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Warhammer 40K RISK pits 5 factions in a battle for control

April 24, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Hasbro’s 60-year-old board game of military control is being brought into the grimdark future of Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40K.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, hasbro, risk, the op, warhammer 40k

Free to Download: Official solo play rules for Carcassonne

April 19, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Each turn you will play with one of the three colours alternately and try to score as many points as possible.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Carcassonne, free to download, solo

Kick Ass & Chew Gum: They Live – Assault on Cable 54 finds truth in Kickstarter

April 12, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I said it was a cooperative game? Well, yes, unless some of the players are secretly Invaders out to sabotage the team effort.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters, They Live

Tales from the Loop board game hits Kickstarter goal

April 8, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The publisher of the Tales from the Loop RPG asked for SEK 500,000 to fund the project and already has SEK 1,150,000 pledged.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Free League Publishing, kickstarters, tales from the loop

Free to Download: Drixit, Dobble, Combo Color, Unlock, Cortex and Timeline

April 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Asmodee are happy to offer families a way to play together from the comfort and safety of their home.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Asmodee, board games, free to download

Free to Download: XenoShyft board game from CMON

March 26, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

XenoShyft has an aliens feel to it. It’s a deck-building game and a resource management game at the same time, and the challenge is to get the balance right so you can withstand nine waves of, increasingly challenging, alien assault.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, cmon, free to download

Free to Download: Nine Worlds from Scythe designer Jamey Stegmaier

March 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rather nicely, this is a game you could play remotely with friends over Houseparty, Skype, Discord video, Google Hangouts, etc.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, free to download, stonemaier games

World of Tanks gets a miniatures game from Gale Force 9

March 23, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The starter set (a choice of name which implies more sets to come) includes four of those tanks, six custom dice, tank cards, terrain and tokens as well as crew, equipment and damage cards.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, gale force 9, models

The battle for Chicago: Vampire the Masquerade – Vendetta

March 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Vampire: The Masquerade – Vendetta suits 3 to 5 players, each acting as one of the vampire clans in Chicago, trying to get rid of Prince Kevin.

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

Renegade Games goes kawaii with Cat Tower

March 16, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If any cats fall off the tower as the result of your pussy placement, then they’re added back to your collection. The goal is to get rid of your feline flock first.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Renegade Game Studios

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