Earth. I mean, sure, it's a pretty good place to have a home. I've got one here. But what about off-planet? There's some pretty good realestate out there. But you've gotta act fast, otherwise someone
Earth. I mean, sure, it's a pretty good place to have a home. I've got one here. But what about off-planet? There's some pretty good realestate out there. But you've gotta act fast, otherwise someone else might take up residence where you want. That's the story behind Cosmic Colonies, a new board game from Floodgate Games that's up on Kickstarter now.
From the campaign:
Asteroids blast through the cosmos, each packed with possibilities.One may be your perfect new home, but it takes a stellar team to build a cosmic colony…
Players must leverage their workers’ unique abilities to gather resources and construct new buildings while cleverly expanding their colonies. Each round brings new opportunities—and new talent.
Your old workers will blast off to other players, while new workers orbit around to join your team!
Using clever planning you can build the best celestial city to shine the brightest in Cosmic Colonies!
Cosmic Colonies is for 2 to 5 players and plays in about 15 minutes per player.
The campaign's a bit more than 4/5 of the way to its goal, but there's only 7 days left to get there.
Though it's raining here in Atlanta on this Friday the 13th, we're not letting it get us down. GAMA is next week, as well as AdeptiCon. So there's plenty to be looking forward to.And, of course, there
Though it's raining here in Atlanta on this Friday the 13th, we're not letting it get us down. GAMA is next week, as well as AdeptiCon. So there's plenty to be looking forward to.
And, of course, there's gaming this weekend. For me, there'll be D&D. What do you have in store?
In this installment of Snippets, we have: More installments of The Fiver from The Meeple Mechanic, Final Week and New Pledge Levels for Fujian Trader, Tabletop-Art Previews Upcoming 32mm Bases, New 10mm modular building range for DZC available from War Mage Games, Oddzial Osmy’s 3mm February Releases Arrive at PicoArmor, New Maori Pa Terrain from Catalyst Creative, Legendary Metal Coins Now Live On Kickstarter, LaserCutCard Stacked Containers Plus Bundle Offer, New Dead Man's Hand 4Ground pre-painted buildings and accessories, and EZPainter Kickstarter updates and Rates news.
Hey friends, my name is Ben Harkins and you are awesome!
I published my first game design (Legacy: Gears of Time) in 2012, and it’s been a great adventure getting to know all of the fantastic people that make up the tabletop community.
Hello! I’m Jonathan Gilmour! I reside in Ohio, with my wife and 4 monsters. I like Pina Coladas and taking walks in the Rain. I program robots during the day, and at night when I should be sleeping I design board games.
The first game that I released was a print and play game called Pocket Dungeon. I followed that up with Co-designing Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game with Isaac Vega. My game that is currently on Kickstarter is Vault Wars, being published by Floodgate Games. I’ve been working on Vault Wars for nearly 3 years, and together with Floodgate on it over the last year. I’d love for readers to back it, because it is a really fun game of bluffing and bidding!
Greetings, Adam Morgan here. I’ve been a writer and creative director for the past 20 years at many international advertising agencies. This has given me a wealth of experience in design, publishing, printing, and overall creative ideas. Beyond a successful day job, I’ve been a student of game design—reading books, blogs, and taking university courses on the subject. I’m passionate about great ideas and mechanics, and feel that the theme should be baked into the entire game.
Hey everyone. I’m Don Mitchell, the head honcho and lead designer of Eye4Games and I hail from the Boston area. By day, I work as a web and iOS programmer helping implement and critique user experience design. By night, I am a game designer who does a little improv on the side.
Hi, I am David Lupo. Originally. I am from Michigan, but I’ve been living in Atlanta for the past 9 years. By day I am a software developer, but my real passion is in board games, and designing games. In fact I’ve been doing it since I was in elementary school. Only recently have decided to bring this passion to the public, and it’s really exciting to see how people react to the game’s I’ve built.
A week to go in the Fujian Trader Kickstarter—we’re almost there but need your help! The prototype board game, based on the rediscovered 17th century Selden Map of China, is a roaring success—playtests, museum exhibitions, reviews in board game publications (check out the newest review from the Escapist) , and over 220 backers to the campaign from around the planet. People see the potential, an Oregon Trail for a globalized world. The game engages young and old, men and women, families and students. It gets players to think about the complex and interconnected history of East Asia. We believe that this is a very important educational tool that belongs in homes and schools, and we're adding two new tiers for donors, Sailor at $5 and Patron at $1800. We want everyone who can to be a part of this mission, and we think together we can all help make that happen. Be a part of unrolling this exceptional map to the world. Tell your friends about us! Come sail with us!
