Fairway’s been away. In space. Apparently for a few months. He returns from space with this Kickstarter preview of Moonshot, a dice-rolling, space-race game that’s coming to Kickstarter on April 24th.
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The Board Game Workshop #36: Simultaneous Action Selection
Chris chats with Bez, Dr. Wictz, and Andrew Miller about the simultaneous action selection game mechanism.
Before and After: Groves
Groves is a beautiful game designed by Steven Aramini and Dan Letzring, with artwork by Nolan Nasser, and published by Letiman Games. Groves had a very successful Kickstarter campaign, reaching a funding amount of $38,123 (433% of its goal) and 957 backers. This game recently began fulfillment to its Kickstarter backers, including me! I was lucky enough to own one of the prototype copies of this game and super stoked to compare it to the final production copy. Now that I have both in my possession, I can do just that! Without further ado, Before and After: Groves edition.
Fire in the Library: Video Review
NOTE: Carla of Weird Giraffe Games is a member of The Indie Game Report. While my opinion remains unbiased regardless of her TIGR membership, I just want to let you know 😉 In episode 71, I’m sharing a game with you coming to Kickstarter this month, Fire in the Library from Weird Giraffe Games, designed by Tony Miller and John Prather. A press your luck game about a burning library? I’m all for it! You can find out more about Fire in the Library as well as Weird Giraffe Games by visiting: http://fireinthelibrary.com/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/240744/fire-library http://weirdgiraffegames.com/ Music Intro and outro: Rainbow Street by Scott Holmes Playthrough: Toys by Steve Combs
The Board Game Workshop: Pitch Challenge (#32)
Episode 32 Welcome to The Board Game Workshop. Enter to win a copy of Battlestar Galactica just answer this short survey. Survey Link: https://goo.gl/forms/ajckwiba2X7pxNh63 http://www.boardgamizer.com/ Shawn https://twitter.com/FlatoutGames Brian https://twitter.com/ScrapYardArmory Chris Anderson https://twitter.com/BlueCubeBGs www.BlueCubeBoardGames.com https://www.facebook.com/BlueCubeBoardGames/ https://www.theindiegamereport.com Music “Bit Shift” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Contact Us [email protected] theboardgameworkshop.com https://twitter.com/TheBGWorkshop
Wayward the Board Game: What We Know
Last year, IDW Games announced that they would be publishing a Wayward board game based on the popular Image Comics’ series, Wayward, by Jim Zub and Steven Cummings. Few details were shared at the time of the announcement about the game and what we can expect from it, but we did learn some awesome things.
Chatty Cassie: Gen Con Favorites of 2017
It is no surprise to anyone when I tell them I like indie games. I mean the name of the website I write for is The Indie Game Report. When I attended Gen Con this past August, I was set on finding games that weren’t listed in “The Hotness” on BoardGameGeek. I wanted to find the games which were treasures hidden among the shiny franchised games.
Go Forth and Game: Bigfoot vs. Yeti
Tom chats with Diane Sauer of Shoot Again Games about her latest game, Bigfoot vs. Yeti. The game is available for pre-orders right now.
Cardboarding with Carla: Runes of Ragnarok
Carla chats with Christopher Davis about his Kickstarter campaign, Runes of Ragnarok. Game Title: Runes of Ragnarok – A Game of Dice, Combat, and Strategy Short Description: Ragnarok has arrived. Become a god and battle for Asgard in this Norse themed dice building game. 4 gods, 50 custom dice, & 24 minions. Launch date: Nov 7th End date: Dec 16th Funded?: Not Yet Cost for a copy of the game: $40| Published by: Windborn Games Campaign Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/536959694/runes-of-ragnarok-a-game-of-dice-combat-and-strate Hello! Welcome to Cardboarding with Carla and thanks for being on this interview! Could we start off with you telling us a bit about yourself? My name is Christopher Davis. I’m from sunny southern California, am married to my beautiful wife / business partner Beth, and have a charming baby girl with said wife / business partner. This game is my first attempt at breaking into board games professionally, but I’ve been…
Rebirth Role-Playing Game Review
In our newest feature, Jordan Palmer takes a look at the world of Rebirth a role-playing game by Michael Hansen.