Previews
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123Cretaceous Rails preview — Dinosaur choo-choo!
From Jurassic Park to science class, dinosaurs have captivated the human imagination.. The impossible size, ferocious power, and incredible majesty of dinosaurs...
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328Galactic Cruise is a crunchy Euro that always rewards the players
Space, the final… marketplace for capitalism. Galactic Cruise was a pleasant surprise for us at Gen Con this year. Still in the...
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365Disney Lorcana — Magic on the tabletop
I can see what's happening. What? And they don't have a clue Who? They'll fall in love And here's the bottom line...
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264Call of Duty: The Board Game brings the tension of the FPS to the table better than expected
When one of the biggest video games of all time gets a tabletop implementation, you have to check it out. Call of...
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409Tesseract — Unfold your mind to contain the power of the cube
Tesseract is a cooperative puzzle game. An alien cube has appeared in the sky and begun collapsing in on itself rapidly. As...
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465Indie TTRPGs at Gen Con—Systems you might have missed and up-and-comers
This year’s TTRPG tables at GenCon showcased previously released and currently playtesting games that ran the gamut of tones and mechanics. I...
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265Paper Dungeons — Roll dice, slay monsters, and get the loot
Round up your adventuring party and your pencil in Paper Dungeons, a roll-and-write dungeon scrawler game. Each player has their own dungeon...
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210Fantastic Factories — Family friendly fun for everyone
Fantastic Factories is a light tableau building card game with dice. Players first have a market phase, where they get to draft...
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213Wild Tiled West — Mine, wrangle, and tussle your way to victory
At its core, Wild Tiled West is a tile drafting and placement game. It mixes in dice rolling, resources, and a little...
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470First exposure — A preview of prototype games from Gen Con 2023
At Gen Con Indy 2023 I had the opportunity to spend some time in the First Exposure Playtest Hall. There were dozens...
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373Sky Team — We’re coming in hot
I had an opportunity to play a full game of Sky Team with another GamingTrend editor on the last day of the...
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233Joyride: Survival of the Fastest — Race fast, drive hard
Joyride: Survival of the Fastest is an upcoming game by Rebellion Unplugged, designed by Duncan Malloy and Pete Ward with art by...
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301Queen by Midnight — Only one princess will claim the crown
Queen by Midnight lets up to six players compete to be the last one standing in a vicious battle royale before the...
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184Mistwind preview — Come for the flying whales, stick around for the clever action system
The first time we played Mistwind was a year ago at Gen Con 2022. Even in that early state it had quite...
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305Incredible Dream — Kinfire and beyond
While at Gen Con 2023, we were able to get a look at Kinfire Chronicles along with a sneak peek at two...
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239Cities of Venus preview – Sacrificing meeples on the altar of progress
Humanity has left Earth and chose one of the most inhospitable planets in the solar system to start a new life on,...
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258Undermined! Pairadice City preview – an exhilarating mining experience
Embark on a thrilling adventure, exploring the abundant treasures hidden within the enchanting mines of Undermined! Pairadice City. [caption id="attachment_237953" align="aligncenter" width="1600"]...
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236Stonespine Architects preview — draft some cards, craft a dungeon
In the board game landscape there are games that have varying difficulties of accessibility. With Stonespine Architects by Thunderworks Games we see...
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402My Island Origins preview — forget land protection & leave no space
Set sail for a new adventure with My Island, the upcoming competitive legacy game designed by Reiner Knizia, releasing from Kosmos later...
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342Ink Makes a Splash at Origins Game Fair 2023
Ink from Snowbright Studio asks you what chicanery you would get up to if death was not final, but an opportunity to...
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412Bah! Humbug! & the 12 games of Christmas preview — Victorian Christmas animal cards for the whole family!
Released in 2021, Bah! Humbug! was a simple, straight-forward bluffing game for 2-5 players themed around the 12 days of Christmas. Pick...
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1.1KSanctuary: Dungeon Tales 5E preview – Unveiling Immersive Worlds between the Material and Metaphysical planes
Discover Sanctuary: Dungeon Tales, where in the mythical realm of Athafios, the descendants of Erideya harness the elemental forces of water, earth,...
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799Realm Runner Studios & Achroma Showcase
We recently reviewed Achroma - The Siege of Draco Temple and had the unique opportunity to attend the Realm Runner Studios & Achroma...
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1.4KAsteroid Dice preview – The hilarious card game that will have you throwing dice at your friends
Did you ever want to throw your dice on your opponents during a competitive game? With Asteroid Dice, now you can do...
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329Forges of Ravenshire preview — forging ahead towards a bright future
Cute woodland creatures, master blade/armor/shield smithing, and dice/tableau management all come to a head in B.A. Games latest game, Forges of Ravenshire....
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512We get lost in Stonemaier’s Expeditions—GAMA Expo 2023 preview
One of the most hotly anticipated games of the year is Stonemaier Games' Expeditions, the standalone sequel to Jamey Stegmaier and Jakub...
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410TimeWarp Warriors preview – Lets do the time warp again!
Meeples. They come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and species, and a large number of board games utilize the meeple in a...
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646The Fox Experiment preview — breeding and domesticating foxes
From Elizabeth Hargrave, the designer of the worldwide phenomena Wingspan, comes The Fox Experiment, a game where you will take the role...
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478An Age Contrived preview — A triumph in form and function
I will be the first to admit that I am drawn into a game’s aesthetic to a fault, at times. That the...
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334Become the change you want to see in the realm — An Age Contrived’s Transmuter Device
We take another deep dive into the mechanics of An Age Contrived, this time with the player board/transmuter device. The transmuter device...
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331Building monuments in an Age Contrived — Fun with chonky tiles and magnets
In An Age Contrived, players take on the roles of gods ruling over the realm of Eldranir, influencing the mortal tribes to...
