Tag: Board Games

Ares Games has nearly completed the funding round for the latest and most ambitious expansion for the Sword & Sorcery franchise – Abyssal Legends. The Kickstarter campaign has so far raised $269,648 from 2,259 backers over the 30-day crowdfunding window and beat the $50,000 goal set by the studio, and less than 56 hours to go. Sword & Sorcery: Abyssal Legends...

Flat River Group has confirmed that it is going ahead with the release of Tales from the Red Dragon Inn, a new cooperative tactical game designed by SlugFest Games. The release date is set for August 3, 2023, and the title is designed by a quarter of prominent developers, including Geoff Bottone, Jennifer Kitzman, Jeff Morrow, and Sam Waller.  SlugFest’s Latest The Red Dragon...

Catan is by far one of the best tabletop strategy/civ games out there, making players face each other in an economic rather than military context. Having been published for the first time in Germany in 1995 under the name The Settlers of Catan or simply Settlers, the franchise has grown immensely with a series of expansions over the years....

Terraforming Mars is about to be a lonely business, but this is no reason to sag. The popular game about… well, terraforming the red rock of Mars and turning it into a promised Eden for Earthers is now getting its solo mode expansion. Enoch Fryxelius, the CEO of FryxGames which publishes the acclaimed and highly successful game, has confirmed the...

Dorfromantik, the board game adapted from the eponymous video game, has won the Spiel des Jahres Award, distinguishing itself against a number of worthwhile contenders. The Game of the Year accreditation is one of the most prestigious silverware that a board game can hope for.  The contest, which included other categories, too, saw Challengers win the Kennerspiel des Jahres Awards, which is granted to...

Fans of the Marvel universe who like to play board games rejoice, as publisher Upper Deck Entertainment unveiled “What If…?” This is a new core set for Marvel: Legendary Deck Building Game and will be available in the fall of this year. Upper Deck Announces “What if…?” Core Set Marvel’s animated series “What if…?” based on the comic series of the...

Carcassonne is one of the best-known board games of all time. It’s easy to teach, fairly quick to play, and provides you with plenty of strategic depth. Today, we will talk not just Carcassonne the board game, but also Carcassonne expansions. While at it, we will also touch on the best Carcassonne expansions and why may add even more...

Fans of the instant board game classic Risk have something to look forward to, as its publisher Avalon Hill introduced Risk Strike - a fast-paced alternative that offers a brand new way to play. Risk Strike offers all the intensity of the original title, compressed into a dice and card game that can last as little as 20 minutes...

According to 19 studies, children in families participating in board game nights, or that play board games in general, display a heightened skill in mathematics. The studies introduced the children to a total of 25 games like The Great Race, Dominoes, Monopoly, Chutes and Ladders, and similar games of that nature. The results showed that in 32% of the...

Funko Games is bringing a fresh horror board game to the table with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reimagined as an eponymous board game. The 50th anniversary of the franchise is now celebrated with the 2-5 players ages 13+ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Slaughterhouse board game, and look – the thing is gory. The game is in a one-against-everyone-else format in...