Tag: Board Games

The Spiel des Jahres is one of the most recognizable badges of honor a board game box can have stamped on it. And, while the event has a huge focus on the domestic market, with the streams, announcements, and judging process usually conducted in German, the Spiel des Jahres is a hallmark of trust, quality, and admittedly – your...

Solo board games are making a return, and in fact, they have never been more popular than they are today. Designers such as David Turczi and Vlaada Chvátil have crafted some of the best solo board games to enjoy on your own. Most of the games on our list are some of the hobby’s most acclaimed titles ever that...

Steamforged Games has made another successful Kickstarter campaign - their latest Kickstarter project, the follow-up to their highly successful Monster Hunter World: The Board Game has already surpassed the mind-blowing $1,000,000 (as of writing this article) in crowdfunding in just two days since the campaign launched on May 18. Appropriately named Monster Hunter World Iceborne: The Board Game, this time...

A controversy involving one of the biggest YouTube board games channels and a board games publisher has had fans worked up over the way communicaton was handled and the perceived meaning of the interaction. Into the Unknown, the board game developers behind Aeon Trespass: Odyssey have accused Quackalope, a YouTube channel known for board game reviews, of trying to...

Aeon Trespass: Odyssey by Into the Unknown has raised more than $2.45 million on Kickstarter with the campaign wrapping up on June 7. At the time of writing, the game has been backed by 6,050 supporters and it’s well ahead of the originally stated $54,200 goal. This is a reprint of the original game that also comes with a...

Steamforged Games and Kickstarter have announced a new alliance that will see the studio’s next four tabletop projects launched on the crowdfunding platform. The games will be funded exclusively on Kickstarter, marking a big win for the company, as it has been fighting off competition from Gamefound and Backerkit. Steamforged Games is one of the most significant studios in the...

In another Kickstarter success story, Canadian board game studio Le Scorpion Masqué’s latest project Dead Cells: The Rogue-Lite Board Game is about to break the $500,000 mark on Kickstarter, smashing through the $37,136 goal with ease nearly fourteen times over. Naturally, this has prompted several posts on Kickstarter, some of which contained surprising reveals. There have been a total of...

One of the biggest board games industry/fan get-togethers is going to be returning on December 1-3, 2023, with PAX Unplugged confirming the dates for one of the most looked forward to events in the United States and beyond.  PAX Unplugged Locks Dates for the 2023 Event  PAX Unplugged was launched in 2017 following the growing interest in the tabletop hobby prompting...

Days of Wonder has revealed that Ticket ToRide Berlin is heading into retail on September 30, 2023. The newest instalment in the popular Ticket To Ride series is once again focused on individual city, and its transportation system, as opposed to continents criss-crossed by trains. Sightsee Around Berlin and Enjoy New Ticket to Ride Mechanics Players will focus on discovering the...

Ever since Glass Cannon Unplugged confirmed the launch of Apex Legends: The Board Game’s Kickstarter, fans have been buzzing and hyping about how this transition from battle royale to tabletop will look like. So it was no surprise that when the promised launch date of May 17 came along, the campaign gained a lot of attention pretty early. But...