2022 was an amazing year for Gaming Trend’s tabletop team: We more than doubled our crew, reviewed more tabletop games than any...
I remember seeing Solforge for the first time at Gen Con around the time it was released. Knowing it came from the...
Sometimes games draw an audience and have instant success. Other times you might be shocked at an old game coming back into...
Unpacking Cloudspire you might think that it was some kind of battle royale game with hex tiles, chips of units, and base...
If you’ve played Star Realms or Hero Realms, you know that they are great deck building games with direct conflict and multiple...
I’ve enjoyed the D&D Adventure Series games since the original Castle Ravenloft came out. They provide a campaign experience in a box...
When first looking at Shards of Infinity you might believe that it is a sci-fi reskin of Ascension. A couple of elements...
When Clash of Cultures was originally released in 2012, it became a solid success. However, Z-Man decided to not publish it after...
Steamforged Games is known for their minis games like Guild Ball, Dark Souls, and the Resident Evil board game series. However, they...
The Resident Evil series has been around since the original PlayStation console. Since then it has spawned several sequels and spin-offs. Steamforged...
You’ll take the day you are currently on and multiply that by the number of Gearlocs in your party. For instance, in...
Sometimes first impressions can steer you the wrong way. When I first laid eyes on Gizmos, I thought that it would play...
Several years ago I was introduced to Stone Blade Entertainment’s first foray into online gaming, Solforge. It was a digital collectible card...
Emerson Matsuuchi created the Century series of games. At first glance, you might think that they play similarly. Colored cubes get upgraded...
Sometimes you come across a game with a unique theme. Other times you come across a mechanism with a unique implementation. When...
Burnt Island Games is a relative new board game publisher. Their first release was a reprint of Endeavor: Age of Sail, but...
Pandemic has been in my collection for a long time. I still have the original black box version that contained wooden cubes....
Sometimes you can see a game and you think it’s just like another game that you’ve already played. Then you get a...
I remember in 2010 hearing about this new deck-building game called Ascension. I was fortunate enough to meet Justin Gary to talk...
Super Fantasy Brawl originally funded on Kickstarter in mid-2019. It came out to great acclaim with a large amount of strategy and...
While we’ve seen board game translations of popular video and computer games, the Battle Royale genre is one that we haven’t seen...
Comic books have been a part of our culture for decades. Some characters that are common household names got their start in...
At first glance Darkest Dungeon looks like an RPG with your party on one side and the enemies on the other. However,...
Coming up with something new was hard. Many third person video games now implement a cover mechanic. The Marvel Cinematic Universe seems...
Let’s face it, board gaming is hard during the current environment of social distancing. However, that doesn’t mean that Kickstarter projects have...
Blacklist Games is known for using decks with figures for their games, but the decks that you use are preconstructed for the...
One of the most popular games that came out for the Nintendo Entertainment System was Contra. For those who know the Konami...
While Western Legends became a hit when it went to Kickstarter, it was an open world game. You could fight other players,...
Mantic is known for their miniatures games, from their Walking Dead skirmish games to Deadzone and Hellboy The Board Game. They also...
I love my wife. When she gives gifts, she always considers the interests of the person she is getting the gift for....
It’s hard to believe that Zombicide raised over $750K in 2012. Zombicide could be the board game that made Kickstarter a viable...