Oct 18, 2023

  After running a very successful Kickstarter, you can now purchase Rultmoork over at the AAW Games web store.     Four years in the making, Rultmoork is the new deluxe adventure by award-winning writer Jonathan G. Nelson of Rise of the Drow fame!  Extensively playtested and created to provide versatile, nonlinear playing experiences, Rultmoork...

Oct 18, 2023

  I guess it’s hard to keep a giraffe down these days.     Back in 2018, we told you that Toys R Us was going to be no more, with all stores closing, well today they are back! Well, kind of, WHP Global, the parent company of Toys”R”Us, has partnered with Go! Retail Group to launch new Toys’R’Us stores....

Sep 25, 2023

  CMON has announced there were more content heading our way for Marvel Zombies.   Marvel Zombies: X-Men Resistance Core Box and four new expansions for Marvel Zombies: Hydra Resurrection, Clash of the Sinister Six, Guardians of the Galaxy Set, and Fantastic 4: Under Siege, all for release on October 20. In this version, the players act as...

Sep 24, 2023

  CoolStuffInc.com is phasing out its board game and RPG selections in both its online and six brick-and-mortar stores as the result of a strategic decision to emphasize TCGs, the company announced.     “CoolStuffInc.com, a beloved figure in the tabletop gaming community since its inception in 2002, has made the strategic decision to phase out...

Sep 18, 2023

  It’s been a while since we talked about the D&D Classroom And After School Program WOTC is offering to schools.   A new set of fun activities for the Dungeons & Dragons classroom learning program has been released for Grades 4-6 and 6-8. These teaching aids are specifically themed in line with the new D&D Fifth Edition supplement,...

Sep 18, 2023

  Haba, the German board game studio, has filed for insolvency with its local district court. The publisher is best known for releasing many great board games for kids such as Rhino Hero, Animal Upon Animal, and Valley of the Vikings, which was awarded the Kinderspiel des Jahres in 2019.     In a statement, HABA said, ‘The self-administration...

Sep 17, 2023

  Guess you really can’t keep a good vampire down.     Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 which I’d just about given up on, is now set to release next fall, over four years after its initial intended launch. If you have not been keeping up with the saga of this game, announced back in 2019, with a planned 2020 release date....

Aug 23, 2023

  Independent developer Free Range Games and publisher North Beach Games today announced the release date for their highly anticipated co-op survival crafting title, The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, which will welcome Dwarves into the storied mines on Oct. 24 with a digital release for the PlayStation®5 computer entertainment system and Windows PC...

Aug 23, 2023

  PLAION, a global leading publisher and developer of video games, and Atari, one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers, are proud to announce today that the Atari 2600+ – a modern day faithful recreation of the pioneering console that first appeared in 1980 – will be launching worldwide on 17th November 2023...

Aug 7, 2023

  Pandemic? What pandemic!   The gamers came back significantly after the pandemic, as Gen Con reports record attendance for the 2023 event. More than 70,000 people attended.   Gen Con is estimated to have generated nearly $75 million in economic impact for Indianapolis-area restaurants, hotels, and other businesses. This year was the 20th...

Jul 27, 2023

  Welcome to the End of July! As of this posting, we have a short 7 days to Gen Con 2023! This is the 56th anniversary. Our coverage of Gen Con is shaping up well. I have over 10 interviews scheduled with game companies, plus I plan to stop by many other booths and do interviews, so it’s going to be a busy time! As it always is 🙂 This year, we have no...

Jul 27, 2023

        Happiest of birthdays to Gary Gygax, Father of Dungeons and Dragons! Today we remember the man that created the game we all love. In 1974, Gygax, along with co-creator Dave Arneson, released the first edition of Dungeons and Dragons, up to that point there had never been anything like it. It was a “Fantasy” game, not a war game. And...

Jul 8, 2023

  There will be three character packs available in the Supernatural release. Pack #3 is a pre-order exclusive at cmon.com.   The Winchesters are Humanity’s Best Hope to Stop the Zombie Hordes! Demons, devils, and other supernatural creatures are intent on destroying humankind. How appropriate is it then that the zombies managed to it? If there’s any...

Jul 8, 2023

CMON announced Monty Python’s Flying Circus – Zombicide 2E, a new board game expansion, which will arrive in April 2024.   Monty Python is coming to inject some wackiness into the game with this expansion featuring the elements of the classic TV show by the legendary English comedy troupe.  The set revisits some of the show’s funniest...

Jul 5, 2023

  Munchkin Digital, the computerized version of the classic dungeon-crawler card game, has released its first Munchkin Digital DLC. Munchkin 2: Unnatural Axe adds 112 new cards to the game, including a new playable Orc race, brand-new baddies to battle, and fresh loot to plunder. Unnatural Axe is now available on Steam, Google Play, and the App Store for...

Jul 5, 2023

  Lord of the Rings is back with a new story focused on the Dwarves narrated by the brilliant John Rhys-Davis (Whom you will know from the movies) The title is based on the ending of The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, when Middle-earth enters its Fourth Age.       The game follows the dwarf Gimli as he returns with the dwarves...

Jul 4, 2023

  Following a successful Kickstarter run, Nightfall Games has released the StokerVerse Roleplaying Game which is based on the works of Bram Stoker. The RPG covers far more than Dracula as you’ll be able to embark on various horror adventures in Victorian England and beyond. The 216 page Stokerverse RPG hardcover carries an MSRP of $50.00 or grab the PDF...

Jul 4, 2023

  The ultimate Magic: The Gathering chase card, the MTG One Ring, has been found, and that has instantly tanked the price of booster boxes. Because each MTG Lord of the Rings packs no longer holds an infinitesimally tiny chance of containing the cardboard holy grail, the price of a collector booster box for this MTG set has dropped by roughly a quarter....

Jul 4, 2023

  The $2-milllion 1-to-1 rarity The One Ring card from the Magic: The Gathering x Lord of the Rings crossover set Tales of Middle-earth has been found. Not only that, but the lucky owner of the card has had it PSA-graded.     Wizards of the Coast itself shared the news on the official Magic: The Gathering social media channels such as Twitter and...

Jun 15, 2023

  Cocaine Owlbear is a tabletop role-playing game inspired by Cocaine Bear, a comedy film released earlier this year, and based on the Honey Heist gameplay system created by Grant Howitt.     You’re a woodland creature who has recently gained sentience when you ingested magical cocaine from the satchel of an unlucky traveler in your forest....