One of the traits of the Pathfinder system is known for being able to take multiple classes and mix them together. Right...
I have the sneaking suspicion that at some level, everyone imagines themselves to be a sort of stock picking savant. With a...
With the advent of tablets and phones with larger sized screens, it’s not surprising that many board games have crossed over to...
Ever since humans started valuing gold, they have been looking for ways to get more of it. Of course the normal way...
If you haven’t heard of Wattsalpoag Games, I wouldn’t be surprised. They don’t have big budget that companies like Asmodee and Iello...
The Cryptozoic booth was busy at Origins, and with good reason. They brought their new game Spyfall to the show, and they...
If you’re like me – American – then you probably haven’t heard of the internationally famous crime fighting duo, Blake and Mortimer....
Medieval citizens were a real pain. Whether they were complaining about taxes, rights, or the occasional bubonic plague, it seemed they were...
In the town of Gomorra, California, the conflict between the Sheriff’s Law Dogs and the outlaw Sloane Gang has no end in...
Hello! Welcome to Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! For info on what is going on here, check out this introduction. This is apparently...
If you’ve played board games, then you probably know about the dreaded “roll and move” game where luck determines who the winner...
Lanterns: The Harvest Festival is one of the most purely relaxing games I have played in a long while. If first time...
These days it’s easy for a game to have a zombie, sci-fi, or fantasy theme. While there is a bigger mix of...
I enjoy the occasional glass of wine. I don’t know much about it though and truth be told I’m probably more of...
Kosmos has been publishing games for a long time, but you might not recognize them. Most of their games have been published...
Hello! Welcome to Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! For info on what is going on here, check out this introduction. Just when I...
Building a finely-tuned economy is important in almost all Euro-style games. The critical decision players must make is when to stop focusing...
MVP Boardgames designs board games and then publishes them through established publishers. I got to take a look at their recent Kickstarter...
Hello! Welcome to Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! For info on what is going on here, check out this introduction. This week we...
I was amazed when Arcane Wonders came onto the scene. I remember seeing them at GenCon before Mage Wars was released. They...
The ancient Egyptian-themed Kemet is, in broadest terms, a dudes-on-a-map war game, and it’s hard to see a dudes-on-a-map war game and not...
Playing a god is not a novel concept in the world of board gaming. Whether you are building an empire, expanding a...
Last week at the Origins Game Fair we got the chance the talk with Nick Bentley from North Star Games about Evolution...
Hello! Welcome to Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! For info on what is going on here, check out this introduction. Kickstarter recently opened...
The great thing about the current (golden?) era in boardgames is there is something for almost every situation, timeframe, preference and mood....
Cthulhu Wars is a game designed by Sandy Petersen through his company Petersen Games. Before I say anything about this game, I...
Leading up to the release of Imperial Assault during GenCon 2014, many throughout the boardgame world had for a while been openly...
Specter Ops: Shadow of Babel is a hidden movement game for 2-5 players. It was designed by Emerson Matsuuchi, as the first...
Castles in contemporary culture are almost invariably associated with a certain skew towards the less than sane. They occupy a strange corner...
I remember playing with my chemistry set as a kid and getting the idea to mix together everything that said “poison” or “danger,”...
Sometimes you want to defeat monsters with a group of friends, but other times you just want to go in for the...