Submitted by charlie on 01/29/2015 - 15:44. Category: Articles
How Unpub has improved Planet Chasers, a game of solar system exploration in which all players share the same dice roll to move their rockets, but must decide when to spend fuel to use the full roll.
Passport Game Studios releases two casual games this week, Monopoly is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year and Mayfair has a new game for pre-order.
In this Closet Report, our attention turns to an elegant and soon-to-be classic board game, Qin, an easy-to-play, easy to understand game of matching wits.
Submitted by charlie on 01/22/2015 - 14:22. Category: Articles
FireBreak is a cooperative forest fire fighting game. It was made better over a series of Unpub events because of designers and players who were willing to play it and offer constructive feedback.
Submitted by jedaward on 01/21/2015 - 10:28. Category: Reviews
Niya, by Blue Orange Games, is a small strategy game that adds a twist and depth to the common game mechanic of lining up patterns. Within a few moments we had the game set up and knew the rules, and gameplay was fast yet thoughtful.
It’s the month of sci-fi Kickstarter games with three campaigns running for space-themed board and card games. There’s also a handful of fun, fast-playing card games, including one party game designed for as few as two players.
Z-Man Games has announced two new cards games, Green Couch Games will be releasing Best Treehouse Ever, and Dominion will be getting a ninth expansion.
Othello: this easy-to-play, easy to understand game of field control and strategic overturn captures the attention and challenges players in fast-paced decision-making. Let's take a closer look.
If crowdfunding were a spectator sport, Kickstarter would be the modern-day demolition derby for intellectual property disputes. It has never been easier for game publishers to get themselves into a head-on intellectual property pileup.
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