Tabletop: BOARD GAMEs
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905.1KMulti-tasking Architecture — Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig review
Have you ever wanted to create your own castle? Finding a way to live in one of those magnificent structures was a...
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4.5KCrazy Eights: Az Drummond on Reichbusters: Projekt Vril
Mythic Games has been known for going big. Their Mythic Battles: Pantheon had huge miniatures. The Solomon Kane Kickstarter campaign opened several...
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3.5KCrazy Eights: Tim Heerema on Archmage: Ascendant
Sometimes looks can be deceiving. A game with a hex tiles is common, as well as flipping them over to reveal terrain...
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3.2KCrazy Eights: Roberto di Meglio from Ares Games on Sword and Sorcery Ancient Chronicles
Ares Games had a hit with Galaxy Defenders from Gremlin Project. It was so successful it came out with two campaign expansions...
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2.0KCrazy Eights: Sean Jacquemain of CMON on Project ELITE
Most of the time when people think of board games, players take turns in order. However, real-time board games have started to...
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3.1KCrazy Eights: Adam and Brady Sadler on Street Masters Aftershock
When you look at fighting games, it seems like a lot of the tabletop ones are one-on-one brawls. While some dungeon crawlers...
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2.2KCrazy Eights: Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance on Anomaly
Halloween seems like a time where scares and tense moments are popular. While video games have had horror elements to them for...
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3.3KCrazy Eights: William Schoonover on Level 7 [Omega Protocol] Second Edition
There are times when a game doesn’t get discovered right away, and it becomes difficult to get except by paying an arm...
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3.0KCrazy Eights: Travis Chance on Mezo
When you look at ancient civilizations, it’s not uncommon for Greek, Norse, and Chinese mythologies to be used as backdrops for gaming. ...
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2.2KCrazy Eights: Jamie Noble Frier on Hero Master
Creating a game and putting up on Kickstarter can be a nerve-wracking affair. You need to have the game playtested, art for...
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3.4KHorizon Zero Dawn joins the board game space with new Kickstarter campaign
Guerrilla Games’ popular PS4 exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn is being converted to tabletop form by the talented folks at Steamforged Games. The...
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2.6KCrazy Eights: Sean Jacquemain from CMON on Starcadia Quest
CMON had several surprises at Gen Con this year. Newton, a heavy-looking Euro, isn’t something expected from them. The fact they are...
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3.4KCrazy Eights: Ted Alspach on One Night Ultimate Super Villains
Some people really enjoy Werewolf for the social deduction aspect of the game. However, it could drag on for far too long...
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2.4KCrazy Eights: Tim Criswell on Nexus
These days games seem to be repetitive, whether from theme or mechanics. Sometimes a designer will tweak a mechanic to make it...
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3.0KCrazy Eights: Alex Kessler on Battle Bosses
If you ever got a chance to play Heroscape, then you know it is a mishmash of characters from different genres and...
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3.2KCrazy Eights — Toni Niittymaki of Lautapelit.fi on Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy
Often times when a game is successful, it will get printed multiple times, sometimes with expansions included. However, there are times the...
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1.8KTo sleep, perchance to dream with Comanauts
Today, Plaid Hat Games announced a new cooperative adventure tabletop game, Comanauts, to be released sometime in the future. Two to four...
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6.3KCrazy Eights — Sean Jacquemain on Cthulhu: Death May Die
If you go to a board game store, then you can’t hardly move a couple of steps without tripping over a Cthulhu...
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1.6KExperiencing Warfare with Gravity — Origins 2018 Preview
Sometimes a game has great table presence because of the miniatures included. Sometimes the board includes unique aspects. However, I have to...
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2.2KBattling through the Wildlands at Osprey Games — Origins 2018 Preview
Osprey Games has diversified their board game catalog. While they have had a successful run of war games and the Frostgrave miniatures...
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2.2KDon’t let the Facade not let you see how CrowdOx can work for you — Origins 2018 Preview
Kickstarter campaigns are a lot of work. It may seem like you can just post a project and get funding for it. ...
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1.9KDinosaurs, fireballs, and race cars! Oh my! at Restoration Games — Origins 2018 Preview
Restoration Games has had a string of hits with Stop Thief! and Downforce, but they haven’t been resting on their laurels. They’ve...
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2.0KFeudal wars go to space in Starship Samurai, available now
Today, Plaid Hat Games announced that it has released the board game Starship Samurai. The game supports two to four players and...
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1.8KGoing big with Kolossal Games — Origins 2018 Preview
Kolossal Games might not be the largest publisher, but they’ve had some huge hits on Kickstarter. At Origins I got a chance...
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1.8KA look at Ares Games — Origins 2018 Preview
Ares has had a string of success with the Galaxy Defenders line. However, the designers moved forward with a fantasy setting for...
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2.4KGreenBriar Games gives us the old west and fighting bears — Origins 2018 Preview
GreenBriar Games has a large number of figure-heavy games like Folklore: The Afflication, the Zpocalypse series, and Vengeance. However, they decided to...
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1.9KCritter corporations — Raccoon Tycoon Preview
When you look at Glenn Drover’s gaming designs, you might think that he prefers games with lots of figures and some form...
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2.0KCrazy Eights: Lance Hill of Funhill Games on Wisdom of Solomon
Often when games are reprinted, they keep the same figures, artwork, and pieces as the previous addition. Sometimes the rulebook may get...
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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...
