Robot Viking

The official release date for the Gamma World boxed set is October 19, but it arrived on my doorstep last week. Here’s your chance to pry it open before the official unveiling at PAX.

Sometimes you don’t have time for an epic game of Empire Builder. Mayfair’s Express: The Railroad Card Game offers a different way to play with trains, as Joe Grabianowski explains in this thoroughly playtested review.

Billy Gibbs has a great review of Super Genius Games’ Genius Guide to Archer Archetypes. There’s a lot of cool stuff in this one that will surely get you excited to roll up a ranger who goes way beyond the usual “nature guy with a bow” schtick.

Fantasy Flight’s new Space Hulk: Death Angel card game pits your squad of space marines against a terrifying swarm of aliens inside an abandoned spaceship. All you have to do is make it to the control deck before the Genestealers tear your crew to pieces. Total milk run. Right?

Look what arrived at Robot Viking headquarters today…

There we were, ensconced in the Wizards’ of the Coast Steel Cocktail Lounge high above the Gen Con exhibitor’s hall, Laura Tommervik, Rodney Thompson and I. What else was there to do but open up that new D&D Red Box and find out what it’s all about?

The latest sensation sweeping the young adult best-seller lists is Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. This is no twee, sparkly tripe, though. Wizkids’ Training Days game lets you step into the roles of post-apocalyptic teens prepping for their day in a one-on-one death arena.

Check out this gallery of stunningly detailed miniatures from Dream Pod 9′s Heavy Gear booth at Gen Con (you didn’t think I was done sharing Gen Con stuff, did you?).

This week, Avalon Hill releases the second part of their epic reworking of the classic World War II high-level strategy game Axis & Allies.

Bob and John from GenerationD20 concocted this special segment of their infamous (or soon to be infamous) Draft Beer. They did an M11 draft and also put away a few bottles of Scrimshaw Pilsner.

Gavin O’Brien took over as DM of the regular Robot Viking D&D group this week, his first stint in the 4e DM’s chair. He helpfully explains what it was like to take his former companions for a spin on the Wheel of Pain.

Ryk Perry’s review of the iphone app for 4e D&D examines what it can and can’t do for your character.

In my two days at Gen Con, I saw a lot of stuff and talked to a lot of people. What’s painfully evident, however, is just how much I missed. Terry Hope Romero was also there reporting for io9.com, and she has a mega gallery of Gen Con pics up today that shows off lots [...]

A revitalized Wizkids was at Gen Con last week showing off some new and upcoming games. Drawing the most attention were a pair of prototypes for two very different, very interesting Star Trek games planned for 2011 release.