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Stonehenge and the Sun board game wants you to attach a hook to your ceiling

December 14, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Kickstarter pitch for Stonehenge and the Sun is interesting in a few ways. It’s rare to find ‘board games’ that make such use of physics or require you to find a semi-permanent home for it in your apartment.…

Fortnite Monopoly is coming… think how you can prank the kids

September 24, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Hasbro has signed a deal with Epic Games to produce a whole range of Fortnite branded goodies. There will be some Fortnite NERG Blasters next year and that’s a great match-up for the franchise.…

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game hunters for backers

September 7, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the end, I didn’t buy a PlayStation 4 just to play Horizon Zero Dawn. Thanks to this Kickstarter from Steamforged Games I might not need to. There’s a board game coming, smashing goals and knocking down stretch goals.…

WizKids do wrestling WWE style with a new miniature range

September 7, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

WizKids has announced a partnership with WWE. It’s a “multi-year licensing partnership” according to the text of the press release. The same press release then explains what HeroClix is the best selling collectable miniatures game in the world and that Dice Masters is an award-winning dice game.…

The 7th Guest: Old skool horror CD-ROM game goes tabletop

August 29, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The 7th Guest was published in 1993 and was one of the first games to be released only on CD-ROM. It was a hit at the time, selling millions and receiving press attention for its adult content, using pre-rendered 3D graphics (impressive at the time) and making live-action clips part of a tame.…

Design your anime! Kickstarter lets fans pitch anime ideas

August 22, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Evil Hat Productions the publisher behind Fate has gone to Kickstarter for Channel A. This is a card game in which you have to pitch ideas for an anime series. It launched today and is racing to 100 backers and the US$15,000 it is asking for.…

Twister with tentacles! A’Writhe: A game of Eldritch contortions

August 15, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s not April 1st. I don’t think it’s April 1st. It might be the end of the world, though, as we summon Great Old Ones together. WizKids has a new game in American stores today, and it safely described as Twister with a Cthulhu theme.…

Solo or up to four players in Fantasy Flight’s new Discover: Lands Unknown board game

August 13, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover: Lands Unknown is a new board game from Fantasy Flight Games and Corey Konieczka which you can play by yourself or up to three other players. Konieczka is a highly rated designer.…

Vampire: the Masquerade keeps growing as White Wolf announce Heritage, new board game

August 9, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The new White Wolf is serious about establishing Vampire: the Masquerade as the dominant vampire game. Just as we’re recovering from a suprise official makeup range, the publisher has announced a partnership with Nice Game Publishing in Germany.…

Search for mysterious monastery of barbarian monks leads to medieval board game discovery in Scotland

July 30, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

For 10 years British archaeologists have been trying to find the site of The Monastery of Deer in what is now known as Aberdeenshire. They’re looking for clues about the Book of Dear, a 10th Century illuminated manuscript which is believed to have a unique insight into the early church, culture and society of the area.…

Stonehenge and the Sun board game wants you to attach a hook to your ceiling

Fortnite Monopoly is coming… think how you can prank the kids

Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game hunters for backers

WizKids do wrestling WWE style with a new miniature range

The 7th Guest: Old skool horror CD-ROM game goes tabletop

Design your anime! Kickstarter lets fans pitch anime ideas

Twister with tentacles! A’Writhe: A game of Eldritch contortions

Solo or up to four players in Fantasy Flight’s new Discover: Lands Unknown board game

Vampire: the Masquerade keeps growing as White Wolf announce Heritage, new board game

Search for mysterious monastery of barbarian monks leads to medieval board game discovery in Scotland

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