Tag: Board Games

Board games are seeing a boom in a brand-new genre of thematic games that put players in the role of movie directors of horror movies, or the victims of their monsters. Perhaps the most prominent of this genre is the Final Girl series, but now a new contender has emerged with Bored Games announcing their upcoming campaign for The...

Gale Force Nine has confirmed that its acclaimed space-horror and survivalist board game Aliens: Another Glorious Day in The Corps will be returning back to stores in June 2023. Competing with some of the best in the genre, to name Nemesis, the title, designed by Andrew Haught, has managed to cultivate its own loyal and inspired fan base.  The Xenomorphs...

The 4X board games genre is one of the most popular in the hobby. While it may be daunting to newcomers, it’s also one of the most rewarding. The term was coined in the 90s and it owes much to the video gaming which began using it generously. To understand the meaning of 4X, you simply need to look for...

Recently, the relatively new game studio Second Dinner’s debut game “Marvel Snap” has been taking the world by storm - we’ve all seen the ads, we’ve seen the game pop up more and more on every platform and we’ve all seen the praises. So what exactly is “Marvel Snap” and what makes it different from all other games? “Marvel Snap”...

Good news for all board game enthusiasts - Dicebreaker has announced a brand new annual awards event titled “Tabletop Awards''. The awards are set to make their debut at this year’s PAX Unplugged. The nominations will be open for games that have been released in 2022. Note that there is an important detail for crowdfunded games - they must have...

Klaus Teuber, the mind behind one of the most prominent board games ever created - “Catan” - has announced a trilogy of books set in the game’s rich world. This isn’t the first time the popular board game has been novelized and put into fictional writing, however. Rebecca Gable released her novel “The Settlers of Catan” in 2003. She and...

This year’s SPIEL event in Essen, Germany, brought “Terra Mystica” fans much-anticipated news in regards to the upcoming “Terra Mystica: Age of Innovation” - the newest board game in the series. Unfortunately, we will have to wait until 2023, per information from last weekend’s SPIEL. “Terra Mystica: Age of Innovation” was originally scheduled for release in the second half...

Mere hours ago, game publishing titan Ravensburger has announced a collaboration with “Minecraft”’s developer Mojang, which will bring the popular PC game to the tabletop once again with two brand new board games - “Minecraft: Portal Dash” and “Minecraft: Heroes of the Village”. Both titles will aim to mimic the feel of the PC version of “Minecraft” using a...

Dark Horse comics’ “Harrow County” board game recently launched its Kickstarter page to great success. “Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict” has already far exceeded the $54,000 funding goal, making $121,000 in less than five days. As a matter of fact, the funding goal was funded in less than three hours after the page officially launched on October...

Game studio Stonemaier Games has confirmed that the third expansion of Elizabeth Hargrave’s hit board game “Wingspan” will include two brand new game modes, a new Asian theme and will introduce new bird species from all over the Asian continent. The new expansion, appropriately titled “Wingspan Asia”, was first introduced at the German SPIEL event in Essen earlier this year,...