Tabletop Games

If you are a fan of anime, then you probably know about Japanime games.  If nothing else, you can’t miss the art style used in their games.  I stopped by their booth and found out about Alicematic, a reimplementation of Deus.  Watch the video above to find out more and see what the differences are.

For a long time Arcane Wonders was known as the Mage Wars publisher, as that was the only thing that they published.  Since then they have expanded to many other areas, including social deduction, bluffing, and abstract games.  Their latest game is a unique take on Liar’s Dice called

Iello has been a powerhouse since King of Tokyo was released.  Their library is varied with games both large and small.  At Origins I met with Keith Meyers and talked to him about one of their bigger games, Arena: For the Gods, and a smaller game, Ninja Taisen.

Cthulhu Wars has become synonymous with a premiere designer board game.  Just displaying the game on the table gets people to look over.  Petersen Games is now on their third Kickstarter for Cthulhu Wars, and I was able to ask Project Director Arthur Petersen about Cthulhu Wars and the Onslaught

Rob Daviau has a legendary list of game development behind him.  He worked on great games like Heroscape, Star Wars Epic Duels, Risk: Legacy, and Pandemic: Legacy.  He’s taken several older games and revamped them, so it’s not surprising that he is a big part of Restoration Games.

Passport Game Studios has a wide variety of games.  At Origins, they had two games they were showing off that are quite the opposite of each other.  Skyward is a small card game, while Professor Evil and the Citadel of Time is an epic cooperative game.  Take a look at

Renegade Games Studio has a hit on their hands with FUSE from Kane Klenko.  At Origins, they had two new games designed by Kane available, Flipships and Flatline.  I got the chance to take a closer look at these two games.  If you’ve played FUSE you get a similar

While Indie Boards and Cards isn’t the most well-known publisher, they have a few big games behind them.  Flash Point: Fire Rescue and The Resistance are both games of theirs.  At Origins I got the chance to take a look at two of their upcoming games, the card game