Previews
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991Bah! 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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1.9KSanctuary: 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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1.4KRealm 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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2.1KAsteroid 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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722Forges 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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1.1KWe 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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881TimeWarp 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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1.7KThe 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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2.0KAn 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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588Become 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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885Building 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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899Gambit 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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758AEGIS: 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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1.1KAn 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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1.2KSimplicity 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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1.1KBigfoot: 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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906Dungeons & 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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1.3KTabriz 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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865BloodRunes 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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1.1KSCOUT 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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1.3KBIGFOOT: 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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1.1KSeptima 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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876Omicron 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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1.4KTerra 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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1.4KWar 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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2.0KHoplomachus: 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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1.4KAge 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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1.4KHarrow 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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1.3KCat 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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2.0KD&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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2.5KFlamecraft 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....
