Jul 24, 2024

  Welcome to the End of July! As of this posting, we have a short 8 days to Gen Con 2024! This is the 57th anniversary. Our coverage of Gen Con is shaping up well. I have over 11 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 23, 2024

  Marvel Crisis Protocol is about to spooky!  With a few horror themed sets hitting your FLGS in November.   Dracula Step into the shadows with Dracula, the legendary vampire lord, in Marvel: Crisis Protocol. n Dracula excels in sustainability and control. His life-draining abilities allow him to recover health while dealing damage, making him a...

Jul 23, 2024

  The Spiel des Jahres jury has announced the winners of the 2024 awards for Game of the year, Children’s Game of the Year, and Connoisseur Game of the Year.     Spiel Des Jahres is one of the biggest awards in board gaming, identifying games that become modern-day classics – Catan, Ticket to Ride, Agricola, Dixit and many more. The awards...

Jul 17, 2024

  Corvus Belli has announced that  Warcrow, a new combat miniatures game, is available at retail now.     Warcrow is a miniatures game set in the fantastical world of Lindwurm. In this setting you control a small military force made up of warriors, creatures and wizards, who fight skirmishes pursuing the interests of your faction. Before starting...

Jun 21, 2024

  The Army Painter have announced a brand new set of paints, Gamemaster: Adventure Starter Role-playing Paint Set Combo, a new Warpaints Fanatic paint and miniatures set, into retail on August 17, 2024.   The Warpaints Fanatic line is a very popular set of paints for the beginner, featuring a paint formula with high pigmentation and the Flexible Triad...

Jun 20, 2024

  Ravensburger revealed a new Horrified title this week, as Horrified: World Of Monsters will be released for retail this August.     Horrified has brought us The Universal monsters, American folklore, and Greek mythology. Launching August 1, World of Monsters will have you face H.P. Lovecraft’s mythos, Cthulhu. The game will take some of the...

Jun 13, 2024

  HeroQuest Jungles of Dethrak brings players into the dense jungle surrounding the mountains at World’s Edge. In this jungle, an ancient dwarven civilization has found new roots. But a sacred artifact held in Kellar’s Keep, prized by the dwarven refugees, has been stolen.     Because of this, a blight has infected the jungle to its...

Jun 12, 2024

  The nominees for the Spiel des Jahres, the German “Game of the Year,” were unveiled alongside nominations for the Kennerspiel des Jahres and Kinderspiel des Jahres.  winners will be announced July 21. Kinderspiel des Jahres Große kleine Edelsteine by Wolfgang Warsch Magic Keys by Markus Slawitschek & Arno Steinwender Taco Kitten Pizza by...

Jun 12, 2024

  Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast launched Avalon Hill Game Nights, a new pilot program for WPN organized play.     Avalon Hill Game Nights program offers up OP events for select Avalon Hill lines to WPN stores.  These demo events coincide with evergreen titles that WotC is increasing availability for to WPN stores via distribution.  These titles...

Jun 9, 2024

  A new edition of Talisman, the classic adventure board game, is coming from the publisher behind Betrayal at House on the Hill.     This is a new publisher for the title, which in addition to its original publisher Games Workshop, has also been published by Fantasy Flight Games.  The most recent edition, 4th Edition, was first released by Games...

Jun 8, 2024

  Following a successful Kickstarter, Free League Publishing has released the Mutant Year Zero: Zone Wars miniatures game. Set in the world of the popular roleplaying game, Zone Wars brings skirmish level action to the tabletop. The core box set is arriving in stores and carries an MSRP of $69.99.     Stake out your claim in the post-apocalyptic...

May 10, 2024

Modiphius is releasing Fallout Miniatures: Hollywood Heroes, a special set for its Fallout Wasteland Warfare wargame tied to the Fallout series on Amazon Prime this month; the box and miniatures use TV show imagery.  The set includes 32mm minis for Lucy, The Ghoul, Maximux, and CX404, with 3 30mm Scenic Bases, and 1 40mm Scenic Base, along with Instruction...

May 10, 2024

  Para Bellum will release Conquest Two Player Starter Set – Sorcerer Kings vs. City States, a new boxed set, into retail on May 31, 2024.     Para Bellum will release Conquest Two Player Starter Set – Sorcerer Kings vs. City States, a new boxed set, into retail on May 31, 2024.     The new boxed set comes with everything...

May 1, 2024

  Modiphius Entertainment has teamed with Humble Bundle to bring you an awesome money saving offer on the Fallout: Wasteland Warfare miniatures game. You can get started for as little as a dollar or go all in for a donation of $18.00 or more to score all 25 PDFs and STL files. These savings run through May 11th and your purchase supports Trees, People,...

Apr 30, 2024

  Embracer Group has announced its split into three separate companies. The three entities created will independently publicly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. These companies are currently being referred to as Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-Earth Enterprises & Friends – although the latter two will be given a new name at a later...

Apr 10, 2024

  Glass Cannon Unplugged has announced a new tabletop adaptation of a beloved video game. The studio is most well known for adapting different properties to the table like Frostpunk as well as the upcoming Dying Light and Apex Legends. Now, they are bringing Don’t Starve: The Board Game to Kickstarter.     Don’t Starve: The Board Game...

Mar 27, 2024

  Super Boss Monster, a new 1-4 player dungeon building card game, is now on Kickstarter. Super Boss Monster introduces a few new mechanics to the popular Boss Monster series, including the ability for players to send minion meeples into town to do their bidding and a Town Board, a new mechanic which features 5 different landmarks with various action...

Feb 15, 2024

Get ready for a new gaming experience as Renegade Game Studios announces “The Search for UAPs,” the latest addition to the “Search for…” line, following the wildly successful The Search for Planet X and The Search for Lost Species. Over the past 100 years, there have been many sightings of unidentified flying objects. Using your...

Jan 22, 2024

  Renegade Game Studios announced Battle for the Arctic Circle, a new G.I. Joe board game powered by the Axis & Allies board game engine, which we told you about during our Gen Con coverage last year for release May 2024.     In Battle for the Arctic Circle, Cobra has invaded the North Pole and threatens the world with the Weather Dominator....

Jan 20, 2024

Gen Con, the largest and longest-running tabletop gaming convention in North America, announced badge registration information for its upcoming 2024 convention. Gen Con Indy 2024 will run August 1-4 in the Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium, celebrating 21 years of events in Indianapolis since the convention moved to the city in 2003.    ...