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Mike Dunn

Tabletop Editor-in-Chief for GamingTrend and lover of vinyl, comics, and Ween

You’ll be wondering if you’ll even make it through the night in Embers, Button Shy’s latest solo game

Keep that campfire lit!

By Mike Dunn

/ 2 Sep 2025

Five heroes fend off the darkness threatening to envelop them

Heavy Locomotives and Integrated Commodity Markets coming to Brass:Pittsburgh

An evolution of key mechanics found in Birmingham

By Mike Dunn

/ 20 Aug 2025

Heavy Locomotives don't go away when the era changes

New Brass game revealed, coming to Gamefound in early 2026

Brass:Pittsburgh box art teases the game as campaign page launches

By Mike Dunn

/ 13 Aug 2025

Brass: Pittsburgh box art revealed

Is Demiplane’s Daggerheart tool set going beyond D&D Beyond?

The Roll20 acquisition is poised to take digital TTRPG toolsets into the future

By John Farrell and Mike Dunn

/ 25 Jul 2025

We have a challenger!

Grendel: The Game of Crime and Mayhem may be Off The Page Games’ most accessible title yet.

Bringing the nature of aggression to the table at long last.

By Mike Dunn

/ 23 Jul 2025

Grendel box art (prototype)

Hurt Party: A Game of Bad Apologies review—It’s my party, and I’ll laugh/cry if I want to

This Apples to Apples variant is unapologetically good.

By Mike Dunn

/ 2 Jul 2025

Hurt Party: A Game of Apologies

Daggerheart review — more than a heartbreaker

Darrington Press has pulled out all the stops, and the resulting quality speaks for itself

By John Farrell and Mike Dunn

/ 30 Jun 2025

Daggerheart review — more than a heartbreaker

D&D "summer camp for adults" returns this September

Registration for Dungeons & Cabins Season 2 opens on May 17th

By Mike Dunn

/ 18 Apr 2025

D&D "summer camp for adults" returns this September

Trade wood for gemstones!? with Catan Masterpiece Series on Kickstarter now

Glow up your table with these super deluxe versions of the perennial favorite

By Mike Dunn

/ 18 Feb 2025

CATAN Masterpiece Series - an officially licensed, premium, artisanal reimagining of the classic CATAN board game

Ammon Anderson’s Twinkle Twinkle is a little star in the making

We first caught a glimpse of Ammon Anderson’s Twinkle Twinkle at PAX Unplugged in 2023, as a part of that year’s PAX Rising Showcase. It was the first

By Mike Dunn

/ 22 Jan 2025

Ammon Anderson’s Twinkle Twinkle is a little star in the making

Best in tabletop of 2024

The number of tabletop games that come out in a single year these days is nothing short of incredible, and to say that this list of what the tabletop team

By Mike Dunn

/ 21 Jan 2025

Best in tabletop of 2024

24 Hours of gaming with the Colorado Springs Board Game Club—Tabletop Throwdown S1E17 SEASON FINALE

In the season finale of Tabletop Throwdown, Mike Dunn and his co-hosts discuss the Colorado Springs Board Game Club, its history, community impact, and fundraising efforts for Extra Life. They

By Mike Dunn

/ 31 Dec 2024

24 Hours of gaming with the Colorado Springs Board Game Club—Tabletop Throwdown S1E17 SEASON FINALE