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Pipeline brings a refined experience to the table

Clay Ross of Capstone Games gives us a quick look at one of the hottest games at Gen Con: Pipeline. The refinement of oil has long been part of the

By Mike Dunn

/ 9 Aug 2019

Pipeline brings a refined experience to the table

Fate of the Norns: Ragnarok wants you to stop asking your dice for permission to play

When Andrew Valkauskas is asked why his RPG Fate of the Norns: Ragnarok doesn’t use dice, he talks about narrative, and how jarring rolling dice and doing math needlessly

By Mike Dunn

/ 8 Aug 2019

Fate of the Norns: Ragnarok wants you to stop asking your dice for permission to play

Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels is a side-scrolling tabletop experience that’s hard not to dig

Heath from Panda Cult Games gives us a demo and walkthrough of their upcoming game based on the Shovel Knight video games- Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels. Coming to Kickstarter in mid-August, this board game features characters and miniatures ripped straight from the indie hit, including side-scrollin

By Mike Dunn

/ 8 Aug 2019

Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels is a side-scrolling tabletop experience that’s hard not to dig

New civilization building game by Jamey Stegmaier coming this fall—Tapestry

Jamey Stegmaier, the celebrated designer of recent era classics such as Scythe and Viticulture, has unveiled his next title: Tapestry. Known only as “Codename Clay” up until this point, Tapestry

By Mike Dunn

/ 7 Aug 2019

New civilization building game by Jamey Stegmaier coming this fall—Tapestry

Level Up gets ready for GenCon by rolling out first wave of new dice sets

With GenCon fast approaching, Level Up Dice has spent the last couple of weeks unveiling some new additions to their high-end dice line. All of these sets will be available

By Mike Dunn

/ 26 Jul 2019

Level Up gets ready for GenCon by rolling out first wave of new dice sets

Wingspan flies high, wins prestigious Kennerspiel des Jahres

Elizabeth Hargrave and Stonemaier Games’ Wingspan is this year’s winner of the Kennerspiel des Jahres: (Translated from German) “Board games and ornithology – so doubly unsexy and dusty? Not at

By Mike Dunn

/ 22 Jul 2019

Wingspan flies high, wins prestigious Kennerspiel des Jahres

What’s in the box—Ghosts of Saltmarsh Sinister Silver Edition

What’s in the box, where we open up a tabletop game and look through the contents and components. This time we get a close look at Beadle & Grimm’

By Mike Dunn

/ 10 Jun 2019

What’s in the box—Ghosts of Saltmarsh Sinister Silver Edition

Strategic collection and player elimination card game Two Robots launches on Kickstarter

Are you looking for a fun, fast-paced, robot-themed card game that you can take just about anywhere and play with up to three of your friends? If so, you’ll

By Mike Dunn

/ 4 Jun 2019

Strategic collection and player elimination card game Two Robots launches on Kickstarter

The Demogorgon is tired of your silly human bickering—D&D Stranger Things Starter Set review

When I watched the first episode of Stranger Things back in 2016, it took all of two minutes to hook me in a way that no other show really had

By Mike Dunn

/ 30 May 2019

The Demogorgon is tired of your silly human bickering—D&D Stranger Things Starter Set review

FnordCon— a chat with Munchkin line editor Andrew Hackard

Andrew Hackard educates Lead Tabletop Editor Mike Dunn on all things Munchkin, working for Steve Jackson Games, and the joys of 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons.

By Mike Dunn

/ 23 Apr 2019

FnordCon— a chat with Munchkin line editor Andrew Hackard

What’s in the box—Star Wars: Legion Specialists, Pathfinders & Jyn Erso

We take a peek at one of the latest waves of expansions for the miniatures wargame Star Wars: Legion. Check out what’s in box for the Rebel and Imperial Specialists, the Rebel Pathfinders, and Jyn Erso. What’s in the box, where we open up a tabletop game and look through the contents and components.

By Mike Dunn

/ 23 Apr 2019

What’s in the box—Star Wars: Legion Specialists, Pathfinders & Jyn Erso

A man chooses, a slave obeys—Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia review

Some of my favorite tabletop experiences over the last couple of years have come to me courtesy of Jamey Stegmaier and Stonemaier Games, with Scythe and its expansions currently holding

By Mike Dunn

/ 9 Apr 2019

A man chooses, a slave obeys—Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia review