While there have been plenty of board games that have some form of fighting in them, it’s generally in a dungeon crawler or a one on one fighter. Wild Power Games has created a side-scrolling fighter that mimics games like Final Fight, Golden Axe, and Double Dragon. To find
It’s not unusual for board game companies to get different licenses to enhance the theme of the game. Computer games like Fallout, Doom, and Sid Meier’s Civilization have been brought to the tabletop by Fantasy Flight. However, you don’t see many computer game companies creating their own
Worker placement games can be tricky. Many have a problem with the player going first having a huge advantage. Other one can feel like it plays too similarly play after play. Gamers may also be asking themselves how many worker placement games about farming are really needed. Penny Lane has
There is something so compelling about the paranoia and unpredictability of a social deduction game. GROWL, in its final days on Kickstarter at time of writing, explores these themes by giving players the ability to secretly influence one another’s identities as the game progresses. Werewolves try to proliferate as
Horror has historically been a sorely neglected genre. Luckily, a few people have made it their work to keep the genre not only alive but thriving and growing. Saar Hendelman and Terrance Zdunich have been working together for many years now to create unique and stirring works. Terrance was one
It seems like typical 4X games are huge endeavors that last for hours with diplomacy, politics, and combat mixed together in an elaborate set of rules. Twilight Imperium and Eclipse are a couple of games that define the genre. When Greenbrier Games announced Helios Expanse, I was skeptical of its
When Kickstarter became available for funding, board game designers flocked to it. While several board games were successful there, Zombicide became a huge hit on the site and raised over three-quarter of a million dollars, one of the largest amounts to date. Every Zombicide game since has raised a huge
We’re busy people, and sometimes we don’t have time to play games after we eat. It seems that Bézier Games has caught on to our need for food and fun, and has created New York Slice Legacy in order to become the best game you can eat. We
