Keith Schleicher

I remember in 2010 hearing about this new deck-building game called Ascension. I was fortunate enough to meet Justin Gary to talk about his game. While I had played Dominion and Thunderstone, Ascension felt different. Instead of having card piles spread out and available the entire game, it had a

Super Fantasy Brawl originally funded on Kickstarter in mid-2019.  It came out to great acclaim with a large amount of strategy and replayability.  The large character figures didn’t hurt either.  As you might expect, a second Kickstarter with more characters was created and raised even more money than the

While we’ve seen board game translations of popular video and computer games, the Battle Royale genre is one that we haven’t seen come across the table.  With the character personalities, weapons, and fast action, you might think that trying to create something with these mechanics would be futile.

Comic books have been a part of our culture for decades.  Some characters that are common household names got their start in the late 1930’s.  Some games have used popular Marvel and DC characters for their setting, but some create their own characters.  Sentinels of the Multiverse created it’

At first glance Darkest Dungeon looks like an RPG with your party on one side and the enemies on the other.  However, once you dig deeper you find out it plays more like a strategy game.  The party made up of hired help contains classes more unique than a typical

Coming up with something new was hard.  Many third person video games now implement a cover mechanic.  The Marvel Cinematic Universe seems to climax with some object falling from the sky.  It seems like the most innovative song in several years was one that combined rap and country music.  A

Let’s face it, board gaming is hard during the current environment of social distancing.  However, that doesn’t mean that Kickstarter projects have stopped.  Cooperative games are great for solo play or playing with family, even if you need to help other players make decisions as you play.  The

Blacklist Games is known for using decks with figures for their games, but the decks that you use are preconstructed for the character.  You’ll find this system in Brook City and Street Masters.  However, that doesn’t seem to be enough for them, as today they announced that they