Tabletop: BOARD GAMEs
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752.8KWhy do Pirates use Maps Anyway? – Plunder
I remember playing Clue when I was very young. It is one of the first boardgames that I vividly remember playing. I...
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754.3KFight for your Rivet life — Rivet Wars Eastern Front Review
A while ago a game called Advance Wars came onto the scene for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. While it contained a...
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903.6KSee you starside – Xia: Legends of a Drift System
There are a few people I play games who turn their nose up at Kickstarter games. The phrase, “Well it is only...
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2.7KKevin Wilson designing Achtung! Cthulhu with Modiphius Entertainment
While several games featuring Cthulhu have been brought to the tabletop, Arkham Horror is the game that most synonymous with the Ancient...
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903.3KSwords to the Wind! Villainous Vikings, 2nd Edition
Victory Point Games has impressed me again. Following the release of Villainous Vikings in August, and the subsequent series of negative reviews...
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601.8KBuilding a better palace — Sultaniya Review
It seems like tile-laying games often have you building something. The gateway game Carcassonne has you building a city with castles, roads,...
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755.1KDaimyos and Dice: Age of War
I’m a sucker for Japanese-themed strategy games. Shogun, of Gamemaster series acclaim, now more commonly known as Samurai Swords or Ikusa, is...
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852.5KWhere miniatures and tablets collide — Golem Arcana Review
Playing miniatures games can be intimidating with rules about movement, how far attacks reach, and the number of actions available on a...
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753.1KTabletop Gauntlet — Super Dungeon Explore Review
The dungeon crawl is nothing new to gamers. The dark, damp dungeon often sets the mood for adventurers in the video game...
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854.5KBrawling for the ball — Kaosball Review
Bringing sports to board games has been a difficult proposition. The Strat-o-matic series allowed people to create their teams using real baseball...
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704.7KBreaarrrgh!!!: Viva Java: The Dice Game Review
Alright, hang on a second. I thought that we all got together and decided that we don’t like dice. I thought dice...
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803.4KBump and roll to victory — Space Movers 2201 Review
I admit that I enjoy cooperative games because they are easier to play with non-gamer friends. While the games can sometimes be...
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853.4KTravel the world Cthulhu style — Eldritch Horror review
The Fantasy Flight version of Arkham Horror is a boardgaming classic. Traveling the city of Arkham with friends and fighting off the...
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701.7KBuilding an empire one sector at a time — Hegemonic Review
The 4X genre (explore, expand, exploit, exterminate) is a popular genre. Sid Meier’s Civilization and Master of Orion 2 are some of...
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752.7KSomeone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill ’em right back – Firefly: Pirates and Bounty Hunters
One of the biggest complaints leveled at Firefly: The Game was the significant lack of player interaction. Players could pick up crew and...
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1.2KGenCon preview of Pandemic Contagion
While most games have you playing the good guy, have you ever wondered what it’s like for everyone to play the bad...
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1.3KBattle at Kemble’s Cascade GenCon preview
It might be hard to believe, but creating a board game to simulate a side-scrolling shooter has been created. Joe talked to...
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1.3KKing of New York GenCon preview
King of Tokyo stomped through the boardgaming landscape like nobody’s business. That’s part of the reason why the follow-up King of New...
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1.2KPreview of Zombie 15 at GenCon
It seems like Zombie games are a dime a dozen these days. Zombies!!!, Last Night on Earth, and Zombicide are just a...
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1.5KCreate your own Folklore, up on Kickstarter now
Usually Scott is around to do our Friday Kickstarter update, but he is away at this time. However, I do want to...
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1.2KEagle Games GenCon roundup
Eagle and Grphyon Games released a couple of games at GenCon, as well as had a big Kickstarter project going. I talk to Rick...
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1.4KR&R Games launches two new games at Essen
While GenCon and Origins are the premier board game conventions in the US, European eyes are focused on Essen, which is going...
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803.7KScore a touchdown on the table — 1st and Goal Review
I really don’t follow sports except for football. The fact the season is only sixteen games long makes every matchup important. However,...
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803.4KBeware of the Black Fleet
You are sailing across the seven seas. Salty air whips cross your sails, filling your lungs with the power of the ocean....
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1.2KGenCon preview of Tsuro for mobile devices
The board game Tsuro had a rocky road, leading to several editions published before Calliope got the rights to the game. Since...
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853.0KPlaying History – Review of Freedom: The Underground Railroad
When you’re a resident of a little town of about 3,700, it’s unheard of to find anything local on the map of...
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1.5KAge of Conan conquering Kickstarter today
Age of Conan was published by Fantasy Flight Games in 2009. A game of conquest involving the four factions of Hyboria, it...
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854.0KThe power of the cube compels you! – Hyperborea
I read somewhere that more than two hundred games were released at GenCon a few weeks ago. That is a lot of...
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1.3KKrosmaster Arena GenCon preview
It seems like a lot of miniature games are coming out. Some of them require painting skills and tape measures, while others...
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752.9KSomething Deeper: Abyss
Somewhere in the deepest inaccessible depths where no light from the sun has ever reached, rests the Kingdom of Abyss. Players vie...
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603.0KThere’s minerals in them thar craters! – Charon Inc.
Far out, near the edge of our solar system there lies a planet… oh wait, no, just a dwarf planet. And this...
