Previews
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35An 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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79Become 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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62Building 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...
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132Gambit Of Kings: Adventure Expansion Pack Preview – More Variables To Strategize For
Chess is one of the most classic, iconic, and long-lasting board games of all time. The basics are simple but the strategy...
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203AEGIS: Second Ignition preview — And I’ll form the head!
Giant robots were my childhood, from watching Voltron and Transformers on early Saturday mornings to Gundam Wing on late nights, there was...
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309An Age Contrived looks gorgeous and promises a solid game⏤PAX U preview
Heading into PAXU, An Age Contrived was on my short list of upcoming titles to check out, based almost entirely upon its...
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372Simplicity with lots of personality — Emotional Intelligence PAX Unplugged preview
One of many games Gaming Trend had the opportunity to experience at Pax Unplugged was Emotional Intelligence: A Personality Deduction Game from...
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223Bigfoot: Roll and Smash preview – Monster trucks and programming? SMASHED IT!
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! Get on down to “insert name here” arena for Monster Jam. See your favorite trucks smash! Growing up, I...
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322Dungeons & Dragons: Onslaught preview— it’s okay to be a murder hobo
There is a well-known subset of TTRPG players who are primarily interested in combat and acquiring loot colloquially known as murder hobos....
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358Tabriz Preview — Persian rug industrial complex
In ancient Persia, in its time the cultural center of the world, the art of making rugs was held as a high...
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372BloodRunes preview — Favor of the gods
Odin's favor is waning. The runes speak. There are other tribes, other seers, who fight in this land, and only one can...
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359SCOUT Gen Con 2022 preview— What a show-off
Seems like everyone's publishing traditional card games with modern game design additions nowadays, and SCOUT is Oink! throwing its hat in the...
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325BIGFOOT: Roll and Smash Gen Con preview — Mayhem and big tires made by even bigger hearts
The demo table for BIGFOOT: Roll and Smash, from XYZ Game Labs, looked minuscule next to the looming monster-truck directly adjacent. The...
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360Septima Gen Con preview — Bewitched by an enthralling theme
One of my favorite new themes at this year's Gen Con belonged to Septima from Mindclash Games. In Septima, players lead their...
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391Omicron Protocol Gen Con preview— when Theta Protocol doesn’t cut it
When Bernie of Dead Alive first pitched Omicron Protocol to me, it was as an entry point for the minis hobby, complete...
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435Terra Nova Gen Con 2022 preview—Terra Mystica goes supernova
Terra Mystica is inarguably a monolith of a board game. Personally, it was the first heavyweight euro I encountered without the same...
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475War of the Ring Card Game Gen Con 2022 preview — The bar was set high, yet this might clear it
War of the Ring has achieved quite the legendary status since its debut. It’s without a doubt an epic 1v1 experience, but...
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499Hoplomachus: Victorum Gen Con 2022 preview — The biggest solo board game yet
Chip Theory Games is cooking up a massive project and we got to take a peek. Much like the ancient poem Odyssey,...
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381Age of Comics: The Golden Years Gen Con preview — Turns out a golden age makes for a golden theme
Many consider the debut of Superman in 1938 to be the dawn of the comic book golden age. Soon after, the comic...
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437Harrow County Gen Con preview — Our hopes are high for another fantastic adaptation
Last year, Off the Page Games turned a remarkable award winning comic, Mind MGMT, into an incredible board game which blew both...
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445Cat in the Box Gen Con preview — Clever as a cat and cute as a kitten
If Cat in the Box and five people inhabit a closed room, then, supposedly, the people in the room are playing and...
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590D&D Onslaught Gen Con preview — The king of TTRPGS goes tactical minis
Goblins, Kobolds, demons, and owl bears can make for excellent adversaries in the one vs many combat that is Dungeons and Dragons....
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594Flamecraft Gen Con preview — If I could live inside this board game’s world I would
I’m sorry. It’s too late. You’ve already clicked the article and seen the feature image. There’s no turning back. You’re in love....
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466Deal With the Devil Gen Con 2022 preview — We’d sell our souls to play this one
I fell in love immediately. I knew I was going to like Deal With the Devil as soon as I saw it,...
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754Return to Dark Tower: Covenant Gen Con 2022 preview — It just keeps getting better
That scummy tenant is at it again! This time they have turned the very gods against you! Worse still, some of their...
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356Evergreen Gen Con Preview- What you should be pining for
A few years ago, Photosynthesis came on the scene with a unique idea that ultimately fell short for a lot of people....
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334ENHANCE Gen Con previews — Tipping the scales with their dragon hide collection
Little fun fact about myself, I’m vegan! That’s partly why I was super pleased we got a chance to talk to ENHANCE...
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410Skymines Gen Con Preview ⏤There is no dark side to this moon
With day two of Gen Con in the books, more games sold out, more games were talked about, and out of the...
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425Turing Machine Gen Con 2022 preview — Are machines able to really think?
With Day one of GenCon in the books, Gaming Trend got to sit down with Hachette Games and see why their booth...
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375Stone Blade Entertainment rides high this year with Soulforge: Fusion and Ascension Tactics
Earlier this year at GAMA Expo we got to spend some time with Justin Gary, the CEO of Stone Blade Entertainment and...
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731Origins 2022 preview ⏤ Star Realms Rise of Empire and Hero Realms digital
If you've played Star Realms or Hero Realms, you know that they are great deck building games with direct conflict and multiple...
