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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.

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

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.

I’m a big fan of indie games, but it’s rare to come across an indie board game. Especially one that looks awesome and is full of dark humor and absurdist hijinx. Therefore, go directly to io9.com and check out my review of Inevitable, which contains all those things, plus politically organized zombies.

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 [...]