Čáslava, author of Dirt & Dust.

At Ares Games’ booth (#229), Dirt & Dust will be in demo all the time and the first copies of the game will be available for sale – in a limited quantity shipped specially for the show. Each copy purchased at Gen Con will include the promo pack Alternative Ghost Drivers, with two alternative cards for solo play.

Players will also have the chance to meet the game designer Petr Čáslava, to play the game and get copies signed, in three “Play with the Designer” sessions - Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, at 1:30 PM.

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