May 1, 2023

  Para Bellum has announced  the Order of the Ashen Dawn, a heavy cavalry order for Conquest, on May 26. The Premium Cavalry Regiment Set will include three plastic miniatures, three sets of cavalry bases and stands, and three command cards. Rules will allow for fast movement across the field, and the ability to break even the sturdiest of defenses with...

May 1, 2023

  With new original game announcements, reprints, and Gen Con 2023 plans, Darrington Press’s inaugural “State of the Press” YouTube video was full of excitement for fans. Featuring Matthew Mercer and Mica Burton, the State of the Press for Critical Role’s publishing arm revealed three new games that will join its portfolio of tabletop titles. In Queen by...

Apr 30, 2023

  Earlier this month, a YouTuber going by the name of oldschoolmtg began posting unboxing videos of an as-yet-unreleased Magic: The Gathering card expansion set called March of the Machine: The Aftermath. As Gizmodo reported: He alleged to have 22 boxes, and uploaded multiple videos last week. It’s estimated that oldschoolmtg leaked about 75% of the...

Apr 13, 2023

It’s been awhile! So we have a SUPERSIZED size for you! Patrick and Evilbeeker join us this week we cover Update 59 and beyond on Lamannia, The D&D 5e road map, One Magic card to rule them all, and we review the D&D Honor Among Thieves movie. Plus much more! Timestamps for video version (Audio should be fairly close to these) 0:00 Start 02:25 Game...

Mar 22, 2023

  Wizards of the Coast is launching a Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth crossover set for Magic: The Gathering, which will feature one card so rare that only one of them will be printed. Yes, you read that right, there will be 1 of these cards in the world, just one. That card is, of course, The One Ring. We all know the poem and the story Three...

Mar 7, 2023

  The first expansion is Midnight Storm, which features the ninja master Storm Shadow as a boss. It also allows players to play new JOE heroes Jinx and Mutt/Junkyard. The game box comes with 2 Hero figures, 2 Character cards, 12 Foot Soldier figures, 10 Foot Soldier Enemy cards, 2 Lieutenant figures, 2 Lieutenant Deployment cards, 16 Lieutenant Enemy...

Mar 2, 2023

  Avalon Hill will release HeroQuest: The Mage of the Mirror Quest Pack, a board game expansion, into retail in Q1 2023. We told you and showed you some shots of this expansion at Gen Con 2022.     In this expansion, players will battle the archmage  Sinestra who has kidnapped Princess Millandriell.  A player will need to navigate the Elf...

Feb 1, 2023

  he Doomed:  Apocalyptic Horror Hunting will invite players to engage monstrous logic-defying “Horrors” in a science fiction setting by fielding small warbands of “hunters” equipped with high-tech weapons.     The game is scenario based, with encounters defined by the setting and the nature of the Horror involved.  Many Horrors break the rules...

Jan 19, 2023

  More OGL News.     What we know so far, the full OGL is supposed to be released tomorrow.   The core D&D mechanics are being made available through a Creative Commons license. Other “quintessentially D&D content from the SRD such as owlbears and magic missile” will be made available through OGL 1.2. OGL 1.2 is perpetual and...

Jan 9, 2023

  Kosmos revealed The Lord of the Rings: Adventure to Mount Doom, a new cooperative roll-and-move board game, for release into retail in Q2 2023.     Players head off on Frodo’s quest to destroy the One Ring in the fiery belly of Mount Doom. The players assume the roles of the Fellowship and move each individual member across the landscape...

Dec 7, 2022

    Tobe Hooper’s classic has now become a four-player co-op. Trick or Treat Studios has announced an officially licensed Texas Chainsaw Massacre board game, with pre-orders now open for a March 31, 2023 release. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Game sees you and up to three friends recreating the events of the 1974 original film. Your van has run out...

Sep 26, 2022

  Steamforged Games aims to make Elden Ring a board game thing. The UK-based company announced that it’s working on an adaptation of From Software’s 2022 hit. It intends to fund the adaptation through a Kickstarter-based crowdfunding campaign, though the campaign hasn’t been launched yet.     In a post on its blog, Steamforged said Elden Ring the...

Sep 26, 2022

  Modiphius Entertainment announced another Fallout game, Fallout Factions: Nuka World, a new skirmish wargame which is based on Fallout 4, which will be coming soon.   The new game allows players to play the factions from Fallout 4 in a player-versus-player battle over territory in an attempt to take over Nuka World. The game utilizes d10 dice in a...

Sep 26, 2022

  The Toy Foundation’s Toy of the Year Awards announced that Pokemon TCG: Pokemon GO Elite Trainer Box by The Pokemon Company International is their 2022 Game of the Year.     The following products were also announced as TOTY winners: Action Figure of the Year. Jurassic World Dominion Super Colossal Giganotosaurus (Mattel) Collectible of...

Sep 10, 2022

  You might remember that Asmodee, was purchased by the Embracer Group, for the low sum of $3.01 billion (Yes that’s with a B). It would seem that Embrace group has DEEP POCKETS, as they snatched up Middle-earth Enterprises, which controls the intellectual property licensing rights to The Lord of the Rings franchise. Those rights were previously held...

Aug 15, 2022

  One of the big shocks at Gen Con 2022 was Avalon Hill dropping the bombshell news of Heroscape coming back.   Heroscape, the beloved hex-based battle game, is coming back with a brand-new starter set. Titled Heroscape: Age of Annihilation, the set will include a massive red dragon as well as a rogues gallery of humanoid, dwarven, and other fantasy...

Aug 14, 2022

    Gen Con 2022 is over and was a resounding success, attracting over 50,000 attendees for its 55th edition. We were there! And our videos will be coming very soon!     Gen Con, North America’s largest and longest-running table gaming convention, returned to Indy August 4-7, drawing a one-time attendance of more than 50,000 gaming fans to...

Jul 25, 2022

Welcome to the End of July! As of this posting, we have a short 10 days to Gen Con 2022! This is the 55th anniversary. Our coverage of Gen Con is shaping up well. I have over 8 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! This year, we have no sponsor for Gen Con! So if...

Jul 19, 2022

  The Spiel des Jahres jury has announced the winners of the 2022 class.   The prestigious Spiel des Jahres award went to Cascadia by Randy Flinn, published by AEG/Flatout/Kosmos. Other nominees were Scout from Oink Games and Top Ten by Cocktail Games The Kennerspiel des Jahres award went to Living Forest by Aske Christiansen, published by Pegasus...

May 25, 2022

  The most coveted award in tabletop gaming the Spiel Des Jahres, split into the Game of the year (Spiel Des Jahres), the children’s game of the year (Kinderspiel des Jahres), and the connoisseur or expert game of the year (Kennerspiel).       The Spiel des Jahres (“Game of the Year”) nominees are: Scout! designed by Kei Kajino and published...