James van Tonningen




The duel: two combatants enter, one combatant leaves. That is the basic premise of Till the Last Gasp, a two player collaborative storytelling board game from publisher Derrington Press. To start, each player will either choose a character from the provided set of characters, or choose to make their own.
by James van Tonningen
The world is clawing its way out of centuries of barbarism and religious stricture, and our little game centers on 4 particular kingdoms. Two of these kingdoms are led by mortals with few resources, but a great hunger for power. Another is the domain of a cult and eager to
by James van Tonningen
New Dawn City is under attack. The insidious Syndicate has set its sights on the last bastion of order in the not-so-distant future, and has sent its cyborg minions to take over your fair city. It’s up to you, a team of hackers utilizing an experimental system, to hack
by James van Tonningen
Giant robots were my childhood, from watching Voltron and Transformers on early Saturday mornings to Gundam Wing on late nights, there was nothing cooler than a giant robot punching another giant robot. Unless those giant robots also combined into an even bigger, cooler robot! And that, of course, is the
by James van Tonningen
Rise is a board game about tracks. No, not railroad tracks, though it is a game set in the industrial era. We’re talking about progress tracks. The game has 12 in all, and the way they interact is, surprisingly, quite interesting. Rise puts players in the shoes of aspiring
by James van Tonningen
Wine is enjoyed across the entire world, though those disparate cultures’ relationship with wine is very different. Viticulture: World is dedicated to exploring how wine impacts different parts of the world, and how those differences impact how that wine is made. Viticulture World is a co-operative expansion to Viticulture. Much
by James van Tonningen
In ancient Persia, in its time the cultural center of the world, the art of making rugs was held as a high calling. Persian rugs required materials from all over the empire, which were harvested, bought, sold and eventually found their way to the Great Bazaar of Tabriz, the beating
by James van Tonningen
Odin’s favor is waning. The runes speak. There are other tribes, other seers, who fight in this land, and only one can have the favor of the gods. BloodRunes is an upcoming board game from Zoracle Games for 1-4 players where you take on the role of rune-reading oracles
by James van Tonningen