Tag Archives: Board Game

It would be a huge understatement to merely state that the Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5 Kickstarter has been a success. It’s on its way to becoming the most pledged to board game ever and that’s meant lots of updates from the creator. To try and give himself a break, he …

Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5, the updated and expanded version of the 2012 Kickstarter success, could end up being the most funded board game ever on Kickstarter. Having raised over $6 million in just a few days, it currently sits just two and a half million behind Exploding Kittens, the biggest crowd …

As much as I loved Stoic Game’s Banner Saga, with all of its Viking lore, Disney-like art style and tactical combat, the enemies in the game did grow a little dull after a while. They were all the same and their attacks didn’t change much, even if they did have …

It seems far too long since we battled Dredge, the elements and each other in the brutal world of The Banner Saga, with its beautiful artwork and haunting music, but part two isn’t supposed to be too far away now. If it does turn out to take a little longer …

Often the easiest way to introduce more traditional board gamers or non-gamers to more in-depth tabletop experiences like RPGs, is through “lite” versions, like Heroquest, or Castle Ravenloft, but these games can still be overly complicated for younger players, with a lot of options and counters to keep track of. …

Chances are at some point this Christmas and New Year season, at least one of your family members tried to get you to play Monopoly, Scrabble or maybe even Pictionary. If you want to wash that bland board-gaming taste out of your mouth, then this Mega Man one might be …

Christmas is a time for hanging out with families, drinking and eating too much and more often than not, breaking out a game or two. Usually these are simple affairs like Scrabble, Monopoly or perhaps something without a board and dice, like charades. However, this being a site of tech …

A board game designer who was able to gather over $123,000 through Kickstarter (nearly four times the originally requested amount) has announced that despite none of the rewards being fulfilled, that they had run out of money and the project was now closed. If you’re now a bit panicked that …

If you’ve been busy trying to win one of our giveaway Bioshock Infinite codes, or have already played your way through Irrational’s epic sky-faring adventure, you’ll probably be interested to know that it’s getting a board game treatment that’ll be released sometime in the next few months. **Mild Spoilers to follow**  Called …

Wolfire Games, the original creators of the Humble Bundle indi funding initiative, has released a new game that shows just how board games should be played online: with far less rules and real time players. One of the problems with online board gaming – and card games to a similar …