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
The following excerpts are taken from the personal diary of Doogie Howser the field medic with the CDC team during the Pandemic Event. Some information has been redacted in line with your clearance level. Be aware that the following information is designated code SPOILER.
A game of looming horror, by Ephidiah Ravachol and woodelf. Review by Charlie Etheridge-Nunn Horror movies are tricky beasts to replicate in games. Zombies!!! replicates the look of horror by turning a zombie apocalypse into an arcade game. Dead of Winter presents interesting moral dilemmas but we all turn into cold sociopaths when it’s only […]
The dungeon crawling card game genre has proved popular of late the excellent Welcome to the Dungeon and riotous Cutthroat Caverns both spring to mind. They’ve proved hugely successful by each having a great hook. Welcome is a silly push your luck filler whereas Cutthroat is all about screwage of your fellow dungeon companions. These […]
Tremulus Session Zero By Charlie Etheridge-Nunn I’ve told you about my love of the Apocalypse World Engine before, but what I’ve not mentioned is that I’m also a fan of Lovecraftian horror. HP Lovecraft himself is of course massively problematic in both style and content of writing but my god he had some great ideas […]
DEAD OF WINTER A game of surviving an icy, zombie-filled apocalypse for 2-5 players by Plaid Hat Games, review by Charles Etheridge-Nunn It’s the middle of winter and you’re alone in an abandoned school, scavenging for supplies. It’s bitterly cold but you made it out this far. Your eyes catch on something metallic, barely […]
Mwa Ha Ha Haaa. Welcome you worthless cardboard obsessed worms to the spooktacular Halloween special episode of the Who Scares Rolls Podcast. In this frightfully gruesome edition we disgust Horror games and if the tabletop can effectively pull off midnight chills. The ghouls discuss what they’ve been playing. And we take a ride in the […]
Can you see any Zombies out there? Nah. Oh, wait there’s one. Pints of Blood shuffles to join the hoards of zombie board games by attempting something fresh. But is it the recently deceased still pink from the morgue or a fetid walker with an air freshener around its neck? What we have here is […]
A zombie survival roleplaying game for 4-7 players by John Wick This is the diary of Mahmoud. I’ve been visiting my family living in London and am travelling home to Brighton where I work as a taxi driver. I’ve got another day of vacation before I start my shift. I am a fast survivor. […]
Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Joggorilla Hoard Of The Dragon Queen Episode Eight Starring: Steve as Gatt (Gnome Rogue & Spy) Alex as Mablung Raventree (Half-Elf Wild Mage & Noble) Lee as Gesh (Dragonborn Fighter & Acolyte) Jacob as Willen Kingsley aka Mockingbird aka an Elven Cultist (Human Bard & Charlatan) Vinnie as Joggi Hvolner […]
The North Pole. Throughout history, someone’s been galloping around in snow and ice trying to be the first one there, its part of the human condition, well at least before the invention of the iPhone. The most well-documented race occurred between Cook and Peary in the 1900’s in truth race is a bit of a […]