6: Siege - The Board Game – First Impressions
6: Siege - The Board Game compresses all of the tactical warfare of the Tom Clancy video game into a tabletop skirmish experience that creates big moments and razor-thin margins of victory. It’s thrilling.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Heritage – First Impressions
Vampire: The Masquerade - Heritage is another dive into the World of Darkness, and it engages in legacy storytelling as players gradually encounter more and more content while upgrading what they started with.
TRAILS – First Impressions
A new Keymaster Games title has released so you can enjoy more of the outdoors through the artwork of TRAILS. An even more approachable alternative to its big sister PARKS, this new game offers players another chance to hike through beautiful sites in the US.
Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig - RFY / WFY
Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig is a tile-drafting game that takes the simultaneous action of a game like 7 Wonders and mixes it with the cooperative construction where your worst collaboration scores at the end. Is it for you?
Red Rising - RFY / WFY
Red Rising is inspired by the fantasy sci-fi books written by Pierce Brown and the mechanics of Fantasy Realms. It’s a quick hand-management game filled with point-scoring combos and it’s the newest game from the always popular Stonemaier Games.
Mind MGMT - RFY / WFY
Infiltrating your mind and making you question reality is the newest hidden movement board game Mind MGMT. With bold artwork from the comic creator Matt Kindt, it’s going to shift what you know of the genre!
Fall of the Mountain King – First Impressions
The resurgence of the trolls was a glorious homecoming when playing In the Hall of the Mountain King, but the ancient tale is now being told. The Gnomes are coming and we must defend the mountain in Fall of the Mountain King! Out now on Kickstarter!
Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig – First Impressions
Two bigtime publishers in the industry—Stonemaier Games and Bezier Games—collaborated for a tile-drafting game. And now they’re asking you to get in the cooperative spirit for Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig. As a secret agent once said, “The castle is not enough.”
Evacuate – First Impressions
Sometimes the people in front die. And we all know people in the back die. So, every now and then, it pays to be in the middle, which is where Evacuate comes into play. Try to have the most survivors left at the end of this Nomia-infested gauntlet!
Zombicide: 2nd Edition – First Impressions
Zombicide has always been around, hasn’t it? Has it ever left Kickstarter? Well, regardless, the original has come back with an undead vengeance with the 2nd Edition and it’s time to break down the doors and see what’s behind.
Mind MGMT– First Impressions
Mind MGMT is one of the most unique games I’ve played in a long while, with provocative art, rewarding gameplay, and secretive reasons to keep coming back.
Marvel United – First Impressions
Marvel United is a wildly popular game with some of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns in the industry. Let’s look at why it’s heavily talked about and what makes it a good game.
AracKhan Wars – First Impressions
A tactical card game where the skirmish doesn’t build out from the edges but gets bloody and messy in the middle, AracKhan Wars is an upcoming Kickstarter from Nothing But Games!
Black Rose Wars – First Impressions
If hurling fireballs and deflecting the attacks of the undead is your kinda thing—or if you like taking control of a powerful magical artifact—then Black Rose Wars might be something to check out. The burly Ludus Magnus Studio title has some heady fun tucked away in that big box.
Drawn to Adventure – First Impressions
Drawn to Adventure takes an RPG quest and smashes it into a roll-and-write pancake full of syrupy characters à la Mico and diced boss meat.
Red Rising – First Impressions
It’s dodged adaptation in the past, but Red Rising has entered the board game world with a slick-looking card game from Jamey Stegmaier and Alexander Schmidt. It’s one of my favorite book series, so it was a no-brainer to get this game and check it out!
Chronicles of Drunagor – First Impressions
Fight back the darkness threatening to overwhelm the land! Chronicles of Drunagor: Age of Darkness is a cooperative dungeon-crawler from Creative Games Studio and it incorporates some interesting action mechanics that help it to stand above the crowd. Let’s start exploring!
Distilled– First Impressions
Sometimes it pays to be spirited and that’s the goal of Distilled, an upcoming board game from designer Dave Beck that challenges players to grow a fledgling distillery into a lucrative liquor legacy. Check out first impressions of the game from writer Sam Rahman!
My Little Scythe - RFY / WFY
Need something new to play with the kids? Well, maybe My Little Scythe will hit the spot. It’s a family-friendly gaming experience that takes some of the mechanisms of Scythe and infuses them into the surreal pie-tastic Kingdom of Pomme.
Pendulum - RFY / WFY
Pendulum is a curious creature of real-time spatial awareness and clever worker placement. It’s definitely a mind-burner but it’s got some innovative gameplay to show for it.