Game Reviews

Ancient treasure means nothing if it’s buried uselessly under the sands, its legacy wasting away with the passing of ages. Artifacts only have power if they are present, whether for study or profit. Tomb Trader embodies this principle, unearthing a series of old mechanics but tying them together to

Many party games ask you to try to come up with answers to questions or name specific items in a group. Most of the time they want you to think outside the box and attempt to give an answer different from everyone else. What if instead your goal was to

It’s been a couple of millennia since people packed Roman coliseums to witness the spectacle of racing. The appeal of the sport hasn’t dwindled since that time, though it is far less barbaric than those ancient competitions. Chariot racers of the Roman age would scoff at the comparatively

Rounding out its lineup of RPGs adapted from acclaimed comic series, Pinnacle Entertainment is bringing Fear Agent to the tabletop. Fear Agent, in its last days on Kickstarter as of time of writing, mixes pulp scifi, western, horror, and military action. It sounds like a lot to promise, but Savage

Codenames was a breakout hit. The accessibility and price made it a staple of many game nights. It even claimed the Spiel des Jahres of 2016. CGE could have gone the easy way and created an expansion with more words to add to Codenames, but instead they added pictures to

Gangsters, zombies, tragedy, comedy, and horror unite in The Goon, a multiple-Eisner-Award-winning comic strip that is making its way towards an all-new RPG adaptation. Currently on Kickstarter, The Goon has been adapted to Savage Worlds, an RPG system specifically built around this kind of visceral pulp action. The Goon is

Far into the future, mankind fights a losing battle against the Dark Symmetry, an evil force from beyond the stars that has been our sole enemy for centuries. This warped and twisted power corrupts both machines and people, ruled over by the vile Dark Apostles. Technology has stalled out into

After pushing back the monstrous hordes in Valeria: Card Kingdoms and exploring the wilds they left behind in Quests for Valeria, the time has come to rebuild the ravaged kingdom. A kingdom must have a capital, a fact the dukes and duchesses well know. Whoever readies their land for the