Krasen Gechev

Pokémon cards are experiencing a new resurgence. Recently, a Shiny Charizard card, signed by legendary Pokémon artist Ken Sugimori, has sold for over $13,000. Pokémon Fandom Rallies to Buy Signed Card For those of our readers who are unfamiliar with Sugimori’s work and credentials, he is the prominent Japanese video game designer, illustrator and artist who is famous for being the...

The studio behind the “North Sea” and “West Kingdom” sagas - Garphill Games – is set to release a new board game, based on ancient Chinese history, called “Legacy of Yu”. “Legacy of Yu” Delivers on the Familiar Garphill Games Design Right off the bat - the artwork of “Legacy of Yu” is visually stunning. Sam Phillips, the game’s illustrator, does...

White Dog Games has revealed their latest game, “Volters Lead the Way.” In “Volters Lead the Way!,” players are in control of the 324th Volter Regiment – an elite fighting formation for alien invasions. With the help and assistance of the “Skybreach” starcruiser, players will get to defend Earth’s territories from the Fermitians – an evil alien raced hellbent...

“Dune: War for Arrakis” is definitely a board game title to be excited about, given the extreme success of the Dune movie and the renewed interest in the Dune franchise that goes back decades and spans dozens of books. Now, CMON, the company behind the latest board game release, has published its first designer diary to bring in more...

Wattsalpoag Games, the game studio behind “Echidna Shuffle”, “Last Call: The Bartender Game” and many others, has announced the Kickstarter. campaign for “River Trek,” their upcoming board game. An interesting bit of trivia is that "Wattsalpoag” is actually an acronym for: With All This Talent Sitting Around Let's Put Out A Game. The game’s designer is Kris Gould, the owner of...

“Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game” is coming soon, and this is exciting news for any fan of the franchise, and naturally, all of us board game enthusiasts. The world of Star Wars trading card games has remained quiet for a good while now. For several years, there had been no news of any such games, leaving fans wanting for...

Steamforged Games announced the Kickstarter campaign of “Rivet Wars: Reloaded” on Tuesday, which got the fans of the franchise buzzing with excitement. “Rivet Wars”, the beloved game from Ted Terranova (the video game designer responsible for such beloved titles as: “Rise of Nations”, “Age of Empires III”, and “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning”) is getting a long awaited reboot! Steamforged Games...

Today, we take a look at the newest installment to the Dungeons and Dragons franchise – the board game “The Yawning Portal”. The game is designed by Kristian Karlberg and Kenny Zetterberg, and is published by Avalon Hill. The studio specializes in wargames and strategic board games, which already sets the tone for the excitement to come.The game itself...

Red Cat Games is throwing its hat into the board game ring with "Lotta Rome" set in the events after the fall of the eternal city. The game’s designer, Evgeny Petrov, is staking out not one but three titles this year with his other projects, “Townies“ and “Minstrels," also due to release in 2022. We focus on the "Lotta...

Today, we will look at Tanya Pobuda’s presentation “Contested Spaces, Velvet Ropes, Exclusion Zones: The Pleasures and Dangers of Face-to-Face Play in Analog Gaming Spaces”.The presentation was used for Tanya’s PhD dissertation in regard to the representation in the board game world in terms of race and gender. This, undoubtedly, took serious time and data collection, which Tanya gathered...