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Voltron: The Roleplaying Game funds as Shadowrun’s Catalyst Game Labs lands a classic anime

December 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Characters will be Paladins of Voltron, one of the five lions that combine to make the warrior. The campaign has been funded but runs up to December 23rd on Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board game, Catalyst Game Labs, kickstarters, mecha

Hasbro’s UK partner on HeroQuest slaps big discounts on the game

November 12, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Hasbro apparently couldn’t stretch to making the tricky British financials work. Zavvi stepped in, presumably with a promise to buy in bulk, and brought the adventure game here.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board game, hasbro, HeroQuest, sales, zavvi

Iconic BattleTech goes in for Total War … but discounted in this bundle

July 29, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re looking at the digital versions of a board game here, and there’s a pair: BattleTech Total War, which returns from a run in 2022, and ebook play aids in BattleTech Readouts.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: battletech, board game, bundle of holding, bundles, Catalyst Game Labs, mecha

Spiel Des Jahres 2024 best board game winners trigger retailer warning

July 26, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’d write this off as marketing speak, but I’m scarred over how long it took me to find Boop after it started winning awards!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board game

GF9 confirms solo mode for The Adventures of Conan

June 1, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Adventure of Conan solo mode wasn’t offered when the crowdfunding campaign launched, so it might surprise people who decided to pass on it.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board game, conan, gale force 9, uk games expo

D&D’s 2-player Onslaught board game has a cracking sale 50% off

April 19, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Zavvi offers the D&D Onslaught miniatures board game at 50% off, promising a thrilling campaign, 21 miniatures, and about 90 minutes of playtime for ages 8+.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board game, Dungeons & Dragons, sales, zavvi

Vampire: The Masquerade – Chapters, the solo to 4-player RPG in a box, crosses CA$200,000

February 22, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The original game is four years old and this new, and we’re told final, form is streamlined and now supported by online tutorials.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board game, flyos games, kickstarters, Vampire: The Masquerade

Brokk’s Bones: A handcrafted tabletop game forges crowdfunding support

November 21, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Brokk’s Bones is David’s latest project, and it has impressed the community with a combination of crafted pewter game pieces, coins and dice trays.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board game, kickstarters

The Diablo TTRPG: Here’s what we know

November 3, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The news of the Diablo board game and TTRPG, which broke a few hours ago, rippled across the internet so quickly that Glass Cannon’s site went down but seems to have recovered.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Blizzard Entertainment, board game, diablo

Mattel wins the race to sell the first board game with integrated AI

October 4, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s Google tech. Mattel’s new Pictionary uses the “Quick, Drawl!” artificial intelligence, which I’ve used loads and helped train the AI. It’s free to play.

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, board game, google, Mattel

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