Tabletop

The Search for Lost Species heads to Kickstarter on January 31st

Renegade Game Studios will launch their latest Kickstarter campaign on January 31st, for their upcoming release The Search for Lost Species. This...

by Richard Allen

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – The Adventure Game and its expansions are available now

Prepare to head back into the world of Skyrim in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – The Adventure Game and its expansions,...

by Richard Allen

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Shapers of Gaia review— We built this engine in a biome

I love games with a good arc, so a well-done engine builder that takes you from barely having enough to do anything...

by Nick Dubs

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Best tabletop games of 2022

2022 was an amazing year for Gaming Trend’s tabletop team: We more than doubled our crew, reviewed more tabletop games than any...

by Mike Dunn, Nick Dubs, Rob Berg, Jeremy Pike, Dan Hinkin, Eric Ace, John Farrell, Steven Starkey, James van Tonningen, Keith Schleicher and Mark Julian

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Asking For Trobils: Tobil Makers Review – Unlike The Scientists, You Should Do This

Asking for Trobils: Trobil Makers is an expansion to the original Asking for Trobils, so this mayhem only works in combination with...

by Jeremy Pike

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Gates of Delirium review—in madness lies clarity

Gates of Delirium tries to meld a lot of concepts into a concise package, and it mostly succeeds at combining area control,...

by John Farrell

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Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig launches on Kickstarter on Feb 7th

Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig, a new stand-alone, flip & sketch, strategy game, launches on Kickstarter on February 7th, 2023. You can...

by Richard Allen

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Sequel to AEGIS Combining Robots and its reprint are going live on Kickstarter on January 17th

The sequel to 2018’s AEGIS Combining Robots and its reprint will be going live on Kickstarter on January 17th. AEGIS: Season 2,...

by Richard Allen

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An Age Contrived looks gorgeous and promises a solid game⏤PAX U preview

Heading into PAXU, An Age Contrived was on my short list of upcoming titles to check out, based almost entirely upon its...

by Nick Dubs

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Tennpenny Parks review — An exceptionally vibrant purgatory

Come one, come all, to see the magnificent Tenpenny Parks! It’s got worker placement, it’s got polyominoes, it’s got player interaction, it’s...

by Ellis Zimmerman

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Avatar The Last Airbender: Fire Nation Rising – Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked

Avatar The Last Airbender: Fire Nation Rising is a cooperative game where players build up a team of characters while they try...

by Eric Ace

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Simplicity with lots of personality — Emotional Intelligence PAX Unplugged preview

One of many games Gaming Trend had the opportunity to experience at Pax Unplugged was Emotional Intelligence: A Personality Deduction Game from...

by Rob Berg

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SPECTRE: The Board Game review— no, Mr. Bond, I expect you to sigh

Every now and then, a game comes around that is so mechanically unique and interesting that I have to make room for...

by Nick Dubs

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Bigfoot: Roll and Smash preview – Monster trucks and programming? SMASHED IT!

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY! Get on down to “insert name here” arena for Monster Jam. See your favorite trucks smash! Growing up, I...

by Dan Hinkin

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Disney Sorcerer’s Arena: Epic Alliances – Thrills and Chills Expansion review – It is spooky good fun

When the original Sorcerer’s Arena came to the table, I was already a fan. Not only am I a big fan of...

by Dan Hinkin

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Star Scrappers: Orbital – Building a space station one card at a time

Before Terraforming Mars was a huge hit, Jacob Fryxelius had a far more humble game called Space Station that involved taking turns...

by Eric Ace

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Ares Games releases War of the Ring — The Card Game

Ares Games is releasing War of the Ring — The Card Game on December 21, 2022 in stores, with more events to...

by Rob Berg

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Roll20 and Paizo Inc. will support Pathfinder Infinite content on the Roll20 virtual tabletop

Pathfinder and Starfinder community content is coming to the Roll20 virtual tabletop thanks to an agreement made by Roll20 and Paizo Inc....

by Richard Allen

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BoardGameTables.com is changing its name to Allplay, new website coming in January

BoardGameTables.com, founded eight years ago, is currently in the process of changing their name to Allplay and launching a new website, www.letsallplay.com,...

by Richard Allen

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Wizards of the Coast release Dragonlance: Warriors of Krynn, a D&D board game

On December 2nd, Wizards of the Coast released a companion board game meant to be played alongside D&D campaigns. Enlist with your...

by Oriana Dunn

Components from Asking For Trobils: Companions expansion including box top and instruction booklet

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Asking For Trobils: Companions review: A hitchhiker’s guide to Trobil hunting

If you’ve played Asking for Trobils before, you’ve seen the nods and winks at iconic science fiction franchises in the design of...

by Jeremy Pike

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Asking For Trobils Review: They’ve got a new paint scheme, they’ve gone orange!

Don’t let Asking For Trobils’ orange-dominant color palette and cartoon-looking spaceships fool you, it’s an enjoyable game of strategy, resource collection, and...

by Jeremy Pike

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Aldabas: Doors of Cartagena review – Hold the door for a card game en-door-sment.

Columbia is known for many things in today’s day and age such as coffee, Pablo Escobar, and its door knockers? In colonial...

by Dan Hinkin

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Gloomhaven: The Roleplaying Game – Coming to Backerkit 2023

Hot off their release of Frosthaven, which is currently shipping to Kickstarter backers, Cephalofair Games announced Gloomhaven: The Roleplaying Game at PAXU...

by Dan Hinkin