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Daring Dustbunnies Kickstarter Preview

by Mike Bon May 30, 2019
WDR Silver
Bunnies! Hoovers! A not insignificant dollop of Daring! Count us in. Join us to take a look at Hopwood Games Daring Dustbunnies coming soon to Kickstarter.  

Star Scrappers Cave In

by Mike Bon May 28, 2019

The Yay Games Review Omnibus

by Mike Bon May 24, 2019
WDR Silver
Mike takes a look at a Trilogy of Yay Games.  

Auztralia Review

by Mike Bon May 22, 2019
WDR Silver
Mike takes a gander at yet another cracking game from Martin Wallace in this spiritual successor to A Study In Emerald. It’s off to the outback to battle Lovecraftian monstrosities while dabbling in a spot of farming and railroad construction.

Adventure Skeletons

by Charlie Etheridge-Nunnon May 10, 2019
By Grant Howitt & Chris Taylor You are a party of skeletons who are bored of their humdrum life guarding a wizard’s hideout, so you’ve decided to go out adventuring! You’ve looted some items from people who invaded your home and are going out to the ‘human dungeon’ (or village) to seek your fortune. The […]

Cthulhu Dark

by Charlie Etheridge-Nunnon February 24, 2019
By Graham Walmsley, Kathryn Jenkins, Helen Gould with additional content by Mo Holkar & Chris Spivey Call of Cthulhu was the first major Lovecraftian horror game. It’s now in its 7th edition and… there’s a lot of rules. It’s fine, but it’s not necessary. John Wick (game designer, not action movie hero) has often said […]

Blades in the Dark Part 2 – How to Heist

by Charlie Etheridge-Nunnon February 14, 2019
Blades in the Dark is a game about heists in a dark fantasy world. Last time we saw the creation of our crew, The Perishers. They’re a bunch of Shadows. Lee’s playing Spark, a ghost-whisperer Vinnie’s playing Plank, a mastermind (his name is Plan K, as that’s how much he plans) Jacob’s playing Vile, an inventor […]

Blades in the Dark Part 1 – Welcome to Duskvol

by Charlie Etheridge-Nunnon February 12, 2019
Blades in the Dark Introduction – Welcome to Duskvol Eight hundred years ago the heavens and the world broke. Now we live in near-perpetual night on fragments of old worlds, floating on a sea which looks like the night sky. Ghosts roam the world, kept out of cities by electrical fields. That doesn’t stop ghosts […]

Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game Review

by Mike Bon February 11, 2019
WDR Gold Essential
We delve into Portals innovative and enthralling game of modern crime investigation and deduction.  

Shadow Tactics Kickstarter Preview

by Mike Bon February 5, 2019
We start the week (kind of) with a preview of Antler Games latest bit of Kickstarter goodness Shadow Tactics:Blades of the Shogun. Featuring an abundance of hidden movement, stealthy card programming and bumbling Ninja Warriors its a heady mix of interesting mechanisms and play styles and we liked it a lot. As you can see. […]