This infographic suggests that card games can be traced back to China and between 618 AD to 907 AD. Baccarat appears around about the 1400s as an early gambling game and we don’t get Solitaire or Patience until about the 1700s in Europe. Rummy and Gin Rummy are American inventions as is the Joker card […]
Supergroup fun: A review of the Sentinels of the Multiverse
I really didn’t know what to expect when I opened up the colourful Sentinels of the Multiverse but I was cautious. It looked full on from the outset. The box promised a cooperative superhero card game and, oh boy, does it provide cards. Loads of cards. So many cards that my supply of rubber bands took […]
3 card preview: Hobbit Tales
Hobbit Tales is a storytelling card game due out early 2014 from Sophisticated Games and Cubicle 7. The game has been designed by Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello, the creators of The One Ring RPG and the Tolkien-themed strategy game War of the Ring. In the game players take turns being Narrator and make-up a […]
A review of Fantasy Flight’s a Game of Thrones card game
The first thing that Fantasy Flight does which makes sense and is yet disappointing is that it keeps the focus on Houses Stark and Lannister. This is only disappointing because the lands of George R. R. Martin’s world are fantastic and I relish every chance to explore them. Sanity check. This is a two player […]
Minion Master: a collectible card game with virtual board
One of the great things about gamers is that if they want something they tend to build it. Gaming groups frequently make house rules or create campaign settings to suit their news. That’s the history behind BitFlip Games’ Minion Master. The idea came after an epic tabletop session was foiled, despite a month of planning, […]
