Tag: Board Games

Kickstarter made a major announcement this Tuesday, stating they will be elevating board game designer and publisher Jon Ritter Roderick to director of games. He is best known for his successful action-strategy game “Dragoon”. Nicole Amato will be taking over his previous position as games outreach lead, which he was serving since 2020. Ritter-Roderick has said he sees his role...

This year’s SPIEL tabletop gaming convention will take place in its customary venue in Essen, Germany, and will not require proof of vaccination against COVID-19. This welcome news was announced via a newsletter, but there is still a small caveat - masks will be required. Medical-grade face masks (which must cover the nose and mouth) will still be mandatory....

German board game designer Christwart Conrad brings us “Pearladöra” – a pearl collection board game. His name should sound familiar, as he is the designer of the popular “Carcassonne” board game and its numerous expansions. “Pearladöra” is actually a new theme and an updated version of one of Christwart’s older games – “Armadöra”. The game will be published by...

Meeple Pug, an indie board game studio, brings us “Age of Inventors” – their debut board game, set the time of innovation – the second half of the 19th century. The game’s designers - Aiollus, Iskios (Vasileios Tsirkinidis) and VantoN – are all from Greece, and have worked together (more specifically VantoN and Aiollus) on “U.S.S. Freedom”.“Age of Inventors”...

“Barbarian Kingdoms” is the debut board game of the indie French studio Jester. The game will be designed by Christophe Lebrun, who is also the head of the studio. The game’s artwork is done by lead artists Aurélie Lebrun du Puytison, Nasos Maloudis, and Sergey Shikin, all of which are relatively new to the hobby by the look of...

Steamforged Games, the company behind “Dark Souls: The Board Game”, has announced that the game will be getting two new standalone expansions starring two of the most popular boss characters. Steamforged has experience when it comes to adapting popular video games into tabletop games. Other than Dark Souls: The Board Game, the company has also developed “Monster Hunter World: The...

“Homeworld”, the classic real-time strategy franchise, will be getting its own tabletop adaptation. Modiphius Entertainment promises a new board game with more than 100 miniatures. The company has worked on major adaptations from PC-to-board game titles, like “Fallout: Wasteland Warfare”, “The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms” among many other beloved and successful titles. Modiphius has also worked for the...

The upcoming board game “Enola Holmes: Finder of Lost Souls” is set for release in November! The game is developed by major board game publisher Gale Force Nine. The studio is behind many board games based on successful movies, TV titles and books - “Dungeons and Dragons”, “Dune”, “Star Trek”, “Doctor Who” and “Aliens” just to name a few....

“Weimar: The Fight for Democracy” by Capstone Games, Skellig Games and Spielworxx is finally coming to Kickstarter on September 6, designer Matthias Cramer confirmed on Twitter. Seeped in historic significance, the game recounts the events of November 9, 1918, when workers in Berlin staged a strike that led to the toppling of the German monarchy. Fight for Democracy or Indulge...

For millennia now, Transylvania has fascinated and terrified. The home of vampires though is not too pleased with its current renown and is keen on burnishing its reputation by transforming what is often used as the plot of horror movies into a vibrant hub for tech startups and yuppies. This may now be possible thanks to WizKids’ upcoming board...