By Stonemaier Games, Paul Saloman I don’t know what it is with games which have really mundane themes, but something always appeals to me about them. Fantasy and science fiction are fine, I’ve got several games about Cthulhu and about zombies, but if you tell me there’s a game about a stamp convention, I’m in. […]
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Star Trek Adventures Second Edition Starter Set Review – Roll to Do a Starfleet!
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Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth
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After Us Review
Mike reviews the game of post-apocalyptic monkey tribe engine-building
Have you been naughty or nice? Well either way here’s another treat for you a second podcast in the same month! So settle down for our traditional miserable Christmas offering full of the usual holiday cheer. Mike and Charlie are joined by board games illustrious Uncle Tony so its a Merry Fucking Christmas to you […]
Masks: A New Generation By Brendan Conway and Magpie Games “I have no powers and not nearly enough training but I’m doing this anyway. Being a superhero is amazing, everyone should try it.” – Young Avengers Vol 2, #1 The Book Masks is a game about young superheroes, so it had my attention from the start. I’ve loved […]
Blood Rage Digital launched yesterday on Kickstarter and in a scant few hours, surpassed its $50,000 funding goal. No real surprise, Blood Rage is Eric Lang and CMON’s crowning glory and my favorite of their games so a digital implementation of that seemed a cracking idea. However, let’s cut to the chase because this project […]
Night Witches By Jason Morningstar and Bully Pulpit Games You’re in a military airfield which has been carved out of a literal field and the runway consists of an old country road. Your supplies are low, you’re surrounded on three sides by German forces and you’re fitted out in old Po-2 World War I bombers […]
By Josh Fox & Becky Annison. You are alone. There are no other investigators, no weapons and no authorities who believe you. All you have are your wits and the certainty you know what’s going on… at least, as much as a human mind can know such things. You pull open the secret door and […]
This news hit late last night at the end of the Project Elite kickstarter, but yes CMON have decided to bring Blood Rage back to Kickstarter in a new digital iteration!! Here’s all the words that they said… Blood Rage Digital will be the next Flash Kickstarter campaign by CMON. Featuring Multiplayer and Solo options, the […]
Dogs are great and personally I miss having a dog, so to celebrate the existence of dogs everywhere, I’ve decided to make a list in no particular order, of the best dogs I’ve encountered in board games. The usual disclaimers apply; this is my list, it only covers games I’ve played where there are dogs […]
Halloween is my favourite time of year it’s like Christmas for us horror nuts. Inevitably the assortment of TV and movies rolled out to honour this grimly fun holiday are as disappointing as a wet fart in a pair of white undercrackers. Yet despite this every October there’s always a tantalising bit of excitement hoping […]
Welcome to our “Late to the Table” series of reviews. That’s industry code for eventually reviewing a hugely popular game long after every other reviewer, facebook group and pet with an opinion has flogged that particular nag to death. Anyway, where better to start than a cracking fugly hybrid euro sci-fi from a couple of […]