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Keith Schleicher

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Interviews   -   Aug 30, 2017 Crazy Eights: Greenbrier Games’ Walter Barber on Champions of Hara
Crazy Eights: Greenbrier Games’ Walter Barber on Champions of Hara

Sometimes you see a game on Kickstarter that looks good but just doesn’t have the hype behind it because it doesn’t have an established publisher.  Sometimes these games will get the attention of a publisher later, go through some spit and polish, and fund in a successful campaign

by Keith Schleicher
Interviews   -   Aug 29, 2017 Gen Con 50: Dized
Gen Con 50: Dized

While I don’t mind reading through a rulebook, teaching games continues to challenge me.  I don’t have a problem getting the rules of the game, but translating them to the the people at the table seems to be difficult.  Plenty of videos explaining the rules have been created,

by Keith Schleicher
Impressions   -   Aug 10, 2017 Cthulhu Wars Windwalker faction impressions
Cthulhu Wars Windwalker faction impressions

While Cthulhu Wars inclusion of four highly asymmetrical factions gives it high replayability, Petersen Games has made a few other factions available to expand the experience. I had the opportunity to look at the Windwalker faction and find out what made these units unique. Once common unit to all factions

by Keith Schleicher
Impressions   -   Aug 04, 2017 Cthulhu Wars High Priest Expansion impressions
Cthulhu Wars High Priest Expansion impressions

Cthulhu Wars looks great, and the large pieces give it a high table presence. Each faction plays differently with unique figures and special abilities. Without any expansions Cthulhu Wars offers great replayability. However, Petersen Games has added several new expansions for those players wanting to enhance the gameplay. The High

by Keith Schleicher
Interviews   -   Jul 26, 2017 Origins 2017: Plan B Games
Origins 2017: Plan B Games

When Asmodee bought up some of the entities within F2Z Entertainment, a few groups decided to create their own publisher, and Plan B Games was born.  Their inaugural original game comes from designer Emerson Matsuuchi, creator of the hits VOLT: Robot Battle Arena and Specter Ops.  He sat me through

by Keith Schleicher
Interviews   -   Jul 26, 2017 Origins 2017: White Wizard Games
Origins 2017: White Wizard Games

If you’ve seen any of my posts about White Wizard Games, you know that I thought they had something special with Star Realms before it was even released.  Since then they have released Epic and Hero Realms.  I stopped by at Origins and talked to Robert Dougherty about their

by Keith Schleicher
Interviews   -   Jul 25, 2017 Origins 2017: Calliope Games
Origins 2017: Calliope Games

Calliope Games is a company that consistently publishes fun family games.  While their biggest hit is the path-creating Tsuro, they have several other fun games.  If you haven’t tried Hive Mind, you owe it to yourself to check it out.  Soon Calliope will be releasing two new games, Ancestree

by Keith Schleicher
Interviews   -   Jul 25, 2017 Origins 2017: Obscure Reference Games
Origins 2017: Obscure Reference Games

Being a small publisher can make it difficult to get off the ground.  However, sometimes you’ll find some creative ideas behind those publishers.  I took a look at Overlords of Infamy from Obscure Reference Games to see what kind of creativity they had behind it.

by Keith Schleicher
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