PAX Unplugged 2023 was a bounty of knowledge, new faces, and great games. I spoke to someone at nearly every RPG booth, and I am following up with an interview series on the design and production of roleplaying games. Below you can find some highlights of games I saw and
Heading into PAXU, An Age Contrived was on my short list of upcoming titles to check out, based almost entirely upon its innovative conveyor belt styled action programming mechanic. Our overview with Chris Matthews of Bellows Intent was more along the lines of big-picture game feel than the nuts and
Some ideas can look good on paper or in an echo chamber and need a stranger’s perspective. For board games, fresh perspectives can be especially hard to secure. Each tweak to a design demands a new, complete playthrough. Each play needs a full table of players. Eventually, that table
Some ideas can look good on paper or in an echo chamber and need a stranger’s perspective. For board games, fresh perspectives can be especially hard to secure. Each tweak to a design demands a new, complete playthrough. Each play needs a full table of players. Eventually, that table
PAX Unplugged 2023 was a bounty of knowledge, new faces, and great games. I spoke to someone at nearly every RPG booth, and I am following up with an interview series on the design and production of roleplaying games. Below you can find some highlights of games I saw and
Heading into PAXU, An Age Contrived was on my short list of upcoming titles to check out, based almost entirely upon its innovative conveyor belt styled action programming mechanic. Our overview with Chris Matthews of Bellows Intent was more along the lines of big-picture game feel than the nuts and
One of many games Gaming Trend had the opportunity to experience at Pax Unplugged was Emotional Intelligence: A Personality Deduction Game from Hawberry Games. We sat down with Julie Chen for a hands-on demo of the game and a close look at what looks to be an exciting and promising
The time is fast approaching to build your own park with Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar. On March 22nd, 2022, Funko Games and Prospero Hall will launch their Kickstarter for this new, all-included board game which asks if you can do a better job of building a dinosaur
We got to sit down at PAX Unplugged to play a game of Meeples and Monsters. This simple-yet-complex bag building game is set in the city of Rowan, which is both underdeveloped and surrounded by monsters. In the early game, players focus on building a force of meeples, building resources,
Pax Unplugged, the most attended tabletop gaming convention in the eastern U.S., is returning for their first convention in two years. Set for December 10th to 12th, 2021 in Philadelphia, the event will feature Cephalofair, R. Talsorian, AEG, XYZ Game Labs, KOSMOS, and more. Read below for more details:
Manticore Games has announced that over 100 new free games which were created for their Dungeons & Dragons Design-A-Dungeon Contest are now available on Core, a new platform for creating and playing games. There were over 150 submissions and with Core players can play some of the winning games and
