Seems like everyone’s publishing traditional card games with modern game design additions nowadays, and SCOUT is Oink! throwing its hat in the ring, this time riffing off the rummy variant known in America as Thirteen. The two big twists are simple enough;  Every card has a separate top and

The demo table for BIGFOOT: Roll and Smash, from XYZ Game Labs, looked minuscule next to the looming monster-truck directly adjacent. The tires alone stood as tall as me! To our surprise, this monster-truck was the first monster-truck ever, Bigfoot, the very same truck featured on BIGFOOT’s box! I

Gaming Trend · Top 5 Games of GenCon - GenCon 2022 Recap It’s a tabletop takeover again this week. The tabletop crew has been working on their coverage from GenCon and they give us their collective favorite games and their personal favorites. Check out the best of GenCon article to

There’s a reason why they call Gen Con “the best four days in gaming”, and while last year could be called subdued, this year the event came back roaring! We saw a lot of cool stuff, and subsequently this is our biggest Best of Gen Con list to date,

One of my favorite new themes at this year’s Gen Con belonged to Septima from Mindclash Games. In Septima, players lead their coven to prove their witchcrafting worth and succeed the high witch Septima. Crony shenanigans include harvesting herbs, brewing potions, healing townsfolk with said potions which may or

When Bernie of Dead Alive first pitched Omicron Protocol to me, it was as an entry point for the minis hobby, complete with design choices and innovations to make it more welcoming. Hex maps simplify movement, range, and line of sight, saving newcomers from having to buy tape measures or

Terra Mystica is inarguably a monolith of a board game. Personally, it was the first heavyweight euro I encountered without the same appeal as an agricultural history textbook. However, it’s also inarguable that game design has progressed by leaps and bounds since its debut a decade ago. Developers have

War of the Ring has achieved quite the legendary status since its debut. It’s without a doubt an epic 1v1 experience, but not entirely epic in good ways. The setup is epic, the teach is epic-er, and the playtime is epic-er-er. With a total playtime of four to five