Burning Games is most notably known for FAITH: The Sci-Fi RPG. It is a system that doesn’t use any dice. However, they have a Kickstarter for a new game that relies heavily on dice, Ether Wars. Since it was such a different endeavor from their original game, I wanted
A couple weeks ago Gaming Trend had a chance to go out to Los Angeles, California and sit down with the developers for the PS4 exclusive Let It Die coming later this year. I spoke with Game Director Hideyuki Shin and Publishing Producer Tyler Inouye about this hack-and-slash action game
On November 15, Good Mood Creators released the long-awaited platformer Mekazoo. Only a day prior to Mekazoo’s launch, I had the opportunity to sit down with two members of the team: Mark Naborczyk, Product Manager, and James Hoag, Producer and Designer (James is also co-founder of the company).
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Last week I had the opportunity to chat with key creators for Vampire Hunter D: Message from Mars. Calling in from across the globe was the Japanese Digital Frontier team, along with Scott McLean, the creative executive for the US based Unified Pictures. Character supervisor Yoichi Mouri, technical director Keitaro
While the fighting genre has a bit of a resurgence since Street Fighter IV was released, board games haven’t had many games that simulate this action. While there’s Yomi and BattleCon, the battle between two individuals hasn’t been put on the tabletop often. When I heard about
When you think of RPGs, you probably think of stacks of books, paper and pencils, and multiple odd shaped dice. That changed a bit with the creation of the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game. While it was innovative, it seemed to focus mainly on combat. However, it doesn’t do much
A few years ago Mythic Battles was released. While it looked like a typical skirmish game, it had several interesting concepts, like several cards that represented the characters’ statistics. As the character took damage, the current stat card would be replaced by one with lower stats. However, it was difficult
Since its launch in 2009, Kickstarter has spearheaded a revolution in tabletop game production. In the last seven years, Kickstarter raised funds into the hundreds of millions of dollars for board games and RPGs, and these numbers have been increasing every year. Tabletop gaming remains a niche hobby, but its
