Persons of Interest in Gen Con Card Theft Are Card Game Designers

At Gen Con earlier this month, a pallet of Magic: The Gathering cards worth $300,000 was stolen from the convention center; the product belonged to Pastimes, a gaming shop and MTG vendor. In an update from Indianapolis news station WTHR 13, police have identified two people of interest in the case: Thomas J. Dunbar and Andrew Pearson Giaume.

Dunbar and Pearson Giaume were attending Gen Con 2023, and might have been present to support their own card game, Castle Assault. In the photos taken from security footage, such as the one that appears above, a man that the police department has identified as a person of interest (assumed to be Dunbar) can be seen wearing a dark tee shirt with what looks like Castle Assault artwork and logotype on the back.

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Below, in another picture provided courtesy of the IMPD, Giuame and Dunbar are shown in front of the playmat for Castle Assault. The crossed swords logo in the background is also from the game. This photo is not dated.

If Dunbar and Giaume are responsible for stealing the Magic: The Gathering cards from Gen Con and Pastimes, it’s a career-ending move for the two designers. If they had ever hoped to publish a second game or even an expansion, there will be very few people left willing to work with them. So much of the board game industry relies on networking and connections—and conventions are usually places where people pitch games and make nice with production companies. Regardless of who stole the cards, if they make board games, they’ll very likely never work in the industry again.

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