Mark Julian
Family man. Growing my own game group one kid at a time.


3D printing is rapidly changing and innovating. A year ago, the industry was shaken up by the arrival of the Bambu Labs printers. The K1 is Creality’s answer, bringing them inline with the top of the hobby level printer market. Here on the Tabletop side of GamingTrend we are
by Mark Julian
What if you took Tic Tac Toe, made it have sixteen different pieces and four ways to win, but your opponent picked your pieces for you? Well you’d have Quarto. Quarto is a two player abstract game by Blaise Muller that takes Tic Tac Toe to the next level.
by Mark Julian
2024 is shaping up to be a big year for Ravensburger and their partnership with Disney. On top of the latest Disney Villainous announcement and upcoming Lorcana Chapter 3, they have now announced a brand new ttrpg inspired cooperative board game featuring Disney and Pixar heroines. Read the press release
by Mark Julian
Ravensburger has announced their plans for Disney Villainous in 2024 and there are some exciting things coming. Sugar and Spite has an interesting mashup of a classic villain, Shere Khan, with a comparatively newer character, King Candy from Wreck-It Ralph, and is the first in a new format of “expandalone”
by Mark Julian
The Elegoo Neptune 4 Max is the newest and largest build volume FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) printer in the current Elegoo lineup. The transition to Klipper and the new features that change enables create the potential for huge leaps in capability. With new printers like the Neptune 4 Max, hobby
by Mark Julian
Neotopia, published by Arcane Wonders, is a family weight game about creating patterns in an expanding city in order to score the most points by the end of the game. The rules couldn’t be easier and it evokes the feeling of family classics like Ticket to Ride. Sounds interesting?
by Mark Julian
Free League is offering a workshop on how to play Vaesen on Alchemy VTT. Sign up below! Spots are limited and going fast. Learn to Play Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying on Alchemy VTT In the shadows, something stirs. Strange beings. Twisted creatures, lurking at the edge of vision. Watching. Waiting.
by Mark Julian
Endless Dungeon, from developer Amplitude Studios, is a complicated mix of genres. It is definitely a roguelite, but it is also a tower defense game as well as a dungeon crawl-ish thing. Such an ambitious mix of popular genres has a lot to live up to and it takes more
by Mark Julian