Src: Card looks like a fun little card game. $20 gets you the full retail version of the game and, they say, free international shipping for Kickstarter backers. You can read more at the Campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/srccard/src-card-card-game-write-code-defeat-the-robots [Back this Campaign] At the time of writing there are two weeks left on the block with about […]
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 […]
The Girl Genius connection for Munchkin Steampunk
Steve Jackson Games have announced the 168 card Munchkin Steampunk. It’ll come with an unique dice and cost around $25.00. This core set is illustrated by Phil Foglio. Foglio is the co-creator and illustrator of Girl Genius. This is good news for me; I found Girl Genius through the books and really enjoy it. I’ve […]
Combine your deck building skills against monsters in Foe Hunters
Foe Hunters is a new (again) Kickstarter from Spellforge Games for a collaborative deck building game. The heroes use their experience points to buy cards, working together to take on a series of foes. At the time of writing the Kickstarter has raised nearly $10,000 and you can check out the details here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spellforgegames/foe-hunters-a-cooperative-fantasy-deckbuilding-gam [Back […]
Who are the Origins 2015 winners?
The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design (AAGAD) have announced the 2015 Origins Award Winners. The goal of Origins is to reward excellence in game design and takes the top 5 products in various categories into a head-to-head voted on by Academy members. Winners were announced at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio. […]
Myth meets post-apocalypse: Bane Kickstarter
It’s worth giving Gamesicle’s video for their card game Bane a watch. Why? You might have seen some disheveled presenters in the past but this is on a whole new level. Check it out. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1283899359/bane-tabletop-card-game [Back this Campaign] The campaign is asking for $22,000 to fund and with 26 days to go, at the time […]
Blood Oath battles vampires, humans and werewolves on Kickstarter
Blood Oath is a three-player card game from SEDA Interactive. The core game has 54 cards per race, tokens, leader cards and specially designed play mats to facilitate the three-player battle. You can read more about it on Kickstarter. [Back this Campaign] SEDA are looking for $18,000 to fund the game. At the time of […]
Desborough’s #GamerGate card game banned by DriveThruRPG and SJ Games
#GamerGate is a card game by James Desborough’s Postmortem Studios. It is named after the stormy and hotly contested row among computer gamers and games journalists. This is a row which has involved bomb hoaxes, death threats and doxxing. Postmortem Studios described the game as a joke, saying; Gamergate the Card Game commemorates THE defining […]
The ultimate history of card games [infographic]
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 […]
