Tabletop: BOARD GAMEs
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2.1KCrazy Eights: Ryan Lesser of Wild Power Games on Streets of Steel
While there have been plenty of board games that have some form of fighting in them, it’s generally in a dungeon crawler...
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4.4KCrazy Eights: Martin Cirulis answers questions about The Pit: The Board Game
It’s not unusual for board game companies to get different licenses to enhance the theme of the game. Computer games like Fallout,...
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2.3KThe Apocalypse is heading to Clank! In! Space!
Last year Renegade Game Studios was able to surprise almost everyone at Gen Con when they released Clank! In! Space!, a sci-fi...
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3.3KCrazy Eights: Mel Primus answers questions on Penny Lane
Worker placement games can be tricky. Many have a problem with the player going first having a huge advantage. Other one can...
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4.3KGROWL and the next phase of social deduction games–Joey Vigour Interview
There is something so compelling about the paranoia and unpredictability of a social deduction game. GROWL, in its final days on Kickstarter...
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508.5KOut in the cold—Of Dreams and Shadows: the Monster Within review
Despite the dark style that suffused Of Dreams and Shadows’ visual design, I was less than enthused with its chance-based resolution mechanics....
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5.8KBlood, music, and cardboard–we interview American Murder Song on the Donner Party Boardgame
Horror has historically been a sorely neglected genre. Luckily, a few people have made it their work to keep the genre not...
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908.3KGo north and die—Grimslingers: the Northern Territory review
Grimslingers was a stylish, fully loaded experience when it first came on the scene, mixing supernatural horror and western-style comedy with bluffing...
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3.6KCrazy Eights: Julie Ahern answers questions on Helios Expanse
It seems like typical 4X games are huge endeavors that last for hours with diplomacy, politics, and combat mixed together in an...
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2.9KMansions of Madness is getting it’s own PC game
Mansions of Madness has taken off with the Second Edition. Most of the fidliness found in the First Edition is gone with...
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909.8KStacked in Your Favor — Ethnos Review
If imitation is the best form of flattery, then the board gaming world is particularly ripe with adulation. The mechanics from popular...
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7.1KCrazy Eights: Nicolas Raoult answers eight questions about Zombicide: Invader
When Kickstarter became available for funding, board game designers flocked to it. While several board games were successful there, Zombicide became a...
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405.0KOne step into the dark forest, two steps back–Of Dreams and Shadows review
If Grimslingers represents all the best that can happen when Greenbriar Games publishes an independent game with high-quality art, this stands at...
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755.0KConnect Four Done Right — Gobblet Review
There are many titles that I cannot wait to get onto the table again. These are games I am always willing to...
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3.0KCrazy Eights: Alexandre Aboud answers questions about Arena: The Contest
Dungeon crawlers have seen a resurgence in the past several years. With Descent Second Edition and the D&D Adventure Games, it seemed...
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856.5KFor the Good of the Cause — Black Orchestra Review
As the tide began to turn against Germany in World War II, a group of officers, agents, and leading civilians realized Adolf...
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2.5KCrazy Eights: Stacy Vanorman answers questions on World’s End
Many games play off of monsters chasing after the protagonists. Running away from the menace or shooting your way through them are...
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854.2KFrom Gold to Dust — Donning the Purple Review
History has taught us that even the mightiest empires eventually suffer a decline, and for the Romans, it can be argued that...
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2.3KWizKids creating new Magic: The Gathering Board Game
With GAMA going on this week in Las Vegas, game stores are getting their first look at the upcoming games from publishers...
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2.2KCrazy Eights: Adam Rehberg from Adam’s Apple Games on Swordcrafters
Kickstarter is a great way for new designers to get their board games funded. However, often those games are sequels or don’t...
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904.2KDeath Race 2.0 — Chariots of Rome Review
When I reviewed a prototype of Chariots of Rome last spring, I was convinced its upcoming Kickstarter would be a success. After...
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502.8KPsychedelic Horseshoes — Hop! Review
I appreciate movies geared towards children which find ways throw a bone to the adults. A subtle, well-placed joke or innuendo can...
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3.2KProtect and destroy the world–Agents of Mayhem: Pride of Babylon Kickstarter incoming!
Not long ago, I spoke with Academy Games about using games as an educational tool, as well is its incoming foray into...
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2.5KGo west, young man with Great Western Trail: Rails to the North
Yesterday, Eggertspiele announced that it will release the expansion to Great Western Trail on June 13 during Origins Game Fair this year....
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806.0KSun, snow, survival, and death–Evolution: Climate review
Evolution has always been a quality game dealing in the brutality and indifference of surviving life on Earth. Its players, in attempting...
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2.3KTime to unwrap a new deck building experience with Clank! The Mummy’s Curse
Renegade Game Studios and Dire Wolf Digital have recently announced a new expansion to Clank! A Deck Building Adventure to be released...
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4.2K85Drop the Bass and Call me Maybe — music mixmastery in our Dropmix review
If you’ve been a devotee of Harmonix for a while, you know they seem to have one overriding goal — to make...
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755.2KGritty Reality — This War of Mine: The Board Game Review
Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman once compared war to hell. War themed games tend to focus on the battles and maneuvers...
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9.3KCrazy Eights: Jared Miller from CMON answers questions about HATE
CMON is known for having record-breaking Kickstarter board game campaigns with large minis and tons of stretch goals. HATE is their most...
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855.5KHappy Trees — Photosynthesis Review
Blue Orange Games have made a solid reputation for themselves by producing several engaging family oriented games. They are particularly adept at...
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754.0KA Light in the Dark Ages — The King’s Abbey Review
I have to laugh when someone on social media laments that this is the worst time in history to be alive. Pretty...
