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A few years ago, we started a Halloween tradition with our gaming group. Every Halloween, we get together and play an appropriately themed game for a few hours, often with some kind of house rule that lets the players earn the right to eat candy. If we can manage it, we play on Halloween night, [...]

Fantasy Flight Games is known for their lavish, detailed and (though I risk abusing the word) epic board games. Twilight Imperium, Descent, World of Warcraft — epic is really the only word that fits. So it’s not a big surprise that they’re the company behind Runewars, a truly epic fantasy board game coming out sometime [...]

Quick and dirty post today, here’s a gallery with some concept art for Dungeon Twister 2 – Prison. This time, we feature the game’s signature character, the Mechanork.

The release date for Dungeon Twister 2 – Prison draws ever nearer, and we’ve got more miniature previews and concept art for this game of shifting dungeons and elusive treasure.

Dungeon Twister 2 – Prison is ramping up for the game’s October release. The sequel to the popular European dungeon crawl board game features a constantly changing board and some detailed pre-painted miniatures representing the various characters and threats you’ll encounter in the labyrinth. We’ve got cool concept art from sketch to sculpt to painted [...]

As I set out to review the additional class options I didn’t cover in last week’s Divine Power review, I realized there might be someone better than I to explain how the invoker has changed — someone who’s spent some time playing the old invoker. So today’s invoker review comes to us via Gavin O’Brien, [...]

Sometimes all the creatures detailed in two Monster Manuals aren’t enough. You might want to adapt a creature from a previous edition of D&D into a 4th Edition monster, or you might want to make a stat block for a unique villain. Robot Viking guest writer (and current DM of the 4e campaign I play [...]

Every galactic empire starts out small, but if you can grow your empire fast enough, you might end up with 12 planets under your control. You can clench them in an iron fist, or build a galactic utopia. Rio Grande’s Race for the Galaxy is a planet colonization card game roughly based on the San [...]

When I heard that Twilight Creations would be showing of their new Martians!!! game at Origins, I was excitedly anticipating a sci-fi twist on their classic invasion game Zombies!!! Unfortunately, there isn’t quite enough twist to set this game apart from its shambling predecessors.

As I sat back this Memorial Day weekend sipping iced tea and enjoying my favorite sporting event (the Indy 500), I reflected on happy childhoods and the sacrifices made by military veterans that make such things possible. That line of thought (plus watching cars hurtle around Indianapolis Speedway at 220 mph) lead me to recall [...]

The original Dungeon Twister is an intriguing board game of dungeon exploration that’s about to get even better with a second edition. Dungeon Twister – Prison will be compatible with the old version, but offer lots of new dungeoneering fun and a constantly shifting dungeon gameboard.

What happened in the years between the defeat of Smaug and Bilbo Baggins’ eleventy-first birthday party? Tolkien never went into much detail about that period, save that Gandalf was seeking information about the ring and Sauron, and the forces of good somehow drove Sauron out of Dol Guldur in Mirkwood (only to reappear in Mordor). [...]