Keith Schleicher

Kerberos has been most well known for their Sword of the Stars series.  That series started in 2006 and spawned several expansions and a sequel.  However, the team has recently branched out to board games.  We covered The Pit previously, but now Kerberos has a card game on Kickstarter.  I

Dized broke out last year as a new app in development that would teach you how to play a game straight from the box.  While it’s been a long time coming to see the app, Playmore Games has released it for early access. After a successful showing at Gen

CMON had several surprises at Gen Con this year.  Newton, a heavy-looking Euro, isn’t something expected from them.  The fact they are coming out with a Wacky Races game shocked me, since it is an older license, but it could promise racing hijinks.  With CMON still supporting Arcadia Quest,

Some people really enjoy Werewolf for the social deduction aspect of the game.  However, it could drag on for far too long if your group liked to argue and the moderator didn’t keep the game moving.  One Night Ultimate Werewolf fixed that issue, and brought several new roles to

These days games seem to be repetitive, whether from theme or mechanics.  Sometimes a designer will tweak a mechanic to make it seem like something new, but in the end it doesn’t bring much new to the table.  When I saw Nexus, I knew that they had an ambitious

If you ever got a chance to play Heroscape, then you know it is a mishmash of characters from different genres and time periods.  The customizable hex maps could create all sorts of scenarios.  While the large armies and maps made for epic battles, the setup and takedown of the

The horror genre seems to be relegated to either Jack the Ripper, zombies, or Cthulhu when it comes to board and card games.  The deck building genre has seen a lot of growth, especially when you consider many have added boards and cooperative play.  Terrors of London looks to expand

It’s not unheard of for video games to mimic board games and for board games to mimic video games. The MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) is one of the newest genres created.  Since they have gained popularity, it’s not surprising that we are finding a couple of board