I will be the first to admit that I am drawn into a game’s aesthetic to a fault, at times. That the...
We take another deep dive into the mechanics of An Age Contrived, this time with the player board/transmuter device. The transmuter device...
In An Age Contrived, players take on the roles of gods ruling over the realm of Eldranir, influencing the mortal tribes to...
Chess is one of the most classic, iconic, and long-lasting board games of all time. The basics are simple but the strategy...
Giant robots were my childhood, from watching Voltron and Transformers on early Saturday mornings to Gundam Wing on late nights, there was...
Heading into PAXU, An Age Contrived was on my short list of upcoming titles to check out, based almost entirely upon its...
One of many games Gaming Trend had the opportunity to experience at Pax Unplugged was Emotional Intelligence: A Personality Deduction Game from...
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! Get on down to “insert name here” arena for Monster Jam. See your favorite trucks smash! Growing up, I...
There is a well-known subset of TTRPG players who are primarily interested in combat and acquiring loot colloquially known as murder hobos....
In ancient Persia, in its time the cultural center of the world, the art of making rugs was held as a high...
Odin's favor is waning. The runes speak. There are other tribes, other seers, who fight in this land, and only one can...
Seems like everyone's publishing traditional card games with modern game design additions nowadays, and SCOUT is Oink! throwing its hat in the...
The demo table for BIGFOOT: Roll and Smash, from XYZ Game Labs, looked minuscule next to the looming monster-truck directly adjacent. The...
One of my favorite new themes at this year's Gen Con belonged to Septima from Mindclash Games. In Septima, players lead their...
When Bernie of Dead Alive first pitched Omicron Protocol to me, it was as an entry point for the minis hobby, complete...
Terra Mystica is inarguably a monolith of a board game. Personally, it was the first heavyweight euro I encountered without the same...
War of the Ring has achieved quite the legendary status since its debut. It’s without a doubt an epic 1v1 experience, but...
Chip Theory Games is cooking up a massive project and we got to take a peek. Much like the ancient poem Odyssey,...
Many consider the debut of Superman in 1938 to be the dawn of the comic book golden age. Soon after, the comic...
Last year, Off the Page Games turned a remarkable award winning comic, Mind MGMT, into an incredible board game which blew both...
If Cat in the Box and five people inhabit a closed room, then, supposedly, the people in the room are playing and...
Goblins, Kobolds, demons, and owl bears can make for excellent adversaries in the one vs many combat that is Dungeons and Dragons....
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....
I fell in love immediately. I knew I was going to like Deal With the Devil as soon as I saw it,...
That scummy tenant is at it again! This time they have turned the very gods against you! Worse still, some of their...
A few years ago, Photosynthesis came on the scene with a unique idea that ultimately fell short for a lot of people....
Little fun fact about myself, I’m vegan! That’s partly why I was super pleased we got a chance to talk to ENHANCE...
With day two of Gen Con in the books, more games sold out, more games were talked about, and out of the...
With Day one of GenCon in the books, Gaming Trend got to sit down with Hachette Games and see why their booth...
Earlier this year at GAMA Expo we got to spend some time with Justin Gary, the CEO of Stone Blade Entertainment and...
If you've played Star Realms or Hero Realms, you know that they are great deck building games with direct conflict and multiple...