Hasbro Introduces Barbie Monopoly
The Barbenheimer hype-train is not quite over as the customary board game paraphernalia is just starting to appear. First in the line is the new Barbie edition of Monopoly by Hasbro which will introduce you to the pinkest version of the game of them all. Players plunge into Barbie world by choosing from six Barbie-inspired… pink tokens, which are...
Exploding Kittens-Inspired Netflix Show Gets a Card Game Adaptation
Hold on, what? This is probably what you are wondering right now if you have read the title. It’s exactly as it is written. Netflix has secured the rights to turn the Exploding Kittens franchise into a game and animated show in April 2022.
Now, the resulting show has been turned into a new card game - sort of. Exploding...
Undaunted: Normandy Gets Early PC Access Version
The tabletop hobby has been long migrating towards gaming systems and vice versa. The latest to get a digital adaptation is Osprey Games’ brilliant Undaunted: Normandy, deemed as one of the best war board games of all time.
Players who may be interested in experiencing their favorite tabletop title in a digital format will be happy to find out that an early access version for...
Asmodee and Sony Release Cobra Kai Board Game
Asmodee and Sony Pictures Consumer Products have launched a new Cobra Kai board game today as part of an exclusive partnership with Walmart. The game, which is designed by Mixlore, will be available globally later in 2023 after an initial period of exclusivity with Walmart ends.
The game will pretty much follow the same logic as the original TV series,...
Funko Games Lays Off 180-200 Employees
Collectibles and toy company Funko Games has shared some bad news with its employees. On Friday last week, the company disclosed in a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that it would be reducing its workforce by about 12-13%, meaning that 180-200 team members will be impacted.
The move is part of Funko’s cost-trimming strategy, which will result in...
Wingspan Designer New Game Is About Trees that Trade Nutrients with Fungi
Elizabeth Hargrave has found various way to introduce scientific principle in her board games, creating sound game designs that rely on their accurate parallels with real life as they do on a good concept from beginning-to-end. Wingspan’s creator new game, Undergrove, is her latest take on the tabletop hobby in which players start as a Douglas-fir tree which try...
Legend of the Five Ring Will Have a Video Game Adaptation
We have been writing a lot about video games being transformed into tabletop experiences, but guess what? The other way around also works. We are not talking about Dire Wolf’s excellent interpretations of games such as Dune: Imperium or Root, no. The product we mean is Asmodee Entertainment’s outstanding collectible card game, Legend of the Five Rings, which is easily one of...
Paizo Confirms Release Date for Pathfinder: Elemental Stones
Paizo has confirmed that its first board game in more than a decade, Pathfinder: Elemental Stones, will be released into retail on November 15, 2023. The title, although briefly teased by the publisher, has already been able to flesh out a full and vibrant gameplay story around it over the past months.
Elemental Stones will have players enjoy a quick tile-placement experience which will feature...
Gamelyn Games Confirms Tiny Epic Crimes for Q4 2023
Gamelyn Games is working on a new instalment in the Tiny Epic series, a family of games, that have grown over the past years to feature knights, zombies, dungeons, and entire galaxies. The latest installment in the franchise is a hush-hush Noir-style and mystery-solving game titled Tiny Epic Crimes.
Latest Tiny Epic Game Is About Solving Crimes
The title is set...
Ares Introduces War of the Rings 2E Kings of Middle-earth Expansion
Ares Games is extending the line of expansions for War of the Ring 2nd Edition Board Game with the introduction of a third dedicated expansion. “Kings of the Middle-earth” will be officially introduced at Gen Con in August 2023 and it will be based around the rules of the Free Peoples.
The expansion will help flesh out details about the...