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Mike Dunn

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

GAMA Expo

The Game Manufacturers Association trade show for the the tabletop idustry

By Mike Dunn

/ 1 Oct 2025

GAMA Expo

Brass: Pittsburgh still uses coal, this time with a new twist

Upgrade your industries and refine coke to make that sweet, sweet steel

By Mike Dunn

/ 24 Sep 2025

It wouldn't be a Brass game without COAL!

Steel and oil play a big part in Brass: Pittsburgh

They don't call it "Steel City" for nothing

By Mike Dunn

/ 10 Sep 2025

Of course steel is a big deal in Pittsburgh

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