One prize not good enough for you? Here’s a chance to win Mage Company’s Carrotia for 1-6 players, ages 8+, as well as The Cohort for 2-6 players and ages 8+. What do you have to do to win these excellent games? You just have to check out Aether Captains! Aether Captains is a game […]
Ember rekindles on Kickstarter
I liked the look of the monster making Ember when it first appeared on Kickstarter. That promising campaign was pulled but the good news is that Ember has relaunched and is back on Kickstarter. Geek Native reached out to District 31 to ask why. You can see the current progress here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1118172895/ember-the-magical-card-game [Back this Campaign] […]
Making monsters: The Ember card game
Ember is a card game from District31 which launched well on Kickstarter this week. The British tabletop game has earned thousands of Pounds in just a few days. You can see the latest totals on Ember’s campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1118172895/ember-the-magical-card-game-and-fantasy-playing-ca [Back this Campaign] In Ember players are apprentice wizards playing with a stolen mote of elemental […]
Tales of Arcana the Roleplaying Card Game gathers support
Matt Knicl is an ex-Wizards of the Coast writer and creative who has worked on Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons. His Kickstarter for a card based RPG called Tales of Arcana has, at the time of writing, a week to go and is close to funding. Find out more at the project page. […]
Src: Card – Write Code, Defeat the Robots
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 […]
