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Sometimes looks can be deceiving. A game with a hex tiles is common, as well as flipping them over to reveal terrain or resources. However, sometimes you have to look away to see where the strategy lies. That’s the case with Archmage, a game of exploration and dueling mages.
Ares Games had a hit with Galaxy Defenders from Gremlin Project. It was so successful it came out with two campaign expansions and several other additions. In late 2015 the Kickstarter campaign for Sword and Sorcery: Immortal Souls found even greater success. Gremlin Project moved away from the hex-based system
Mythic Games has been known for going big. Their Mythic Battles: Pantheon had huge miniatures. The Solomon Kane Kickstarter campaign opened several stretch goals and a campaign that takes at least 60 hours. Now Mythic Games wants to bring a World Weird War game to the tabletop, but with a
by Keith SchleicherMythic Games has been known for going big. Their Mythic Battles: Pantheon had huge miniatures. The Solomon Kane Kickstarter campaign opened several stretch goals and a campaign that takes at least 60 hours. Now Mythic Games wants to bring a World Weird War game to the tabletop, but with a
by Keith SchleicherSometimes looks can be deceiving. A game with a hex tiles is common, as well as flipping them over to reveal terrain or resources. However, sometimes you have to look away to see where the strategy lies. That’s the case with Archmage, a game of exploration and dueling mages.
by Keith SchleicherAres Games had a hit with Galaxy Defenders from Gremlin Project. It was so successful it came out with two campaign expansions and several other additions. In late 2015 the Kickstarter campaign for Sword and Sorcery: Immortal Souls found even greater success. Gremlin Project moved away from the hex-based system
by Keith SchleicherThe deck-building genre was created with Dominion, and since then the number of games implementing it has exploded. From Thunderstone and DC Deck Building Game to Trains and Clank!, there’s no sign of it slowing down. However, finding a new twist or hook has been challenging. Mutants is a
by Keith SchleicherMost of the time when people think of board games, players take turns in order. However, real-time board games have started to come out where multiple people play their turn at the same time without waiting for a turn or round to end. While we’ve seen games that continuously
by Keith SchleicherWhen you look at fighting games, it seems like a lot of the tabletop ones are one-on-one brawls. While some dungeon crawlers have melee combat, it doesn’t have the feel of a beat em up like Final Fight. When I heard about Street Masters, I was intrigued by the
by Keith SchleicherIndie studio GAMELAB has announced that its Kickstarter campaign for 2D platformer Sir Plump is now live. The campaign will be open until December 1 with a $50,000 goal, with an expected release of November 2019 for PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. The game is
by Elisha DeograciasHalloween seems like a time where scares and tense moments are popular. While video games have had horror elements to them for a while, board games are starting to bring those elements to the tabletop. Anomaly is a game that uses hidden movement to challenge the survival of students trapped
by Keith Schleicher