Two block buster games from CMON. Both are area control games with beautiful miniatures. Is Rising Sun just a re-themed Blood Rage? If you already own Blood Rage do you really need Rising Sun? What does Rising Sun offer that Blood Rage doesn’t? These are the types of questions I’ve seen since the launch of the Rising Sun campaign on Kickstater. The questions died down for a while, but since Rising Sun has been manufactured and delivered to (most) backers, I’m starting to s...
The battle for the Shadowstar Expanse has begun!
A game of starships, ground troops, politics, and technology on Kickstarter through March 24th, 2015.
Ryan Wolfe, creator of the popular Future Armada line of starship designs, uses his well-established ships and setting as the foundation for a rich and exciting boardgame. Short-term tactical combat combines with long-term strategy decisions to create an immersive and unforgettable experience.
The playing pieces inc...
In future world where the icecaps have all melted, new global alliances have risen up and vie for control. That’s the backdrop of The 5th Land, a new board game from Prime Alien Watch Squad, which is now live on Kickstarter.
The beauty of The 5th Land is that it blends economics, combat, and resource management together into a fun and engaging game, that doesn’t take too long to finish. The game board, which is made up of multiple hex tiles, has over 11,000 different ...
Behind the lighthearted theme of Livestock Uprising is a solid game that combines resource management and player versus player combat with a randomized game board. The game is both fun and funny, at least if you find cards named Dynamite Donkey and Bloodthirsty Llama humorous. While the tongue in cheek humor will keep you laughing at the table, Livestock Uprising actually packs in a decent amount of strategy and depth.
Gameplay
The game play area is comprised of a set ...
Kemet is a fantasy ancient Egyptian themed game that offers plenty of battle play, building of armies and upgrading of pyramids to buy more powerful tiles allowing you to score victory points in different ways.
Gameplay
Every player is given their own player board where they can place their action tokens to perform actions (like you would in a worker placement game) You can:
• gain prayer points (acts like money, used to buy power tiles)
• upgrade pyramid (lets one b...
