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...
Having games is great, but traveling with them can be a hassle. Carrying several games at once can weigh you down, and...
While the cyberpunk theme is popular in the world of science fiction, it’s not heavily used. The merging of technology with humankind...
Matt Riddle and Ben Pinchback have designed a wide variety of games, from the filler Eggs and Empires to the recently-released big...
Sometimes you see a game on Kickstarter that looks good but just doesn’t have the hype behind it because it doesn’t have...
When you play a board game you generally need someone who already knows the rules or someone who has read the rules...