Tabletop: BOARD GAMEs
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1.7KAres Games Announces Second Expansion to War of the Ring
The latest expansion to Ares Games’ highly popular War of the Ring strategy board game is now available. Given the popularity of...
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1.6KMonster Truck Mayhem @ Origins 2015
If you’ve played board games, then you probably know about the dreaded “roll and move” game where luck determines who the winner...
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752.3KRipples on a quiet lake — Lanterns: The Harvest Festival Review
Lanterns: The Harvest Festival is one of the most purely relaxing games I have played in a long while. If first time...
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1.3KHeroes’ Call for TEK launches on Kickstarter
Gamelyn Games is known for putting big experiences in small boxes, as has been seen by their Tiny Epic games. Now they...
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2.3KCrazy Eights: Patrick Lysaght from Chara Games on Commissioned
These days it’s easy for a game to have a zombie, sci-fi, or fantasy theme. While there is a bigger mix of...
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853.0K
A Day in Wine Country — Viticulture Review
I enjoy the occasional glass of wine. I don’t know much about it though and truth be told I’m probably more of...
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1.5KKosmos @ Origins Game Fair 2015
Kosmos has been publishing games for a long time, but you might not recognize them. Most of their games have been published...
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852.5KBlessed by the Gods — Deus Review
Building a finely-tuned economy is important in almost all Euro-style games. The critical decision players must make is when to stop focusing...
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1.9KMVP Boardgames @ Origins Game Fair 2015
MVP Boardgames designs board games and then publishes them through established publishers. I got to take a look at their recent Kickstarter...
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1.5KWizKids @ Origins Game Fair 2015
WizKids has had a string of hits, with the Attack Wing series and Dicemasters. However, they are more than just those two...
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1.7KArcane Wonder announces a standalone game system for the Mage Wars universe
Arcane Wonders just announced their upcoming release Mage Wars Academy, a stand-alone gaming system in the Mage Wars universe. Mage Wars Academy will...
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2.3KArcane Wonders @ Origins Game Fair 2015
I was amazed when Arcane Wonders came onto the scene. I remember seeing them at GenCon before Mage Wars was released. They...
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1.3KSteve Jackson Games announces October releases
Steampunk, zombies, and treasure, oh my! Steve Jackson Games has a wide variety of games, from fillers to strategy. They recently announced their...
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855.2KIn Which We Carve Our Glorious Name Into The Desert Rock- Kemet Review
The ancient Egyptian-themed Kemet is, in broadest terms, a dudes-on-a-map war game, and it’s hard to see a dudes-on-a-map war game and not...
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903.0KRelease the Kraken — A Monstrous Review
Playing a god is not a novel concept in the world of board gaming. Whether you are building an empire, expanding a...
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703.0KThey See Me Rollin — Nations: The Dice Game
The great thing about the current (golden?) era in boardgames is there is something for almost every situation, timeframe, preference and mood....
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804.4KCaught in the middle of the squabbles of cultists and creatures – Cthulhu Wars Review
Cthulhu Wars is a game designed by Sandy Petersen through his company Petersen Games. Before I say anything about this game, I...
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955.3KFilmed 100% in IMAX — Imperial Assault
Leading up to the release of Imperial Assault during GenCon 2014, many throughout the boardgame world had for a while been openly...
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903.4KOne Man’s Espionage Agent Is Another’s Freedom Fighter — Specter Ops Review
Specter Ops: Shadow of Babel is a hidden movement game for 2-5 players. It was designed by Emerson Matsuuchi, as the first...
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753.8KMadness in Grayscale — Castles of Mad King Ludwig Review
Castles in contemporary culture are almost invariably associated with a certain skew towards the less than sane. They occupy a strange corner...
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904.7KCaution, “scientists” at work — Alchemists Review
I remember playing with my chemistry set as a kid and getting the idea to mix together everything that said “poison” or “danger,”...
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1.5KCrazy Eights: Ryan Wolfe on Shadowstar Corsairs
Creating a new game and publishing it yourself can be a challenging endeavor. However, more and more people are doing it with...
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1.3KThe Mutant Revolution is here
The X-Men have been a popular license with a comic, books, cartoons, video games, and movies. While there have been a few games...
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1.4KBust some ghosts this October
Ghostbusters: The Board Game had a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign. Considering the Ghostbusters haven’t had any original tv series or movies since The...
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1.3KVisit the Temple of Elemental Evil
The D&D Adventure Games are some of my favorite dungeon crawls. The fact that they are cooperative games makes it an easy game...
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2.1KFantasy Flight reprinting Mission: Red Planet
Fantasy Flight has had great success with reprinting games. From DungeonQuest to Fortress America to Nexus Ops, the reprints have been added...
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2.9KCrazy Eights: John Cadice from Soda Pop Miniatures on Ninja All-Stars
Soda Pop Miniatures is the team behind Super Dungeon Explore. As you can see in my review, I enjoyed quite a bit...
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704.9KGet rich or die trying — DungeonQuest Revised Edition Review
Sometimes you want to defeat monsters with a group of friends, but other times you just want to go in for the...
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2.6KCrazy Eights: Keith Blume on WarQuest
If you ever played Risk, then you’ve experienced the thrill of moving armies across a map and rolling dice against opponents. Conquering...
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2.8KCrazy Eights: Designer Matt Leacock
I admit, I wasn’t that interested in the Thunderbirds game posted on Kickstarter when I had first heard about it. I don’t...
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1.2KGhostbusters becomes eighth highest board game funded on KS
While Ghostbusters came out over 30 years ago, the logo is highly recognizable. Maybe it’s because the movie resonated with people, or...