War Mage Games has a new, modular 10mm building range available now.
There are 3 different design styles: - Sci-Fi - Art Deco - Art Nouveau
Features of the buildings: - modular / stackable, build as high as you want - different heights available - ruined versions available - removable roofs - designed with the Dropzone Commander square sizes in mind (these are 3 x 3 and 9 x 9 squares large) - individual engraving possible -Upgrade options include pre-cut mirrored cardboard windows and 3D-cardboard enhancements
more building types to follow, including 3x4, 3x2 and 2x4 DZC-sized versions.
A Maori pa was a fortified settlement with palisades and defensive terraces. In the pre-European period, these were often built on prominent raised ground, especially volcanic hills. The natural slope of the hill was then terraced.
Roly Hermans a New Zealand Veteran war-gamer, For years wanted to have a pa on his wargames table for colonial New Zealand Wars games, but constructing the fencing from pieces of wood was too fiddly and time-consuming, and the results too fragile. Then he came across Printable Scenery …“I discussed with Printable Scenery’s Matt Barker how a model pa needed to work for wargaming. The company was great – I just sent them some drawings and photos and they started showing me 3D prototypes almost the next day.”
After the preparation of many months, our Kickstarter campaign is up and going. Jump in and discover all the 11 different thematic sets that you can get, to make your favorite games shine. You can choose any of the available options, such as: One or more sets of the same or different design. Customizing the Ideal Set for your game. Getting a collector's one of each coins.
In the 24 hours our campaign is almost funded so join in to unlock some Stretch Goals!
We’ve created a new product to round out our container range – stacked containers. We found that a lot of the time we were stacking the containers on top of one another and someone suggested we do a stacked set (as it would be cheaper than two individual ones). And so here it is.
$16.95 for the set of stacked containers, and postage anywhere is $2 (the set has two stacks)
Also, we’ve created a bundle deal that is any two of our container sets for $25.50 (postage is $4) You can mix and match between
- set of 3 standard containers - set of 2 stacks of containers - container houses - container shops - container site office
In the store now is Rev. Johnson's Church, newly released from 4Ground, along with a host of other town terrain for the Old West. including picket fences, gravestones and more.
Also in the store are Arab dwellings for many periods (we reckon they'll do the job is Texas or Mexico).
These are available as part of bundle deals in the webstore.
In their most recent blogpost over on EZPainter Arthur announced that there is just one month left to get miniatures at the flat rate of £5 before the slightly cheaper "special" option dissapears! Also more updates on the Kickstarter and the dreaded code problem!
Though it's raining here in Atlanta on this Friday the 13th, we're not letting it get us down. GAMA is next week, as well as AdeptiCon. So there's plenty to be looking forward to.And, of course, there
Though it's raining here in Atlanta on this Friday the 13th, we're not letting it get us down. GAMA is next week, as well as AdeptiCon. So there's plenty to be looking forward to.
And, of course, there's gaming this weekend. For me, there'll be D&D. What do you have in store?
In this installment of Snippets, we have: More installments of The Fiver from The Meeple Mechanic, Final Week and New Pledge Levels for Fujian Trader, Tabletop-Art Previews Upcoming 32mm Bases, New 10mm modular building range for DZC available from War Mage Games, Oddzial Osmy’s 3mm February Releases Arrive at PicoArmor, New Maori Pa Terrain from Catalyst Creative, Legendary Metal Coins Now Live On Kickstarter, LaserCutCard Stacked Containers Plus Bundle Offer, New Dead Man's Hand 4Ground pre-painted buildings and accessories, and EZPainter Kickstarter updates and Rates news.
Hey friends, my name is Ben Harkins and you are awesome!
I published my first game design (Legacy: Gears of Time) in 2012, and it’s been a great adventure getting to know all of the fantastic people that make up the tabletop community.
Hello! I’m Jonathan Gilmour! I reside in Ohio, with my wife and 4 monsters. I like Pina Coladas and taking walks in the Rain. I program robots during the day, and at night when I should be sleeping I design board games.
The first game that I released was a print and play game called Pocket Dungeon. I followed that up with Co-designing Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game with Isaac Vega. My game that is currently on Kickstarter is Vault Wars, being published by Floodgate Games. I’ve been working on Vault Wars for nearly 3 years, and together with Floodgate on it over the last year. I’d love for readers to back it, because it is a really fun game of bluffing and bidding!
Greetings, Adam Morgan here. I’ve been a writer and creative director for the past 20 years at many international advertising agencies. This has given me a wealth of experience in design, publishing, printing, and overall creative ideas. Beyond a successful day job, I’ve been a student of game design—reading books, blogs, and taking university courses on the subject. I’m passionate about great ideas and mechanics, and feel that the theme should be baked into the entire game.
