Sorry for the short post, but there is an awesome game on Kickstarter right now being published by a good friend of mine who needs help getting it off the ground. Backing has been slow for some reason, but I believe in his work. Check it out if you could use a good casual/filler game [...]

GUGames will be appearing at the Conflagration Gaming Convention THIS Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in Tempe, AZ. (Click the image for the official site and details) Well will be in the vendor’s area and we will be debuting some brand new games (which will be further announced after the event) as well as exhibiting on [...]

An interesting announcement, indeed. It looks like Blizzard has teamed up with USAopoly to produce licensed versions of two of the most iconic and well-known boardgames of our culture, Monopoly, and Risk. I collect Monopoly sets and memorabilia, I have over 50 different sets. Of course, I will be compelled to add this to my [...]

 As most of you already know, I’m having something of an affair with deck building games at the moment…and have been for the past couple of years. Penny Arcade The Game – Gamers vs Evil takes the best aspects of Dominion and Ascension and creates something light-hearted, and ridiculously easy to play. You have a pool [...]

A few months ago, my friend and local gamestore owner handed me a demo pack of a game he received called Iconica. Knowing I was a game designer, he wanted to know what I thought, because the designer of Iconica lives in the same city as I. I read through the rules and examined the [...]

Anyone who follows this site knows well of my advocacy for The Game Crafter, and they’ve gotten a facelift! No longer in beta, TGC has relaunched their site with a brand new look and many new features on the way. Not the least of which is apparently a new shipping method for games, they come [...]

I’ve got a thing for deckbuilding games. I’m almost finished designing one of my own, and my next design will likely be a deckbuilding game as well. Ever since I played Dominion for the first time I was enamored with the brilliance and simplicity of the concept and reeled at the fact that it hadn’t [...]

Card Armies: Battle for Wesnoth 4/5 Stars David Bradshaw 2-6 Players Ages 12+ ~60 Minutes OVERVIEW From the sales page: “Card Armies: Battle For Wesnoth is a roleplaying/strategy game designed by David Bradshaw. You control an army in the fantasy world of Wesnoth, and must combine planning, tactics, and luck to emerge victorious over your [...]

(X is a variable. Insert religion here.) Still need an idea for a quick Holiday gift? Worry not, the last-minute solution is here! The Board Game Remix Kit is awesome, but more specifically it is a collection of house rules and such to take parts from common household games (like Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, and Scrabble) [...]

 For those who don’t know, Arhkam Horror is an expansive, brilliant Cthulian horror board game where you play the role of a team of investigators trying to prevent some kind of cosmic horror (evil gods and the like) from destroying reality. Final Fantasy 6, is a console roleplaying game with a very rich storyline and [...]