Back in October I wrote about a little Kickstarter board game project called Super Showdown. With graphics recalling the Golden Age of comics, Super Showdown is a slim little two-player game that has surprising depth with a simple set of components. I just got my Kickstarter-reward copy this week, and ...

If you've ever shared the grief of getting destroyed by diseases while playing Pandemic, consoled a friend over continuously bad dice rolls during an entire campaign of Dungeons & Dragons, or done a victory lap around the table after finally winning a marathon game of Puerto Rico, you know that ...

Pick your routes, place your cars, and get your tickets punched. This week’s episode of Geek & Sundry‘s Tabletop features all-time favorite train game Ticket to Ride and this week’s guests are actor Colin Ferguson, Wil’s friend and huge comic geek Amy Dallen and Wil’s wife, Anne Wheaton. Ticket to Ride is ...

MicroMonsters is a dexterity game, similar to Tiddlywinks, with players vying to seal off their opponents' gates by jumping onto them. It's from the designers of Micro Mutant Evolution, but is a simplified version intended for younger players with fewer rules.

I suppose it only makes sense that a movie based on a classic boardgame would use a classic plot point: alien invasion! From the trailer, you can tell that the aliens are bent on destruction, have some pretty high-tech weaponry (force fields, peg-shaped missiles, giant spinning wheelie-things that tear apart ...

Titans of Industry is another heavy-duty worker placement game set in the 1920s, with players competing to build factories, produce resources, and then sell them at businesses for profit and sweet, sweet victory points. The game is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter; I received a prototype to try out.

True Dungeon recently announced a massive expansion to the the live-action D&D-style adventure that it has run at Gen Con for the past nine years. To celebrate its tenth year, the wildly popular event is moving from its old home in a 20,000-square-foot ballroom in the Marriott to the 45,000-square-foot ...

The good news is: you've been hired to supervise the construction of the new castle. The bad news is: due to a clerical error, you're not the only one. And since there's only one key to the city (purely ceremonial), the king has decided to just award it to the ...

Just a quick note to let you know (if you haven't already heard the cheering in the streets) that Steve Jackson Games (SJG) finished its OGRE Kickstarter project with $923,680 raised in backer funding. Yes, that's right -- almost (pinky to corner of mouth) one million dollars raised for a ...

You're building a zoo, so you need to get some animals to fill your enclosures — but you only have three enclosures and you can't just mix and match animals, so choose wisely. Animals that don't fit will have to go into the barn, which costs you. Zooloretto Mini is ...