GenCon 2025 SOLD OUT
Monday July 28th GenCon has sold out all of the tickets for the "Best Four Days in Gaming". This is going to be the largest GenCon ever...
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What is a "Rouge-Like" Board Game?
The year was 1980 and the video game Rouge was published. This is the the Rouge in "Rouge-Like". Recently I have been hearing the term...
Stones and Rivers: Review of a Modern Classic Board Game
INKTensions is the third game from Maka Games that include License to Krill and Hissy Fit. INKTensions is a fun game where players are building out the tentacles of an octopus in order to reach some seafood. It sounds easy and it is until the players start playing cards that change the cards others have already played. Players will try to bluff and outwit their opponents in INKTensions coming soon to Kickstarter.
INKTensions: Preview of a Light Game of Bluffing, Deception and an Octopus
INKTensions is the third game from Maka Games that include License to Krill and Hissy Fit. INKTensions is a fun game where players are building out the tentacles of an octopus in order to reach some seafood. It sounds easy and it is until the players start playing cards that change the cards others have already played. Players will try to bluff and outwit their opponents in INKTensions coming soon to Kickstarter.
MonToons: Guardians of the Coral Isles, an Action Packed Print and Play Game Preview
This is my first foray in to MonToons and I loved love the base game. The Guardians add a lot of variability to the player setup and add a lot of replay value to the game. The bonuses and unlocking all the new attacks and abilities that the Guardians add. The base game alone has a lot of charterers to choose from adding in 3 random Guardians from the expansion give the game so much more. Its a lot fun to unlock the Guardians as you are trying to deal damage to the other playe
River Valley Glassworks: a Cozy Family Game
Today we take a look at River Valley Glassworks from Allplay. This gem of a game was designed by Adam Hill (Motor City), Ben Pinchback...
GenCon 2025 SOLD OUT
Monday July 28th GenCon has sold out all of the tickets for the "Best Four Days in Gaming". This is going to be the largest GenCon ever...
GenCon 2025 Games Preview
GenCon is right around the corner and there are hundreds of games being released and even more for sale. Navigating this surmountable...
GenCon Survival Guide
GenCon is the largest Board Game focused convention in the Western hemisphere. In 2024 71,000 people attended the sold out convention. There are over 500 exhibitors and almost one million square feet of convention space. GenCon has come a long way since It all started in 1968 at Horticulture Hall in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin as The Lake Geneva Wargames Convention. I have been attending GenCon for over 25 years and I would like to go over what it takes to survive GenCon.
GenCon 2025 Events and Afterhours
GenCon is an amazing weekend full of games and friends that you haven't met yet. However GenCon is not always just about the games. There...
Designer Interview: TJ Swing
The Great Smokey Mountains are amongst the worlds oldest on earth and the most visited national park in the US National Park System. This...
Designer Interview: Vincent Baker - Spellslingers and more
We are back with Vincent Baker today and we are talking all things Spellslingers and we get a peek into whats coming from Vindicated....
GenCon 2025 SOLD OUT
Monday July 28th GenCon has sold out all of the tickets for the "Best Four Days in Gaming". This is going to be the largest GenCon ever...
Chinese Tariffs Lifted... For Now. What Does This Mean For the Game Industry?
This week the US President announced that the tariffs on Chinese imports would be reduced from the 145% that they have been at since...
The Impact of Tariffs on the Board Game Industry and the Math
I think at this point everyone in the world is aware that there have been a lot of change in the way the United States is dealing with...
Ruck! 7s: Tracking Field Position
One of the key features of the game was tracking where on the field the ball is and who has possession. These are very common things to...
Preview of 52 Realms: Adventures
Postmark Games has been churning out print and play games since their debut game Voyages in 2021. The newest print and play game in...
First Look at D&D Player's Handbook
Wizards of the Coast released the 5e Player's Handbook in 2014 and since then there have been 47 other suplements and campaign setting books
Crit Awards no longer at Gen Con 2024
The Crit Awards honner the people who make Tabletop Roleplaying Games (TTRPG) awesome. The awards include real play, publisher of games,...
New Collaboration : Adventure Together Teams up with Only Games for an Enhanced Gaming Experience
We all love crowdfunded games and the minis. I have back a lot of awesome board games that come with minis. The thing that I don't have...
GenCon 2025 SOLD OUT
Monday July 28th GenCon has sold out all of the tickets for the "Best Four Days in Gaming". This is going to be the largest GenCon ever...
GenCon 2025 Games Preview
GenCon is right around the corner and there are hundreds of games being released and even more for sale. Navigating this surmountable...
GenCon Survival Guide
GenCon is the largest Board Game focused convention in the Western hemisphere. In 2024 71,000 people attended the sold out convention. There are over 500 exhibitors and almost one million square feet of convention space. GenCon has come a long way since It all started in 1968 at Horticulture Hall in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin as The Lake Geneva Wargames Convention. I have been attending GenCon for over 25 years and I would like to go over what it takes to survive GenCon.
GenCon 2025 Events and Afterhours
GenCon is an amazing weekend full of games and friends that you haven't met yet. However GenCon is not always just about the games. There...
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What is a "Rouge-Like" Board Game?
The year was 1980 and the video game Rouge was published. This is the the Rouge in "Rouge-Like". Recently I have been hearing the term...
Strategic Allocation: Unpacking Action Points in Board Games
Welcome back to another dive into The Game Mechanics. Today we are looking at action points and what they are and how they are used....
Artificial Intelligence in Board Games, the Good the Bad and the Ugly
Artificial Intellegence has taken the world by storm. It has started to affect the daily lives of people. People are interested in it and...
The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Collectable Card Games
What are Collectable Card Games (CCGs)? They are the cross over between Collectable cards like baseball cards and playing card games....
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