I enjoy heavy games. For example, I love to play A Feast For Odin, another tetromino placement game. World Wonders is not heavy, and yet it has some economic and
Fight your way through school in Hoot Owl Games’ first release, Knockout High, a fast-paced brawling game where 2 through 5 players throwdown through a variety of school-based
Thunderworks Games has a catalog with notably little repetition. Many publishers marshal a sizable chunk of their resources around successful titles and drill down on their mechanisms: Wingspan becomes Wyrmspan;
Avalon Hill and Hasbro just announced the release of Betrayal Deck of Lost Souls and HeroQuest Against the Ogre Horde Quest Pack, with Betrayal Deck of Lost Souls adding a
Spatial puzzle games have become intrinsic to the hobby. Ever since polyominoes caught fire with Patchwork, NMBR 9, and Feast for Odin, designers have been finding new ways to make
Unmatched is a bit of a favorite at GamingTrend so we are always excited when a new set is announced. Hot on the heels of Sun’s Origin, Restoration Games
It is always exciting when your favorite video game franchise gets a new way to engage with its story and characters. Modiphius is well known for their work on bringing
Horticulture, designed by Nate & Jake Jenne and published by Last Night Games, is a flip and write game that challenges gamers to work collaboratively on a garden. In my
At the 2023 Origins Game Fair, I was able to meet a friendly board game creator named Rusty Lumpkin, owner of Three Nail Games. A teacher and a family man,
In his time making films, Walt Disney did a lot to advance the world of animation. From using technicolor, layered animation cells, tracing images of moving objects, and other techniques,
Easily my favorite part of attending cons is the off chance of running into the people behind my favorite stuff. At PAXU ‘22, I got to have a brief chat
