Ah, Hexes. The building blocks of the board game world. Without them we’d never have such beauties as Heroscape, Catan or Survive! I mean… We might, they just would use squares or something. That’s beside the point. Hexagons have been utilized in the board game world as a way to easily piece together boards and bits in an interesting and intuitive way. And in the instance of hexaGONE it’s also a fun way to add a pun to your abstract game title while also referencing the co...
The Die Laughing RPG is in its final day on Kickstarter!
Have you ever wondered if you could make it to the end of a horror movie alive? Wonder no longer
Die Laughing is a short-play, GM-less, horror-comedy story game. Players portray characters in a horror-comedy movie and everyone's going to die. It's just a matter of when it happens and how funny you can make it. When your character is gone, you become a producer on the movie and continue to influence it and m...
Exploration and discovery and travel have been key elements of human history since the dawn of time. That drive for discovery permeates creative endeavors all the time. Books, television, movies, paintings and even games love to embrace the travel. That’s accomplished differently in each medium, which begs the question: how do you condense all of that into a particular product? TrikyTrail believes that the answer can simply rest in a deck of cards.
TrikyTrail Travel...
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Village Attacks is a tower defense, miniatures based, board game where you control the bad guys. Take on the role of evil monsters from legend and folklore as angry villagers and peasant mobs storm your castle stronghold. There are a lot of things to like about this game, from the fantastic miniatures, to the high intensity scenarios, but there are few things that need to be addressed as well. The complete lack of a storage solution (aside f...
Your guess is as good as mine when it comes to the reasoning behind Baseball being America’s favorite pastime. It was a phrase coined well before the golden age of entertainment and with the concept of the internet not even being a consideration. Still, there’s something about it. Be it the long standing tradition, the hope of stardom, the camaraderie between friends, teammates or even just fellow fans. It isn’t fair to call it simply “America’s” pastime anymore as it’...
If you've worked in an office full of "unique" people, you can probably relate to the theme of this tabletop game.
Project "Management" is a cynically satirical game of office politics and government inefficiencies. So have a laugh about your crappy office (instead of a cry), your boss won't even know.
You and up to 5 friends (or disgruntled coworkers) get to play the "prestigious" role of Project Manager for the Department of Non-Delivery. While you all work und...
City of Mist is a relatively new role playing game by Son of Oak Game Studio. It features a modern urban setting where forgotten gods and myths of old have awakened, at least in part, and have to deal with their new lives and powers. A new Kickstarter, featuring brand-new content, just launched at the time of writing this. If you are new to City of Mist or looking for a new RPG to get into, go check out their Kickstater page as it is a nice point to jump in. From their Kic...
Dungeons are like the DMV of high fantasy. They're awful, they're usually shoved somewhere that nobody would otherwise go, they attract all kinds of weirdos and even before you enter you can't wait to leave.
In Dungeon Derby, a new game by first time publisher Rabbiteer, an assortment of unusual characters are gathering, not to fight their way through a dungeon, but to race their way through a dungeon. Each player becomes the "Master" of one of the colorful oddball ...
It would appear that the quell of microgames on the market has no desire to slow down. Using only a small amount of cards and components, I’m always amazed at the ingenuity and resourcefulness of game designers when they willingly limit themselves. Certainly there’s an economic appeal to designing and producing small games, but if done poorly it comes across as a poor attempt to make a quick buck. Ironmark Games is loading up the proverbial pistol and readies themselves to...
When the mutant Bee-human hybrids finally take over there are only two options. Fight until the apocalypse finally takes you, or die so others can loot what’s left of you. So Ded, designed by Calvin Nelson and coming to Kickstarter from Lone Knight Games, takes the recent hotness of fighting in a deathmatch amidst an impending cataclysm and condenses it into a breezy minute filler game with cutesy, psychotic artwork and a whole pile of dice, cards, and meeples.
So D...
Equipped with Royal Cup: Icebreaker and Firemaker, these timid souls will finally be able to level the playing field, and make the most out of their social experiences.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. - May 30, 2018 - As the Kickstarter Campaign for Royal Cup: Icebreaker and Firemaker launches today, the founders of Royal Cup, LLC look onwards and upwards, aiming to redefine how we make and develop deeper friendships. Both games are designed with one overarching question in mind: do...
One of the best things about a mechanically simple card game is the opportunity it presents to the designers. Like a canvas, when the core of the game is easy to understand, it gives room for interesting ideas to flourish and cool art to blossom. Of course it’s a gamble. Without the big and showy components a small game has to compete with an already bloated market. This is especially true when it comes to trick taking games. They’ve long since been recognized for drumming...
"From the arrogance of Mankind a new life is born.
This new life shall pave the way.
The future shall be pure.
The old world shall be cleansed.
The Evolved shall inherit the Earth."
- No Human - 2033
Posthuman Saga is a tactical survival adventure set in the post-apocalyptic world of Posthuman. You are a survivor in a near-future Europe that has collapsed under the weight of its own political errors, in the wake of a bloody class-war fueled by genetic modifications.
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The game that’s been keeping everyone on the edge of their seats, Gravity Warfare – Gaming on a Whole New Level™ is NOW LIVE on Kickstarter. A dexterity and strategy game like no other, you compete with your opponents to play your pieces and be the first to place them on the self-balancing board.
What sets this game apart is that you can challenge your opponents with cards from your hand, and make their turns much more difficult to complete to keep them from winning...
At a certain point, you’d think steering clear of obviously haunted houses would be easy enough. But I guess, where’s the excitement in that? Besides, some people make a living off of this stuff. The Exorcism at the House of Monton Falls puts players in the spooky chair of a group of diverse paranormal investigators in rural Vermont. The house in question is a mansion filled to the brim with spooky vibes and a number of restless beings that are intent not only on moving so...