Hey everyone. I’m Don Mitchell, the head honcho and lead designer of Eye4Games and I hail from the Boston area. By day, I work as a web and iOS programmer helping implement and critique user experience design. By night, I am a game designer who does a little improv on the side.
Hi, I am David Lupo. Originally. I am from Michigan, but I’ve been living in Atlanta for the past 9 years. By day I am a software developer, but my real passion is in board games, and designing games. In fact I’ve been doing it since I was in elementary school. Only recently have decided to bring this passion to the public, and it’s really exciting to see how people react to the game’s I’ve built.
A week to go in the Fujian Trader Kickstarter—we’re almost there but need your help! The prototype board game, based on the rediscovered 17th century Selden Map of China, is a roaring success—playtests, museum exhibitions, reviews in board game publications (check out the newest review from the Escapist) , and over 220 backers to the campaign from around the planet. People see the potential, an Oregon Trail for a globalized world. The game engages young and old, men and women, families and students. It gets players to think about the complex and interconnected history of East Asia. We believe that this is a very important educational tool that belongs in homes and schools, and we're adding two new tiers for donors, Sailor at $5 and Patron at $1800. We want everyone who can to be a part of this mission, and we think together we can all help make that happen. Be a part of unrolling this exceptional map to the world. Tell your friends about us! Come sail with us!
War Mage Games has a new, modular 10mm building range available now.
There are 3 different design styles: - Sci-Fi - Art Deco - Art Nouveau
Features of the buildings: - modular / stackable, build as high as you want - different heights available - ruined versions available - removable roofs - designed with the Dropzone Commander square sizes in mind (these are 3 x 3 and 9 x 9 squares large) - individual engraving possible -Upgrade options include pre-cut mirrored cardboard windows and 3D-cardboard enhancements
more building types to follow, including 3x4, 3x2 and 2x4 DZC-sized versions.
A Maori pa was a fortified settlement with palisades and defensive terraces. In the pre-European period, these were often built on prominent raised ground, especially volcanic hills. The natural slope of the hill was then terraced.
Roly Hermans a New Zealand Veteran war-gamer, For years wanted to have a pa on his wargames table for colonial New Zealand Wars games, but constructing the fencing from pieces of wood was too fiddly and time-consuming, and the results too fragile. Then he came across Printable Scenery …“I discussed with Printable Scenery’s Matt Barker how a model pa needed to work for wargaming. The company was great – I just sent them some drawings and photos and they started showing me 3D prototypes almost the next day.”
After the preparation of many months, our Kickstarter campaign is up and going. Jump in and discover all the 11 different thematic sets that you can get, to make your favorite games shine. You can choose any of the available options, such as: One or more sets of the same or different design. Customizing the Ideal Set for your game. Getting a collector's one of each coins.
In the 24 hours our campaign is almost funded so join in to unlock some Stretch Goals!
We’ve created a new product to round out our container range – stacked containers. We found that a lot of the time we were stacking the containers on top of one another and someone suggested we do a stacked set (as it would be cheaper than two individual ones). And so here it is.
$16.95 for the set of stacked containers, and postage anywhere is $2 (the set has two stacks)
Also, we’ve created a bundle deal that is any two of our container sets for $25.50 (postage is $4) You can mix and match between
- set of 3 standard containers - set of 2 stacks of containers - container houses - container shops - container site office
In the store now is Rev. Johnson's Church, newly released from 4Ground, along with a host of other town terrain for the Old West. including picket fences, gravestones and more.
Also in the store are Arab dwellings for many periods (we reckon they'll do the job is Texas or Mexico).
These are available as part of bundle deals in the webstore.
In their most recent blogpost over on EZPainter Arthur announced that there is just one month left to get miniatures at the flat rate of £5 before the slightly cheaper "special" option dissapears! Also more updates on the Kickstarter and the dreaded code problem!
Well, well, well. Here we are at another Saturday. I hope that those of you out in Boston for PAX East are having a good time, enjoying the cold and snow and all that. Here in Atlanta, it's rainy and
Well, well, well. Here we are at another Saturday. I hope that those of you out in Boston for PAX East are having a good time, enjoying the cold and snow and all that. Here in Atlanta, it's rainy and decently warm. Not the greatest weather to be outside, so that's why everyone should be inside at a gaming table, enjoying this wonderful hobby world of ours.
Anyway, it's also time for another Review Roundup.
This week's installment includes reviews/previews of: Sally 4th 28mm Modular Castle Kits, D&D Miniatures: Tiamat and Bahamut Dragons, Clairvoyance, Harbour, Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansions 2 & 3, Super Motherload, Cyclades: Titans, RESISTOR_, Epic Resort, and Vault Wars.
