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2.1KMayfair Games to wind down from game publishing, Asmodee North America to acquire assets
So long, sweet prince: The publishers of classics such as The Settlers of Catan and Bang have decided to shutter its game...
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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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2.6KGo 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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755.3KGritty 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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9.4KCrazy 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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454.4KIt’s chaos, be kind–Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: Everything is Connected review
The life of the Dirk Gently franchise has been as chaotic and unpredictable as the cases Mr. Gently himself investigates. Beginning as...
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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...
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7.7KCrazy Eights: James Wilson on Everdell
Publishing a game from a new designer is often a risky proposition. However, even Richard Garfield, Eric Lang, and Reiner Knizia had...
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804.5KSolitaire 2.0 — Shahrazad Review
I may be dating myself a bit here, but in college, the hours I spent pining away on term papers was significantly...
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756.2KEveryone wins when there’s no house–Vegas Wits and Wagers Review
Wits and Wagers Party Edition has been an outstanding, family-friendly party experience for a long time, and the new Vegas edition only...
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653.9KSound and fury and signifying–Blurble review
Blurble is a game of words and shouting, and there is something attractive in that directness. There isn’t anything deep in this...
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905.5KYou’ve goat to play this game–Gruff: the tactical card game of mutated monster goats review
It’s rare to see a new combat card game make such responsible decisions as Gruff. While the two player combat card genre...
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4.8KCrazy Eights: Rob Dougherty and Darwin Kastle answer questions about Sorcerer
I still remember being lucky enough being asked to try out a prototype of a deck-building game one day before Origins at...
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3.0KNauvoo Games at Pax Unplugged–the Reckoners board game is on the horizon
Nauvoo Games is a relatively new entry into the tabletop scene, but has already made something of a splash. Starting in 2014,...
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2.7KCrazy Eights: Jon Gilmour and the disappearing Dinosaur Island prototype
This year’s Gen Con was one of busiest ever since it was the 50th Anniversary and completely sold out for the entire...
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903.6KFlop flop flopping on heaven’s floor–Happy Salmon review
Happy Salmon is the kind of perfection that defies typical analysis. My reviews usually focus on the nuance of a game; how...
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804.6KCloak, dagger, and deception–Cursed Court Review
The political deduction genre may be starting to feel like a crowded field, but Cursed Court justifies attention with the flair and...
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2.0KPrepare for the Planet Defenders coming this December
Defending the galaxy/earth/spaceship/castle can get long and laborious. Sometimes you want to feel like you’ve done something great without taking several hours...
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1.9KWizKids lets you decide Who Should We Eat?
Lifeboat has been a game that’s been played for many years. In the game everyone takes a role and players go through...
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2.0KMunchkin going 3D with new partnership between Steve Jackson Games and CMON
It’s not uncommon to see themed board games for sale. At one time it meant that the quality of the game was...
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Crazy Eights: Jon Gilmour answers questions on Dinosaur Island
Dinosaurs have an amount of mystery to them, as no living human being has seen one for real. Jurassic Park made us...
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3.2KEverything Epic Games announces Rambo: The Board Game
Sylvester Stallone has a long and storied career with several iconic characters. He’s probably most well known for Rocky Balboa and John...
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2.0KThe Mansky Caper from Calliope Games coming to Kickstarter soon
When you think about Prohibition there’s the speakeasy clubs, The Great Gatsby, gangsters, and the roaring ’20s. It’s a theme rife with...
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2.0KKepler-3042 blasts off on December 13
It seems like several space exploration games have been coming out. Twilight Imperium just got a Fourth Edition, Eclipse will soon be...
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2.6KGreater Than Games at Pax Unplugged — a look at the Sentinel Comics RPG and new products of all kinds
Greater Than Games has experienced a time of tremendous growth in the past few months, and that shows no sign of stopping...
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1.9KNew Experience Workshop at Pax Unplugged–what it takes for a small studio to break into the tabletop industry
New Experience Workshop is a small team, consisting of two sisters, but that doesn’t stop it from production or experimentation. Having successfully...
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2.0KAcademy Games at Pax Unplugged–educating through games and new horizons in scifi and fantasy
Academy Games’ focus has always been on using games to explore history, in all its visceral, uncomfortable truths. While many of its...
