Asmodee has had a busy day and has announced several new deals in North America.
Avalon Hill page points to new HeroQuest Game
A new sub-domain on Avalon Hill.com has a 10 day countdown for Hero Quest. The Quest is Calling.
An Unexpected Party: Weta to release a new The Hobbit board game
The game is designed for ages 10 and up, lasts around 50 minutes and is all about being a messy dwarf and annoying Bilbo!
Funko Games debuts with Harry Potter, Batman and other geek culture strategy games
Each game comes with a new range of 3-inch models and are expected to be in stores by October. They’ll officially launch at SDCC.
Board games, models and dice caught up in US-China trade war
This is not a done deal. There will be hearings on the proposal on June 17th and if they pass then 25% tariffs could be in force by June 24th.
Steamforged Games announces Devil May Cry license and board game
Steamforged Games proposed Devil May Cry board game is described as a fast-paced and easy to learn system that rewards style. Players are demon hunters; Dante, Nero, Trish or even V.
A legend returns! Trogdor the Burninator gets a board game
If you’re blinking your eyes in confusion, then count your stars that you’re a young geek. The rest of us will most likely remember one of the original geeky memes Trogdor! Shut up and take your money? [Back this Campaign] This Kickstarter is from Homestar Runner and with 28 days still on the clock, at […]
Chaosmos board game is a love letter to sci-fi master William Sleator
This post by Joey Vigour, the lead designer at Mirror Box Games, is about YA sci-fi author William Sleator and his book Interstellar Pig. Strange as it may sound, Interstellar Pig is the inspiration for the Chaosmos board game that’s close to raising $100,000 on Kickstarter. William Sleator is gone now, but every used bookstore […]
Tea versus evil: A review of the Discworld board game The Witches
The Witches is the second of Martin Wallace’s Discworld board games. It follows Ankh Morpork. In Ankh Morpork I found myself dropping friends in heaps of trouble for fun and to win the game. In The Witches I found that you were often better off helping each other out – particularly when it came […]
Sneakily straight forward: A review of the Discworld Ankh-Morpork board game
The rules to Tree Frog Games’ Discworld Ankh-Morpork board game say; Ankh-Morpork is a relatively simple game. When it is your turn you play a card, do what it says on it, and then fill your hand back up to five cards. The next player then does the same, and so on until someone […]
