It’s not unusual for board game companies to get different licenses to enhance the theme of the game. Computer games like Fallout,...
Last year Renegade Game Studios was able to surprise almost everyone at Gen Con when they released Clank! In! Space!, a sci-fi...
Worker placement games can be tricky. Many have a problem with the player going first having a huge advantage. Other one can...
It seems like typical 4X games are huge endeavors that last for hours with diplomacy, politics, and combat mixed together in an...
Mansions of Madness has taken off with the Second Edition. Most of the fidliness found in the First Edition is gone with...
Gary Gygax is revered among gamers, whether their preference goes towards board or video games. As the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons,...
When Kickstarter became available for funding, board game designers flocked to it. While several board games were successful there, Zombicide became a...
Dungeon crawlers have seen a resurgence in the past several years. With Descent Second Edition and the D&D Adventure Games, it seemed...
Many games play off of monsters chasing after the protagonists. Running away from the menace or shooting your way through them are...
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have gone through several iterations over the past couple of decades. From the television and movie screen,...
While Privateer Press is known mostly for their Warmachine and Hordes figures now, a while ago they also had the Monsterpocalypse line. ...
With GAMA going on this week in Las Vegas, game stores are getting their first look at the upcoming games from publishers...
Kickstarter is a great way for new designers to get their board games funded. However, often those games are sequels or don’t...
In 2016 AEG introduced the concept of card crafting in Mystic Vale. The deck-building concepts we had seen in other games were...
CMON is known for having record-breaking Kickstarter board game campaigns with large minis and tons of stretch goals. HATE is their most...
Publishing a game from a new designer is often a risky proposition. However, even Richard Garfield, Eric Lang, and Reiner Knizia had...
I still remember being lucky enough being asked to try out a prototype of a deck-building game one day before Origins at...
This year’s Gen Con was one of busiest ever since it was the 50th Anniversary and completely sold out for the entire...
Defending the galaxy/earth/spaceship/castle can get long and laborious. Sometimes you want to feel like you’ve done something great without taking several hours...
Lifeboat has been a game that’s been played for many years. In the game everyone takes a role and players go through...
It’s not uncommon to see themed board games for sale. At one time it meant that the quality of the game was...
Dinosaurs have an amount of mystery to them, as no living human being has seen one for real. Jurassic Park made us...
Sylvester Stallone has a long and storied career with several iconic characters. He’s probably most well known for Rocky Balboa and John...
When you think about Prohibition there’s the speakeasy clubs, The Great Gatsby, gangsters, and the roaring ’20s. It’s a theme rife with...
It seems like several space exploration games have been coming out. Twilight Imperium just got a Fourth Edition, Eclipse will soon be...
At Origins a publisher wanted to make sure that I checked out a game that he was working on with a new...
Games where you compete against each other aren’t uncommon, but what if you are creating strategies against other versions of yourself. That’s...
Double double toil and trouble. Are you ready to work together as a coven of witches? Then take a look at Approaching...
Sometimes a group of people can make a huge difference. It’s also said that you should never underestimate the power of stupid...
The Fruit Ninja series became a huge hit on mobile platforms. Slicing and dicing different food in the air while avoiding bombs...
Some of the best board game experiences available have a horror bent. The art and theme of Arkham Horror and its siblings...