Posts By Keith Schleicher
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3.1KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Todd Rowland on Thunderstone Quest
If you’ve played Thunderstone or Thunderstone Advanced, then you know that they are deck building games with a heavy fantasy dungeon crawling...
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5.4KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Weta Workshop on Giant Killer Robots: Heavy Hitters!
When I was at Origins at the Cryptozoic booth, I saw a giant mech statue. While awaiting my appointment I started talking...
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3.6KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Ian Schofield on Ravage – Dungeons of Plunder
It seems like dungeon crawlers are trying to outdo themselves with bigger and more detailed figures. However, Ravage – Dungeons of Plunder...
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4.6KReviewsJust another day in Myrathia: WarQuest Review
The most well-known area control board game has to be Risk. While other games like Axis and Allies and Samurai Swords had...
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2.0KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Jonny Hinkle on Battle for the Universe
Games based on comic books have come a long way, with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past, the DC Deckbuilding...
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3.3KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Tony Chen on Iberian Rails
Board games use the theme of trains often. From Ticket to Ride to Steam, riding the rails or building a rail empire...
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4.5KReviewsProtecting the base from the deep: Xenoshyft: Dreadmire review
While it seems like deck-building games and cooperative games have exploded, the cooperative deck-building genre is still in its infancy. Only a...
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2.5KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Jon Egia on Ether Wars
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...
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4.5KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Benjamin Yamada on Way of the Fighter
While the fighting genre has a bit of a resurgence since Street Fighter IV was released, board games haven’t had many games...
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3.0KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Kevin Young on Legends Untold
When you think of RPGs, you probably think of stacks of books, paper and pencils, and multiple odd shaped dice. That changed...
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4.1KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Leonidas Vesperini and Benoit Vogt on Mythic Battles: Pantheon
A few years ago Mythic Battles was released. While it looked like a typical skirmish game, it had several interesting concepts, like...
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3.9KReviewsProtecting the Master: Onitama Review
It almost seems like all games need to have an in-depth theme to attract an audience. We have miniatures games with...
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3.2KInterviewsCrazy Eights: James Mathe on Squishy Dice
Several companies make dice of all numbers of sides. Some use metals. Others use wood. The most common material is plastic. Foam...
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2.8KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Keith Baker on Illimat
You may recognize Keith Baker as the creator of the Gloom card game and the Eberron setting for Dungeons and Dragons. So how does...
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5.0KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Mark Rosewater on Kaladesh
Magic: The Gathering has unheard of longevity. While several other collectible and trading card games have fallen by the wayside, Magic still goes...
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2.4KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Jeff Allers on Skyways
When you look at board games, most of the time you try to spread out on the board. What if you had...
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3.3KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Mike Selinker on Thornwatch
Thornwatch is an amalgamation of two huge forces in the gaming arena. While the Penny Arcade guys might be more well known for...
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3.1KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Chris Birch from Modiphius on Siege of the Citadel
Modiphius had a great Kickstarter campaign with the Third Edition of the Mutant Chronicles RPG. Recently they went in a new direction with this IP...
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5.0KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Sandy Petersen on Glorantha: The Gods War
Sandy Petersen has a successful board game with big ideas and even bigger figures. If you have witnessed Cthulhu Wars in person, then...
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6.1KReviewsCard fight: Duelyst Review
A tried and true method of battle is to line up two forces against each other. Sometimes this is handled by lining...
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5.4KReviewsFlipping over combat: Runebound Review
Creating a new edition of a classic game can be a tricky proposition. If the designer sticks too close to the formula,...
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3.0KReviewsThe Dice Locker: FUSE Review
Sometimes a game comes along and looks so simple that it won’t be that interesting. Rolling dice can be a lot of...
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2.4KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Antonio Scaccino on Dreamwars
One of the benefits of Kickstarter has been the creativity that has come out of it. While certain series have benefited from...
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3.0KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Grant Taylor on Darkest Night Second Edition
While the board game industry is small, Victory Point Games is one of the smallest independent companies within the niche. You might...
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4.2KReviewsEverything’s strange when you’re a Stranger: Stranger of Sword City review
While the Vita hasn’t been the success the Nintendo 3DS has, it seems like certain developers have taken a liking to the...
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2.5KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Will ‘Oz’ Schoonover on Widower’s Wood
When it comes to massive numbers of figures for a Kickstarter project, often CoolMiniOrNot and Soda Pop Miniatures come to mind. While you...
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1.7KFeaturesTop Tabletop Games of 2015 — Keith’s Top Picks
The year of 2015 had several great games, but the staff doesn’t have the ability to play all the games that everyone...
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3.9KReviewsDungeon exploring together — Super Dungeon Explore: Forgotten King review
I remember playing Super Dungeon Explore and feeling that it was a great representation of Gauntlet. While I really enjoy the original...
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3.4KInterviewsCrazy Eights: Sandy Petersen on Cthulhu Wars and Onslaught Two
When Cthulhu Wars came to Kickstarter, it was as if the Ancient Ones opened a portal and clashed at once, with the...
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3.0KReviewsDefending the base one card at a time — Xenoshyft Onslaught Review
The deck-building genre has been slowing down in recent years. While the regular releases of Ascension and DC Deck-Building Game continue, the...
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7.8KReviewsIn space only SHODAN hears you scream — System Shock: Enhanced Edition Review
“L-l-l-l-l-look at you, hacker. A pa-pa-pathetic creature of meat and bone.” If that sentence gives you chills up your spine, then you’ve...
