With the exception of Gloomies, everything I checked out at the Ravensburger booth built on or expanded something that came before. That’s not necessarily bad, though. Sandcastles of Burgundy and Minecraft: Builders & Biomes – Junior are both kids’ versions … Continue reading ...
Restoration Games was in full bloom on the Gen Con exhibit hall floor. A raging battle between film monsters was in one corner of the booth showing off prototype bits from the upcoming Battle Monsters, a wargame based on the … Continue reading →
I had a great chat with the folks at Pinnacle Entertainment Group about their upcoming Doom Guard boardgame. On Kickstarter for another day or so, it is a cooperative game of superheroes (and villains) banding together to defeat threats to … Continue reading →
Farm Hand Designer: Craig Somerton Publisher: Grail Games Players: 2-5 Age: 10+ Time: 20 minutes Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher The animals on your farm are having a contest to see which one is the … Continue reading →
Thunderworks Games and Dead Alive Games both had several more light to medium-weight games to show off. Most of them were card-based in some way. Thunderworks has Fliptoons which is a sort of deckbuilder but players flip up cards in … Continue reading →
Meister Makatsu Designer: Reiner Knizia Publisher: AMIGO Players: 2-6 Age: 8+ Time: 20-30 min Played with review copy provided by publisher In Meister Makatsu, players compete with their ninjas for the favor of the renowned master by demonstrating their mastery … Continue reading →
Two publishers getting their fair share of buzz were Dire Wolf with their Lightning Train and Devir’s Ace of Spades. Dire Wolf was showing off the Clank! Catacombs: Underworld expansion where players can climb (or fall) down into a new … Continue reading →
Kabuto Sumo Designer: Tony Miller Publisher: allplay Players: 2-4 Age: 6+ Time: 20 mins Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher Spring time in Japan means the return of the rhinoceros beetles — “Kabutomushi”, which is … Continue reading →
On my penultimate day I was working my way back from Yellowstone to Salt Lake City for the flights home the next day. It’s 7 hrs of driving, add on break times. One of my google searches for the 10 … Continue reading →
Two companies that typically go big on releases in the fall include the TLAs of AGE (Alderac Entertainment Group) and CGE (Czech Games Edition.) This year, AEG was showing off some previews of games coming later this year and next. … Continue reading →
