Jan 26, 2018

  Hotshots will have players battling a forest fire in a cooperative, push-your-luck dice game.       Gameplay The game board is made up of 18 randomly placed tiles, each of which has a specific scorch limit that players must be aware of. To combat the fires, each player will control a firefighter with a special ability. During the game, a...

Jan 25, 2018

  This expansion includes a new game board and new instructions, but that’s all; everything else you need to play is contained in the Deluxe 19.5th Anniversary Edition of Kill Doctor Lucky, including cards and tokens. Please note you must own the base game of KILL DOCTOR LUCKY to enjoy this expansion. The endgame is also the same: kill Doctor Lucky before...

Jan 25, 2018

  Kill Doctor Lucky: 19.5th Anniversary Edition pits 2-8 players on the surprisingly difficult task: kill Doctor Lucky!     Everyone is at this mansion with one thought on their mind, to do the good doctor in, but no one wants to get caught doing it. Players all start in the drawing room and will move around the board, trying to corner Doctor...

Jan 9, 2018

  Dragonfire is a new cooperative deck-building game in which you and your friends take on different adventures inside of the Dungeons & Dragons world. If you are familiar with the card game Shadowrun: Crossfire, you will be right at home here, It uses a similar game system to the one found in Shadowrun but there are a few new mechanics added in,...

Dec 20, 2017

  Deluxe Pairs from Cheapass Games, is the latest addition to their family-friendly lineup of games. It’s quick to learn and blast to play.     Deluxe Pairs is played with a 55-card deck in which there is one “1” card, two “2” cards, three “3” cards, and on up to ten “10” cards. Each number has its own flavorful “suit,” of pears, peaches,...

Dec 19, 2017

  Picture this, there are monsters all around us, they are everywhere. No one else can see them, but you can. These are the monsters that lurk at the edges of our consciousness. And now, they’re gearing up for another apocalypse.     Apocrypha: The World is an adventure card game from Mike Selinker and Lone Shark Games. Those names should sound...

Dec 18, 2017

  Flux is getting all wibbly wobbly, timey wimey with Doctor Who Fluxx!     Set up: Place basic rules card in the center of the table. Shuffle the deck and deal three cards to each player. Place the remainder of the deck face down next to the basic rules card to form the draw pile. Game rules: The basic rules of Fluxx are simple, draw 1 then play...

Dec 18, 2017

  Brotherwise Games have released their first game that is not in the Boss Monster ecosystem. Unearth is a game where you play as a tribe trying to rebuild ruins and ancient wonders to try and outscore your opponents. Mixing together dice rolling/placement with hand management.   Game Play Each player is given a set of dice and two delver cards with...

Dec 4, 2017

    Betrayal At House On The Hill is and has been a cult classic among board games fans for more than a decade now, its atmospheric haunted house gameplay and unique endgame, which sees a team of explorers suddenly split by betrayal. Betrayal at Baldur’s Gate is a re-themed version of the cult-favorite horror board game Betrayal at House on the Hill....

Nov 30, 2017

    Downforce is a simulated racing game played with cards on a map-track for 2-6 players. The game includes 6 colors of cars, with the same colors of 6 Drivers, and a set of 6 special ability cards. Components 1 double-sided game board – with a different racetrack on each side 6 colored race car pawns 42 regular speed cards – each one has 2 or...

Nov 28, 2017

    Components 1 Game Board 6 Investigator Meeples 6 Investigator License Cards each with their own special abilities 12 dastardly thief cards, each with a different effect on the game 36 Movement Cards 42 Money Cards   Up to 4 players take on the roles of detectives in pursuit of thieves who spend their time moving around the map on their crime...

Nov 10, 2017

  Xanathar’s Guide to Everything adds new options to your D&D 5E game, Many options, from new spells, traps and player options, this is the book you have wanting to flesh out your 5E games.     Xanathar’s Guide to Everything is like  Volo’s Guide to Monsters on steroids. There is so much in this book I don’t even know what I should start, yes...

Oct 23, 2017

  Gale Force Nine is set to release the Tomb of Annihilation dungeon master screen     Order the screen via Gale Force Nine HERE   A big thank you, to Gale Force Nine for sending the screen for this review, this is no way had any effect on the outcome of the review  ...

Oct 17, 2017

  *Note* this preview was based on the prototype cards, they might change in the final printing, also I could not look at the playmats, as they were not available as of this preview. This is an expansion set for the original Heroes of History card game, featuring Midnight Riders (Revolutionary War) and Echoes of the Plains (Civil War). We reviewed that...

Oct 16, 2017

  On the deadly peninsula of Chult, an adventuring party must fight their way through dangerous jungles, labyrinths, and dungeons to find and reverse the cause of the death curse. Choose to play as one or more of the four adventurers Artus Cimber, Asharra, Birdsong, and Dragonbait to face many perilous challenges and deadly foes throughout the quest....

Sep 27, 2017

  Zoo ball is a family fun dexterity game designed for 2-4 players,  that comes from Osprey Games.       When it’s your turn, a  player may either flick all three blockers or, alternatively, the scorer token. Keep in mind though, only the scorer token can register a goal. Blockers can be used to block or to knock other tokens away....

Sep 19, 2017

    We take a look at the new set of dice coming from WOTC             Pre-Order your dice via amazon Or via your local FLGS         *The Amazon link above is an affiliate link, DDO Players will get a small percent of your order, you will notice nothing different in your shopping experience. This is...

Sep 19, 2017

  Tomb of Annihilation is the seventh storyline for Dungeons & Dragons 5E. This is their nod and reimagining of “The Tomb Of Horrors”.     The Tomb of Annihilation is a 256-page hardcover adventure. There are also a few new monsters included, and two new backgrounds, the anthropologist, and the archeologist. The adventure features the return...

Sep 15, 2017

    Prevent The Fall is a dungeon-crawling RPG built both for Virtual reality and regular controls. The dungeons in Prevent the Fall are semi-procedurally generated so there will be some variation each time you play. When first entering the game you will encounter a mute barkeep in a tavern. A tavern where you can basically just stand in one place and...

Sep 7, 2017

  One of the interviews that I had scheduled for Gen Con 50, was with the folks over at Shapeways, They are a 3D Printing service and marketplace. I had to cancel my trip to Gen Con this year, due to a family medical emergency. I was delighted when Shapeways, said they would be happy to send over a few samples for me to look at!   First off a bit...