The trick taking genre is one of the oldest and purest forms of modern “tabletop” gaming. Initially played with a standard deck of cards, this genre has grown and evolved right along with the board gaming golden age we currently find ourselves in. While the staples still exist and are enjoying just as much play as ever, game developers and designers have realized the potential for making custom decks of cards and components that can take these games to places that have bee...
The Greatest Snake is a goofy party game that's easy for anybody to pick up and play, and launches on Kickstarter March 27. The concept of the game is simple: Start with a small snake that’s made up of just a few cards, and try to grow to the winning length before any other player. You do this by eating rat cards with various side effects and special abilities, like AristocRat, who will try to bribe you not to eat it!
When your snake grows in the game, it physically...
This just in from NerdBurger Games…
Heads up, Macs and Janes. The CAPERS Kickstarter is live!
It’s the 1920s Prohibition Era in the United States. Alcohol is illegal. Organized crime grows at an unprecedented rate as gangsters get rich selling hooch to a thirsty populace. You are one of those gangsters…and you have superpowers!
In the CAPERS roleplaying game, you portray a character with extraordinary abilities in the Roaring Twenties. As a gangster, you seek ...
Have you ever played a board game that flows so effortlessly you feel as if you’re actually in the game? Or where you have so many options to take it might as well be reality? Dead Throne sets itself apart by being built and designed within an open world setting and with gameplay fluidity, organisation and the players in mind. No GM is required as players build themselves up by collecting weapons, items and magical scrolls independently throughout the game.
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Hive Smashers is a fantasy card game featuring hexagonal card based hives created by each player. Protect and destroy at the same time!
Deep within the heart of the planet Insectivus, the Bee Clan and the Wasp Clan battle for supremacy. Both sides pit their fiercest warriors against one another in the hope of weakening or taking control of their enemy’s hive. Every hive that falls brings the war one step closer to ending.... Side with the honorable Bees wielding wea...
You are a ninja student at ninja school, and today is the day of your final ninja test. To complete your studies and presumably earn your ninja degree (which I have to imagine is a BA as opposed to a BS, because really ninjitsu is more an art than a science) you must emerge victorious from an all-out ninja brawl.
Unfortunately you're like many young people, filled with ambition and feeling invincible. You've studied your opponents, know their every strength and weakness...
Gangly games has just launched Gangs of Britannia on Kickstarter
Gangs of Britannia is a game where you play as historic British gangs, such as the Peaky Blinders and the Kray Twins, that is based around the age old prisoner's dilemma. Two prisoners have committed a crime, but are given the option to eliminate their sentence by incriminating and ratting out their fellow criminal. What should they do? Stay silent, or rat out?
Gangs of Britannia’s prisoner's dilemm...
According to Entertainment Software Association, in 2015 155 million Americans played video games on a regular basis. Game creator Jared King explains people are after fast, quick, games since their attention spans are short. Is there a card game that can be just as fast and entertaining keeping people’s attention span from wondering? “I think we may have found one” states Heather Barney, a game store owner from Texas, “It’s called, Brownie Points Card Game.”
Brownie Po...
LANSING, MI, August 29, 2017 – Game company Made by Wombat to release a fast-paced, lovingly-illustrated board game for two to four players. A Kickstarter to fund the game’s production will run from August 29, 2017, to September 18, 2017.
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In Vasty Wilds, players take on the role of a small forest creature chasing after objectives in an ever-expanding forest. The player who collects all her goals first wins. The variable setup of each game means th...
We've all heard the saying "don't talk politics" -- usually in the context of social gatherings where the mention of one’s beliefs could cause internal combustion. But Tradewala is flipping this notion on its head to get people talking about today's monstrous social issues like war and gender inequality. Tradewala is a fast-paced satirical trading card game now on Kickstarter through Sept. 21. Instead of trading stocks or commodities, Tradewala challenges players to simult...
An adorable, family friendly game, A Dog’s Life is perfect for family game night. Experience a day in the life of man’s best friend, A Dog’s Life is a fun board game about being a dog. If you are a dog lover, or have been looking for a great game to get your kid(s) hooked on the wonderful hobby of board gaming, A Dog’s Life will certainly fit the bill.
If you were lucky enough to have played board games as a family in the 80s and 90s, you’ll find that playing A Dog’...
After crash landing in the forest outside of town, a alien spacecraft has been discovered by a group of Agents and a Kid. This Visitor's ship is protected by an invisible barrier, which is only penetrable by certain items. The group of Agents and the Kid are competing to discover the means to pass through the barrier themselves and get to the ship through use of the deduction process and the testing of various objects. There is only a short amount of time before one of the...
Stacking games, tabletop games where players compete to build the highest structure, are generally fun. The physical element of building and balancing your pieces, all while trying to outdo your opponent(s) is thrilling and can be downright hilarious as the pieces come tumbling down.
Quite a few stacking games exist, with Junk Art being one of the most popular ones right now. Brian reviewed Tournament of Towers a while back, which is a stacking game that funded via Kick...
Having a strong emotional reaction to a board or card game isn’t an overtly unusual occurrence. Victories are often met with cheers and defeat with groans of frustration. The whole idea of “flipping a table” is rooted in the emotions of analogue gaming. However, that depth of emotion rarely moves beyond the euphoric elation of victory and the disappointment of defeat. Arguably, a richer experience is one that engages the participant in a deeper level of emotion, sobering, ...
Skyline Chess are delighted to announce the launch of their latest crowd funding campaign for the New York City edition, the second in their range of architecturally themed chess sets.
Founded by two London based architects, Chris and Ian. They take iconic architecture from around the world and re-imagine it as pieces on a chessboard, allowing you to play with your favourite cities and pit them against one another.
Building on the successful concept that led to the L...
