Ares Games will be at Gen Con 2023 (Booth #541, August 3-6, Indianapolis), presenting several new releases and upcoming games, previews, and events. Attendees will have the chance to try and purchase the family and party game Ensemble, the economic game The Rich and The Good, and the euro-thematic game
When this game first debuted a few years ago, I dismissed it out of hand. I was fatigued on the IP, and while Eric Lang certainly had the board game design pedigree, that didn’t necessarily translate to wargaming, so I cynically took it as CMON slapping their biggest design
The year was 1996. I don’t know where I bought my copy of Mechwarrior 2, but I remember how I felt looking at the box. Flames, a Timber Wolf mech, and the iconic Battletech logo…I felt like I was about to step into a new world of gaming.
The year was 1996. I don’t know where I bought my copy of Mechwarrior 2, but I remember how I felt looking at the box. Flames, a Timber Wolf mech, and the iconic Battletech logo…I felt like I was about to step into a new world of gaming.
Ares Games will be at Gen Con 2023 (Booth #541, August 3-6, Indianapolis), presenting several new releases and upcoming games, previews, and events. Attendees will have the chance to try and purchase the family and party game Ensemble, the economic game The Rich and The Good, and the euro-thematic game
When this game first debuted a few years ago, I dismissed it out of hand. I was fatigued on the IP, and while Eric Lang certainly had the board game design pedigree, that didn’t necessarily translate to wargaming, so I cynically took it as CMON slapping their biggest design
Dead Alive’s Bernie Lin initially pitched Omicron Protocol to me as the perfect introduction to the minis wargaming hobby, and boy was he right. Through a combination of inspired design and sheer generosity of content, Dead Alive put out a complete and near perfect beginner minis game in a
Sometimes games draw an audience and have instant success. Other times you might be shocked at an old game coming back into the limelight to try to get into the spotlight again. When I heard that Rivet Wars was coming to Kickstarter with Steamforged Games publishing it, I was happy
Goblins, Kobolds, demons, and owl bears can make for excellent adversaries in the one vs many combat that is Dungeons and Dragons. But, what about player vs player? Well, sure, you can do that. Would it be fair? Not when you roll a one and your opponent rolls a 20.
The Avengers are duking it out with some notorious supervillains in New York City. The action is down on the street, in between the buildings and cars. The most famous heroes and villains are here in the thick of it: Captain America, Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Red
It’s 1918 and the War to End All Wars has engulfed Europe. Across the frontiers of France and Germany, soldiers on the ground endure unending, brutal stalemates of muddy trench warfare. Overhead, flying in newly invented airplanes, a new type of combatant cartwheels and careens across the embattled skies.
