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A new board game version of a popular video game will soon be headed to Kickstarter. It’s Dead by Daylight and it’s a joint project with Level 99 Games and Behaviour Interactive. Two versions of the game will be part of the campaign, an original and a deluxe. Head on through to find out more….
Dark Souls fans will soon have a new way to… well… probably end up dead, if the series is anything to generally go on. Steamforged is working on a Dark Souls RPG and we get a look at the cover and just a few bits of info about it in this preview. From the website:…
Along with things like The Dark Knight, Batman is also known as The World’s Greatest Detective. So, it seems only right that if there’s a game called Detective, there would be sets featuring the Caped Crusader. And that’s just what Portal Games is bringing you. They’ve announced a new line of Batman-themed Detective sets. From…
Pandasaurus has been working on a new board game. A skate board game, that is (see what I did there?). It’s called Skate Summer and it’s full of shredding action. It’s coming to Kickstarter later this month. About the game: The object of the game is to score the most points by doing trick combos,…
I mean, let’s face it, if I could turn into a bear when I wanted, you know I would. Well, while that technology doesn’t exist in the real world, it does in the magical land of Green Horde. Shapeshifting Powers is a new scenario for Zombicide: Green Horde that you can download now and unlock…
Grab your skis and snowboard, there’s fresh powder out there on Skull Island. But be careful, the slopes are dangerous. Pandasaurus Games has announces Skull Island: Ski Fest, a new board game coming next year. From the website: Skull Canyon Ski Resort is finally celebrating their grand re-opening with a huge festival, after being closed…
Ever wanted to build your own rollercoaster? And I don’t mean just some little cards on a table. I mean a real set of hills and roundabouts. Taht’s what you get to do in CubeClimbers, a new magnetic marble rollercoaster board game up on Kickstarter now. From the campaign: The campaign’s more than 7x funded…
There’s a new expansion for Detective available to pre-order on the Portal Games website. It’s Petty Officers, and it adds something desperately needed in most games: fuzzy animals! (… oh… I get it… PET-ty Officers… cute… real cute… like, adorable puppy and kitty cute) Players will get their pick of new animal companions while still…
Ares Games has teamed up with Galakta Games to bring you the 2nd edition of their post-apocalyptic game, Waste Knights. Ares will be handling the English distribution in North America and other non-European countries. Set your calendars for August 30th, as that’s when you can get your hands on a copy. From the website: Waste…
An ancient temple filled with relics that should be in a museum. That’s where you find yourself in The Lost Code, a new board game up on Kickstarter. However, the builders wanted the artifacts to stay where they are and so have created traps for unaware adventurers. Will you figure out the code and escape…
The inmates aren’t running the asylum. They’re breaking out of it. And it’s not up to you, as Batman, to gather them back up again. No. It’s up to you, as the inmates, to get the hell out of there as fast as you can! That’s the goal in Batman: Escape from Arkham Asylum, a…
Those on the front lines of a pandemic are truly heroes. And in Pandemic: Hot Zone – Europe, the game is getting a new set of 4 heroes looking to save the world. Get a look at them in this new preview from Z-Man Games. From the article: Along with a new map, Pandemic: Hot…
Seems like a good story to close out the week with. If you’re planning on getting together with friends, I’m guessing games will probably on the table. Drinks also might be on the table. Put them together and you get party drinking games. And Heroes of Barcadia is looking to be the next one for…
He-Man is one of the first toy sets that I really remember getting a lot of. I even had Castle Greyskull because I was a badass in grade school. Anyway, I can be a badass in my middle age as well if I pick up Masters of the Universe: Fields of Eternia. Archon Studios is…
What’s the best way to build a city? Should you have it in a circle like a wheel or as a grid? Well, in Squaring Circleville, you have to help go from the former to the latter. It’s not as straight-forward (see what I did there?) as you might think. The game is up on…
Now this one just looks cool. If you’re interested in mechanical engineering and how machines work, especially different sets of interconnected gears, you’ll want to check out Spintronics. It’s a new game that is all about these devices that’s up on Kickstarter now. From the campaign: Spintronics is a new game (ages 8 to adult)…
You’ve not forgotten about Forgotten Waters, have you? The game from Plaid Hat where you become a high season buccaneer in search of adventure? Well, hopefully you haven’t anyway, but even if you have, Plaid Hat is putting it back on the horizon with the release of their DLC Pack #1 for it. From the…
If you’ve got a magnetic personality, then CULTivate is the game for you. It’s a new board game from Pops & Bejou Games all about becoming a cult leader and trying to grow your cult. However, rival cults will be trying to steal away your followers. Who will be the greatest leader in the end?…
Do you have an idea for the next big game? Or even just a small game you think people would enjoy? Something in-between? Want a chance to get it created? Then AEG is looking for you. They’ve got their Pitch Project going on now where designers can submit their games that may be picked up…
In the frozen land of Nador… err, I mean, on a frozen planet, factions are looking to salvage what was lost when their colony ship crashed. This harsh world has limited resources and only one faction will survive. Make sure it’s you. That’s the set-up for Cryo, a new worker placement game coming from Z-Man…
The OP Games has a new version of their Rising game line available now. This time, they head to one of the darker corners of the DC universe, where one of the most notorious villains lays. It’s The Batman Who Laughs Rising. Can you overcome this nightmare terror of Gotham? From the release: A terrifying…
Along with the new edition of Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers, Z-Man Games is keeping it in the time of the cavemen with Paleo, a new cooperative survival board game. Can you make it through the daily life of one of our ancient ancestors. From the announcement: A new day dawns in the Stone Age. Not…
Let’s face it. Except for possibly, “finally sit down and paint some minis,” most of our gaming goals for the year have gone soaring out the window as the quarantine continues on. Fantasy Flight Games is looking to help, though, by creating a place for people to gather and talk about games, which is something…
At the edge of civilization lays uncharted territory. Only the brave venture here, but what they find could make the entire community that much stronger and better. It’s searching these vast territories that you get to do in Terra Incognita, the latest expansion for Sid Meier’s Civilization: A New Dawn. This new expansion, as well…
40k. The chances are, many of you out there have played it at some point. Risk. Again, the chances are, many of you have played it at some point. But have you played 40k Risk? No? Well, of course not. The game was only just released by The OP Games. You can go pick up…
Zug! Zug! If you’re looking to take over the world of Warcraft in an entirely new way, you can. Days of Wonder’s Small World of Warcraft is now available in the US. Command your small armies and rampage across the land, taking it from any who stand in your way. From the article: Today we…
Like most kids, I had a fascination with dinosaurs. I even wanted to be a paleontologist when I grew up. That love of dinosaurs has never left and I’m sure many of you feel it, too. So, seeing two new dinosaur-themed games coming from Pandasaurs gets me excited. They’re Dinosaur World and Dinosaur Island: Rawr…
If you’re a Neuroshima Hex player, you know that we’re coming up to a pretty important date. September 5th, 2020, is when Moloch launched a cyberattack on the world. Well, hopefully it won’t actually happen (2020’s already been rough enough), but Portal Games is still celebrating and they want you to join in for a…
Pandemic Legacy revolutionized the gaming world when it came out. I know many of my gaming friends listed it as their favorite game for quite some time. And many of you have played Pandemic Legacy Season 1 and 2. But how did the world get there? Well, that’s where Pandemic Legacy Season 0 comes in….
While I know many of the conflicts later are more covered, I still feel that WWI is the most important conflict of the 20th century. The results of events from that war can be felt to this very day. So, it’s always good when I see a new game that brings it to the forefront….
