Category Archives: News

News Mar. 4, 2015

How Bruno Faidutti(Citadels, Mission: Red Planet) makes games.

Promo kits for International Tabletop Day revealed.

Dice Hate Me Games is merging with Greater Than Games.

Grant Rodiek on tension in games. 

Fantasy Flight Games has announced the release of Razorwings Reinforcement Pack for BattleLore Second Edition.

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News Feb 25, 2015

Catan may appear on the big or small screen and it gets a 5th edition.

Not receiving your games? Here’s why. 

Time to crank up some Abba and play Waterloo Stratego.

Takenoko Chibis what!?

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News Feb. 18, 2015

Oh crap! It’s unicorn poo.

One of our family favorite story telling card games, Gloom, will have a Fairy Tale edition of the game out in May of this year.

Remember when i told you how excited I was for Extra! Extra! Well, somehow I missed Penny Press.

Mayfair Games has relaunched their Cones Of Dunshire Kickstarter. They have reduce there goal from $300k to $125k. $400 gets you a game. If I remember correctly you had to pledge $500 the first time around, so that’s something…

More info on the forthcoming Magic The Gathering Board Game.

Thunderbirds are go for a board game!

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News Feb. 3, 2015

I am ridiculously excited for Extra! Extra! from Mayfair Games.

George Phillies has a YouTube series on Designing Board Wargames.

There will be a 2nd Edition of Stronghold!

Game designer Jeff Perren could use some help.

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News Jan. 26, 2015

Fantasy Flight Games Store Championship info here. 

Not that I will ever get to go, but GenCon is changing the way they do housing. 

John Hill passed and here is One Fan’s Humble Appreciation.

Top 50 board games played in 2014 as recorded on BoardGameGeek. 

Tiny Epic Galaxies asks for 15k and is almost at 300k.

Oatmeal Kickstarter, Exploding Kittens, receives almost $4 million. 

Labor disputes may delay some games.

Jamey Stegmaier has An Open Letter to Kickstarter Backers from a Tiny Publishing Company.

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News Jan. 13, 2015

Fantasy Flight Games is hiring.

The Kickstarter for Tiny Epic Galaxies has made over $200K. They only wanted $15K.

Apparently we needed yet another version of Love Letter. 

Tigris & Euphrates gets a reissue. 

Vic Davis goes from video games to board games. 

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Patreon, Kickstarter, and Journalism

Great read on Journalists and Patronage.

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News Nov. 4, 2014

Really cool story and resources about Parkes Library Tabletop Superheroes.

Get caught up on the Witcher Adventure Game.

There is a new Ticket To Ride World Champion. Oh, apparently their was some controversy

I love Memoir ’44, but I’m not that great at it. Luckily, there is a strategy guide!

Can’t wait for Pandemic The Cure? Tough.

Something very, very shiny!

You may have read my interview with Cartography creator Jon Adams. Well, the Kickstarter surpassed its goal. There are still 9 days to contribute if you want.

 

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News Nov. 4, 2014

Really cool story and resources about Parkes Library Tabletop Superheroes.

Get caught up on the Witcher Adventure Game.

There is a new Ticket To Ride World Champion. Oh, apparently their was some controversy

I love Memoir ’44, but I’m not that great at it. Luckily, there is a strategy guide!

Can’t wait for Pandemic The Cure? Tough.

Something very, very shiny!

You may have read my interview with Cartography creator Jon Adams. Well, the Kickstarter surpassed its goal. There are still 9 days to contribute if you want.

 

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News Oct. 26, 2014

Info on Fantasy Flight’s Star Wars Armada and XCOM

Kickstarter stuff I am excited about: Peptide, Operation F.A.U.S.T., Monster Mansion, Goblin’s Breakfast, and of course Cartography

Paizo is hiring

ExtraLife is happening

In case you missed it, I have a youtubes

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