While many of us are focusing on Christmas coming up in 3 days, this time of year has many holidays associated with it. Certainly, the Festival of Lights known as Hanukkah is one that’s celebrated all over the world. During the 8 nights, one of the most popular things to do is spin the dreidel. …
Board Games
As I’ve said before, I’m very much a “try before you buy” sort of person. I’m sure a lot of you out there are the same. Well, Sit Down Games will be coming out with a new game called Magic Maze in February. But they’ve posted up a print-and-play version of it so you can …
Cranio Creations and CMON Limited are teaming up to add more games to your collection. There will be an English version of Lorenzo il Magnifico as well as an updated version of Council of 4. I’ve actually gotten a chance to see the Lorenzo il Magnifico rulebook. If you’re a fan of worker placement and …
As we’ve seen, Mansions of Madness is getting a new edition. This new set makes the game into a 100% cooperative game, using an app to control all the monsters and create the map. But what about some of the 1st edition things that weren’t in the main box? Will those be getting updated? Fantasy …
In most board games, players take turns and get to see what their opponent is doing before they decide, themselves, what course of action to take. However, in a real combat situation, you and the enemy are making your decisions and acting at the same time. Final Act gets around that by having a simultaneous …
Hey everyone. Gen Con has closed up shop for another year. The going consensus seems to be that it was a great show, but also an exceedingly fast one. I can certainly relate. It seems just this morning (which was actually Thursday morning), I was joking, “So, it’s Sunday tear-down, right?” and here it is, …
Welcome back to the previews of games shown off at a special media event by CMON here at Gen Con. I’m rested and refreshed and ready to tell you about another new game that will soon be gracing your gaming table. And not to spoil it too soon, but I loved this one, and I …
Today at the CMON booth here at Gen Con, the folks were kind enough to invite a group of media people to get a sneak-preview of several games that will be coming out in the next 6-12 months from them. It was a great experience to get a closer look at what will be the …
Here at Gen Con, CMON has made a couple announcements about new games they’re working on. The one that I’ve heard creating the most buzz is Rising Sun. For those that like Blood Rage, you’re going to want to pay attention, as the “gang’s back together” that worked on that game: Eric Lang design, Adrian …
After the two presentations by Eric Lang, he handed us off to CMON’s Guile to tell us about Gekido, designed by Fel Barros. The game involves building and fighting robots. So you know, right off the bat, they’ve got my attention. The game is for 2-4 players. Each one takes control of a fighting robot …