It’s man versus machine – with a twist – in this short psychological drama. A former chess prodigy turned programmer has the rare chance to confront the grandmaster who destroyed his dreams by pitting a super-computer against him in a high profile battle. Who will come out top? Man, machine or man? Ready to watch […]
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Heldentaufe is a clever board game of two halves
With a base in Burgdorf in Switzerland, the clever Heldentaufe is back on Kickstarter. The game is after 34, 000 Swiss FR to fun and has about 28,000 CHF in the pot with two weeks left to run. You can keep track of progress at the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heldentaufe/heldentaufe-the-adventure-board-game-for-the-whole [Back the Campaign] The video looks […]
Dragon Keeper – The Dungeon Kickstarter
Here’s another board game from Europe that looks like its capturing attention. Dragon Keeper – The Dungeon uses a board design that creates a tower like 3D effect. You can see more on the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/512832899/dragon-keeper-the-dungeon[Back this Campaign] At the time of writing Dragon Keeper has funded. It wanted €10,000 and is currently approaching […]
Fantasy survival and horror with miniatures and Pandemonium
Pandemonium is an adventure style board game of survival. No zombies; just classic horror. The Kickstarter is going great guns with, at the time of writing, more than $40,000 banked on a campaign goal of $25,000. You can visit the campaign page for more details. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/809492703/pandemonium-fantasy-survival-horror-and-miniatures [Back this Campaign] At a glance the art in […]
Water and death – Fathoms bubbles in Kickstarter
This is a board game in which water can leak into the game arena, flow around and force you to change your strategy as a result. The aquatic monsters are a problem too. There are more details on the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] Mike Robins, an indie designer, is asking for $35,603 to make […]
It’s Crossbows and Catapults with cards: Cardthrower Castle
James Norbury of Brutal Games is back on Kickstarter with a quick and paper based alternative to Crossbows & Catapults. The official Kickstarter video is below and further down there’s a sample of play. You can check out progress at the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jamesnorbury/cardthrower-castle [Back this Campaign] The campaign is asking for just £1,500 and […]
A look at Xtronaut: The Game of Solar System Exploration
This Geek Native post has a look at some of the Gravity Assist cards from the Kickstarting Xtronaut. Xtronaut is designed by Dante Lauretta who actually led NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return. You can find out more about the Kickstarter here. [Back this Campaign] The campaign asked for $15,000 and has over $28,000 in the […]
Dark Souls inspired horror takes miniatures to Kickstarter
[Back this Campaign] Erebus Studios are working on Veil Fall, a miniatures board game from the dark future Veil Fall universe. The game, we’re told, is inspired by the computer games Dark Souls and Bloodborne. This means it’ll be hard. The Coalition has declined into civil war and some of those supporting the return of […]
Board to Death with the Street Kings?
Street Kings is another board game project on Kickstarter. Like every board game to launch in the last gaggle of months it faces the uphill challenge of getting noticed and raising funds. It looks like a good game. Curious? You can check it out in more detail on the campaign page or read the summary […]
Inspired by RTS and MOBA: The Ether Wars board game
Ether Wars is a board game inspired by Real Time Strategy (RTS) and Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) computer games. The Spanish crew behind it are hoping to use Kickstarter to launch the game and perhaps as small studio. I think it’s worth taking a look at the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] This project […]
