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803.4KQuarto review — Tic Tac Toe, but like way harder
What if you took Tic Tac Toe, made it have sixteen different pieces and four ways to win, but your opponent picked...
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955.5KKutnà Hora: The City of Silver review — Silver is the new brass
I love Brass: Birmingham. The high interactivity combined with how well it rewards tweezing out every last mote of efficiency is crazy...
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753.2KGodsforge Review — A Fast Paced Wizard Fight!
In the magical setting of Godsforge, Etherium (not the cryptocurrency) was plentiful, and the land was at peace. Children created charms with...
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7512.5KMagic: The Gathering Starter Kit 2023 review — We all start somewhere
If you’ve always wanted to try Magic: The Gathering, but don’t know where to start, Wizards of the Coast has a product...
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702.9KWaffle Time review — A delightfully light breakfast
Waffle Time is a light drafting game where each player is trying to score the most points by putting toppings on a...
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304.1KDungeons & Dragons: Trials of Tempus review — The god of unmet potential
Credit where it’s due, Trials of Tempus is certainly an ambitious title. For his debut, lead designer Thor Knai tossed Dungeons &...
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755.2KStationfall review — Despite all my rage, I’m a telepathic rat in a cage
Many board games are designed from the floor up to ape other media and end up being mediocre at best. Nemesis is...
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1.3KInterview with Craig Campbell of Nerdburger games, designer of Capers, Good Strong Hands, and others on small press distribution and the state of the industry
Nerdburger Games has been lauded many times for its achievements in design, covering adventure and parody, group, GM-less, and solo, along with...
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2.6KM. Allen Hall, creator of Godspark and Sprinkles is missing, on experimental design and the state of the TTRPG industry
Continuing my series of interviews with tabletop designers, I move from the therapeutic model of design to M. Allen Hall, a more...
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2.2KRavensburger announces new ttrpg inspired board game featuring all female cast
2024 is shaping up to be a big year for Ravensburger and their partnership with Disney. On top of the latest Disney...
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908.3KKinfire Delve: Vainglory’s Grotto review — A roguelike card game for two
Kinfire Delve: Vainglory’s Grotto is the first in a series of dungeon delving card games from Incredible Dream Studios. It is set...
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1.6KMantic Games and 343 Industries have partnered to launch a brand-new Halo miniatures combat game
Today Mantic Games announced a new partnership with 343 Industries which will be used to bring the Halo universe to the tabletop...
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4.9KLuke Crane, creator of Burning Wheel and Mouse Guard, on RPG design and the state of the industry
Continuing my series of interviews with RPG designers, I spoke with Luke Crane, the mind behind Burning Wheel, Burning Empires, Burning Sands,...
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2.0KMolly House PAXU Preview — My excitement won’t be mollified
To be perfectly honest, I don’t know how best to classify Molly House, Wherlegig’s latest cardboard masterpiece. I feel like I’m describing...
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2.4KShaping the Clay — Previews from PAX Unplugged’s Unpublished Hall
Some ideas can look good on paper or in an echo chamber and need a stranger’s perspective. For board games, fresh perspectives...
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1.4KThe Throne of Thorns for Ruins of Symbaroum 5E announced, alongside a world book
Free league recently announced that two new expansions will be released for Ruins of Symbaroum soon, including a 5E adaptation of the...
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2.4KRavensburger shares plans for Disney Villainous in 2024
Ravensburger has announced their plans for Disney Villainous in 2024 and there are some exciting things coming. Sugar and Spite has an...
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2.0KWyrmspan, a new 1-5 player competitive tableau and engine-building game, announced
Wyrmspan, a new Stonemaier game from Apiary designer Connie Vogelmann, was announced today. Wyrmspan is a 1-5 player competitive tableau and engine...
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2.2KRPGs at PAX Unplugged — All hail the indie scene
PAX Unplugged 2023 was a bounty of knowledge, new faces, and great games. I spoke to someone at nearly every RPG booth,...
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1.5KStephen Dewey, creator of Ten Candles, on Indie production and the state of the industry
Kicking off my first in a series of interviews with RPG designers, Stephen Dewey and I discussed the culture and practicalities of...
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555.4KCandela Obscura review — Ill omens
Candela Obscura is an RPG from Darrington Press, Critical Roll’s print division. The game’s focus is on the titular Candela Obscura, an...
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2.3KFree League Announces Partnership for Printable Dragonbane Miniatures
When us tabletop rpg players are gaming, we love having mini’s. Time and time again though, we end up with miniatures that...
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804.0KMagic: The Gathering The Lost Cavern of Ixalan Review — A deep dive into fun
Introduction – Glimpse the Core We’ve reached the end of 2023 and with it the last Standard set for the year: The...
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751.7KAurum review — A good game if you can figure out how to play
Aurum is a trick taking game that is easiest to learn if you’ve never played a trick taking game before. Unlike most...
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801.8KNeotopia review — Please don’t eat the tokens
Neotopia, published by Arcane Wonders, is a family weight game about creating patterns in an expanding city in order to score the...
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1.4KLearn to play Vaesen — Sign up now!
Free League is offering a workshop on how to play Vaesen on Alchemy VTT. Sign up below! Spots are limited and going...
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902.3KBarcelona review – An admirable city, a city full of life, intense, a port open to the past and future.
Board games and history are two of my favorite things. For many years, I taught social sciences to middle and high school...
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651.2KAfter Us review – Get your hands off me, you dang dirty ape!
Post-apocalyptic ape pop culture has been around for awhile, namely in the Planet of the Apes franchise. I have fond memories of...
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1.7KWise Wizard Games announces Wacky Wizard Games family friendly product line
Check out the new announcement from Wise Wizard Games: Hey everybody, we’re super excited to announce the launch of Wacky Wizard Games,...
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2.3KGehenna Gaming announces Eldritch Automata, an action horror TTRPG, coming to Kickstarter January 2024
Check out the press release from Gehenna Gaming released today! Atlanta, GA (December 1, 2023) – Gehenna Gaming is excited to announce...
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1.9KAmazon launches virtual queue for Disney Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn on Dec. 1st – 9:00am pst
Amazon is rolling out the red carpet for Disney Lorcana TCG fans with a special virtual queue system to support a fair...
