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Last year Renegade Game Studios was able to surprise almost everyone at Gen Con when they released Clank! In! Space!, a sci-fi spinoff of the original Clank! While Clank! has
Worker placement games can be tricky. Many have a problem with the player going first having a huge advantage. Other one can feel like it plays too similarly play after
There is something so compelling about the paranoia and unpredictability of a social deduction game. GROWL, in its final days on Kickstarter at time of writing, explores these themes by
Despite the dark style that suffused Of Dreams and Shadows’ visual design, I was less than enthused with its chance-based resolution mechanics. However much flair went into the writing and
Horror has historically been a sorely neglected genre. Luckily, a few people have made it their work to keep the genre not only alive but thriving and growing. Saar Hendelman
Grimslingers was a stylish, fully loaded experience when it first came on the scene, mixing supernatural horror and western-style comedy with bluffing mechanics to form a stylish game of dueling
It seems like typical 4X games are huge endeavors that last for hours with diplomacy, politics, and combat mixed together in an elaborate set of rules. Twilight Imperium and Eclipse
Mansions of Madness has taken off with the Second Edition. Most of the fidliness found in the First Edition is gone with the addition of an app that streamlines the
If imitation is the best form of flattery, then the board gaming world is particularly ripe with adulation. The mechanics from popular games often end up in others. This isn’
When Kickstarter became available for funding, board game designers flocked to it. While several board games were successful there, Zombicide became a huge hit on the site and raised over
If Grimslingers represents all the best that can happen when Greenbriar Games publishes an independent game with high-quality art, this stands at the complete opposite of the spectrum. Of Dreams
