Keith Schleicher

Burning Games is most notably known for FAITH: The Sci-Fi RPG.  It is a system that doesn’t use any dice.  However, they have a Kickstarter for a new game that relies heavily on dice, Ether Wars.  Since it was such a different endeavor from their original game, I wanted

While the fighting genre has a bit of a resurgence since Street Fighter IV was released, board games haven’t had many games that simulate this action.  While there’s Yomi and BattleCon, the battle between two individuals hasn’t been put on the tabletop often.  When I heard about

When you think of RPGs, you probably think of stacks of books, paper and pencils, and multiple odd shaped dice.  That changed a bit with the creation of the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game.  While it was innovative, it seemed to focus mainly on combat.  However, it doesn’t do much

A few years ago Mythic Battles was released.  While it looked like a typical skirmish game, it had several interesting concepts, like several cards that represented the characters’ statistics.  As the character took damage, the current stat card would be replaced by one with lower stats.  However, it was difficult

It almost seems like all games need to have an in-depth theme to attract an audience.  We have miniatures games with fantasy characters’ backstories explaining their thirst for glory or gold.  Other games explain a mutant apocalypse or some other sci-fi setting. Onitama is quite the opposite.  It’s beautiful

Several companies make dice of all numbers of sides.  Some use metals.  Others use wood.  The most common material is plastic.  Foam is probably the least common, and it’s hard to find ones made of that other than the giant six-sided dice at Five Below.  If you want your

You may recognize Keith Baker as the creator of the Gloom card game and the Eberron setting for Dungeons and Dragons.  So how does a designer get together with a band and create a new card game with funding on Kickstarter?  I was fortunate enough to ask Keith Baker about

Magic: The Gathering has unheard of longevity.  While several other collectible and trading card games have fallen by the wayside, Magic still goes strong.  Their latest edition Kaladesh has a distinct style and a few new unique mechanics.  Wizards was able to get Mark Rosewater (along with their creative team