Tag: Board Games

A new game by Queen Games and designer Emanuele Ornella will attempt to tackle the future of energy in the aptly named board game “Future Energy.” The designer is known for several  great games, including “Assyria, ”Oltre Mare,” and “Hermagor,” with the new theme appearing a little outside of his comfort zone. “Future Energy” Player Count and Theme Regardless, “Future Energy”...

Queen Games is back with a second game with an environmentally-friendly theme in so many hours. A BoardGameGeek has revealed a second title focused on energy production with “Powerline” by designer Dirk Henn and artist Patricia Limberger. The other upcoming title by the publisher and designer Emanuele Ornella, “Future Energy,” focuses on a similar theme, with proper resource management and...

“Imperium” by Osprey Games and designers Nigel Buckle and Dávid Turczi is getting yet another edition slated to arrive in 2023 with the “Imperium: Horizons” title now officially confirmed by the publisher. The card game in which you vie against your opponents to build the greatest civilization the world has ever known, players will go in head to head...

Publisher Bitewing Games and designer Reiner Knizia are bringing the hallowed “Quo Vadis” board game back in a new wrapping. Enter “Zoo Vadis,” a title expected to begin crowdfunding campaign in 2023. In “Zoo Vadis,” Bitewing posits an alternative reality in which animals run the zoo and they are the ones doing skilled negotiating, crafty politicking and ploy their...

Arcane Wonders has launched another crowdfunding campaign for “Foundations of Rome,” a game released in 2022 and already impressing with its unique and immersive gameplay. The new campaign hosted on Kickstarter has launched a second printing of the base game along with a new expansion, “Roads of Fortune,” which will fit in the core box. Foundations of Rome and Expansion...

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...

Following the success of “Villagers” and “Streets,” Sinister Fish Games has been able to wrap up another successful crowdfunding campaign. This time, the company has completed the funding round that rose £396,992 by 8,194 backers for “Moon,” the latest installment in the familiar board game series. Build the Best Lunar Base to Win the Game The game is designed and illustrated...

Dv Giochi has teased a new entry in the BoardGameGeek database, outlining the design of an upcoming game by the name of “Bonsai,” which focuses on Japanese horticulture. The game is designed by Rosaria Battiato, Massimo Borzì, and Martino Chiacchiera, who have previously worked on “Atelier daVinci” a game released in 2020. Cultivate the Most Beautiful Bonsai The upcoming title will...

The premium game genre is definitely getting a lot of eyeballs, but what about the clever designs that can turn an industry on its head? Sometimes flashiness gives way to elegance as shown by Aquamarine, a print-at-home game by Postmark Games and designers Matthew Dunstan and Rory Muldoon. Successful Kickstarter Campaign Wraps for Aquamarine The game wrapped up its gaming campaign...

Publisher Korea Boardgames has confirmed that the company will be releasing “$hark M3,” an overhauled classic board game experience focusing on stock trading and partly inspired by “Acquire.” The new edition was revealed by the company in their July newsletter along with details of what to expect. As the official release puts it, “there is no sharing,” only survival...