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11 Crime & Mystery board games, ranked from best to worst

October 18, 2021 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Crime and mystery games include elements of deduction, skill, luck – and usually, deception. If you want to know how well you really read other players, try these games next.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Days of Wonder, Modiphius Entertainment, mysterium, ravensburger, Sherlock Holmes

Call of Cthulhu: Terror Paths is a cooperative board game of Lovecraftian horror

October 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The threat in Terror Paths is Menace with a capital M. At the start of any scenario, players won’t even know what they are up against.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, petersen games, Sandy Petersen

Raise your Game: Board game nights to help Dementia UK improve lives

September 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Raise Your Game is a way to turn a board game night into a fundraising exercise for Dementia UK. The focus month is October, but you can do it whenever you want.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: board games, charity

Into Madness: 9 Tabletop Games Inspired by Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos

August 10, 2021 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

If you’re done with Monopoly and Uno, cue your darkest dungeon-based soundtrack for a look into the abyss.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arkham Horror, board games, Love Letter, Munchkin, pandemic

Franchise mastermind Modiphius grapple James Bond with a SPECTRE board game on the way

August 2, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you haven’t met the villainous Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Rosa Klebb, and Raoul Silva before, the game will guide you through their exquisite evil expertise and how to employ them against 007.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, James Bond, Modiphius Entertainment

UK Games Expo 2021 Awards winners

August 2, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

The UK Games Expo is one of the first significant gaming conventions to push on ahead into the opening wake of the lockdown. As a result, the prestigious UK Games Expo Awards has winners for 2021.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: aconyte, All Rolled Up, board games, Brittannia Game Designs, card games, destroyer of worlds, Free League Publishing, Iello, Legend of the Five Rings, Loke BattleMats, osprey games, river horse, stargrave, the dee sanction, uk games expo, vaesen

So, some of the Dragon Prince cast played The Dragon Prince: Battlecharged online

July 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dragon Prince is a successful American fantasy anime from Netflix and Wonderstorm. How successful? It has its own website. Brotherwise Games has a board game coming out and it’ll hit stores in September, but I can already see it on pre-order, across Europe, and with a bit of competition on the prices. For example, reduced […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, brotherwise games, the dragon prince

Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – A Pandemic board game launched by Blizzard and Z-Man Games

July 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the style of the co-operative Pandemic, the Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King board game is a journey across Azeroth, battles and quests to stop the spread of the Lich King.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Blizzard Entertainment, board games, pandemic, World of Warcraft, z-man games

Magnetic Press Play deal brings West End Games’ D6 System back for Carbon Grey, Call of Cthulhu and anime RPGs

July 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Magnetic Press Play will use West End Games’ D6 system for the games for a launch RPG based on Carbon Grey, following up with Call of Cthulhu and anime adaptations.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: andrew gaska, board games, Call of Cthulhu, carbon grey, d6 system, gallant knight games, magnetic press, magnetic press play, Nocturnal Media, Steve Wieck, west end games

Gaming for Good: Local gaming stores join The Great Board Game Trade-in

July 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Around 60 independent retailers are in the scheme to help donate to charity.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: board games, charity, shopping

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