Castles. Castles are cool. We wanted some castle scenery for use in our tabletop RPGs and fantasy wargames such as Warhammer Fantasy. After looking around at the various options we opted to pick up some of the kits available from Sally 4th, a company specialisting in laser-cut buildings and terrain for historical and fantasy wargaming. Their range of 28mm scale castle kits is vast including many types of tower, wall, building, and hoardings.
Today we are excited to be reviewing Tiamat and Bahamut, two premium dragon figures from the D&D miniatures Icons of the Realms range. These gargantuan sized pre-painted figures can be used in your Dungeons and Dragons RPG sessions, or as collectors pieces for display. These were kindly sent over to us by WizKids after reading our review of their D&D Tyranny of Dragons miniatures set.
In Clairvoyance, players take on the role of psychics capable of controlling objects with their minds. These psychics are in a fight for supremacy using all the objects in an antiques shop, which are portrayed by cards. You’ll be “throwing” items at each other, damaging each other’s health and eliminating players as the game goes on. Last psychic standing wins.
In Harbour, players take the roles of entrepreneurs in the port of Gullsbottom. Players collect and exchange goods, manipulate the market, and purchase the highest-valued buildings to win the game.
The second and third expansions for Commands & Colors Ancients have been combined. In one box you get another Roman army, a Barbarian army, a couple new units, lots of new scenarios and more.
This is a deck builder, but not like Dominion or Star Realms. This game comes with a board. Not a superficial one that is there just to help you place cards. This board is as essential, maybe more so, than the deck you’ll build. And that’s what helps Super Motherload stand out. It’s certainly unique, even if it has some flaws.
Your goal is to drill and bomb your way through the layers of Mars, collecting minerals, bonus bomb tokens, and uncovering alien artifacts. You start with a weak assortment of cards, but like most deck builders, there’s a marketplace to buy better cards.
First, there was nothing. For our evenings were without form, and void. Then there was Cyclades, which let us fill them with a really lovely, accessible war game. Then came the expansion of Cyclades: Hades, and there was a great sadness because we thought it was rubbish, and said as much.
And then there was a great rejoicing, as Cyclades: Titans graced the shelves of our shops, and brought joy to our hearts. Finally came this Cyclades: Titans review, so the people could sit, and listen, and see if it was shit or not.
RESISTOR_ is a card game about hacking but is nothing like real hacking. Then again hacking as shown in the movies is nothing like real hacking. Real hacking is rather boring to watch, and rather bewildering to do. RESISTOR_ on the other hand is enormous fun, even if it does make your brain hurt some times.
The aim of resistor is to hack your opponent’s main frame by creating an unbroken line of your colour from your mainframe to the enemy’s. If you do so you knock the enemy’s mainframe down a DefCon level and you get closer to launching a nuclear missile, but you can ignore the whole cold war aspect as its largely irrelevant. You achieve all this by taking three actions each turn in any order; swap a card out, flip a card over and draw and discard a card. These three actions may not sound like much but they are really clever for one reason; the cards are double sided and you have to hold your hand so your opponent can see the opposite side of the card.
My wife and I love to take vacations to the Caribbean. I love sitting on the beach with a fruity drink in one hand, my kindle in the other, and listening to the ocean roll in. It’s a magical experience… right up to the point where a dragon attacks and burns us to a crisp
OK, maybe that last part never actually happened. But today we are going to take a look at Epic Resort by Floodgate Games. Where do adventurers go after a hard-fought dungeon crawl for a little R and R? No, not Disney World, they head to the Epic Resort. A sun filled location of rest, relaxation, and a little bit (OK a lot) of excitement. Is running this resort for recovering heroes as much fun as slaying monsters in a dungeon? Let’s find out!
Epic Resort is a deck constructing and resource management games for 2-4 players that takes about 30 minutes per player. Epic Resort plays best with any number of players.
Yesterday we posted our review of Epic Resort by Floodgate Games. It’s a game about where heroes go on vacation when they need a break of the daily dungeon crawl grind. If you want to know more about it, you can read our full review here.
But today we are going to talk about Vault Wars, a new auction game coming to Kickstarter. What happens to a hero’s stuff when he goes to the Epic Resort and doesn’t come back? Well, unless his bills are all paid up, his vault will eventually get auctioned off. Lucky for you, you have to the coin to take advantage of that potential windfall. So let’s dive into Vault Wars and see if that’s something you’d like to back on Kickstarter.
Vault Wars is a set collection and auction game for 3-5 players that takes about 30 minutes to play. Vault Wars plays best with 5 players.
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