Amazon’s installation for their upcoming original series, a live action remake of The Tick, seemed average enough at first. We entered into a shaded pavilion full of fans blowing blessedly cool air to charge our phones, answer trivia questions, and watch the pilot episode of The Tick. Answering trivia,

There is no doubt that Vienna, Austria had an incredible art scene in the beginning of the 20th century. Artists such as Gustav Klimt had a lasting impact and helped cultivate long-lasting inspiration for artists for generations. The Lion’s Song references this incredible scene as it uses Vienna as

Zombies get used as a mechanic in board games often.  Last Night on Earth and Zombicide have become two popular game series using that as a theme, but Greenbrier Games came out with Zpocalypse before the zombies became overused.  They have expanded their library and I was able to see

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.

I don’t watch a lot of horror movies – I try to avoid things that are going to send my blood pressure into high gear – but Perception reminds me a lot of the few that I’ve seen. That is, I’m not going to remember the throwaway characters or

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