Last year at Gencon Indy, Fantasy Flight Games demonstrated their upcoming board game based on the Battlestar Galactica television series. The tables running the game seemed to be incredibly busy, and the players seated around those tables clearly were enjoying what they were doing. Unfortunately, I never got to play the game – until last [...]
Twilight Creations to Receive Reiner Knizia’s Zombiegeddon
According to the Twilight Creations web site, Reiner Knizia’s Zombiegeddon game will be arriving to their warehouse around February 20, 2009. Zombiegeddon is described as “a fast-paced, perfect-information, strategy game” in which each player rushes around the board during the first half of the game collecting supplies and trying to prevent other players from getting [...]
Hasbro to Release CLUE: Secrets and Spies This Fall
EAST LONGMEADOW, MASS. (FEBRUARY 12, 2009) – mEt agnt mtard in Moscow w microcs! (Translation: Meet Agent Mustard in Moscow with the microchips!) This fall, Hasbro’s classic game of murderous mayhem will take an international twist as the iconic characters from CLUE embark on a globetrotting adventure to foil the plans of the Criminal League [...]
Two Hour Wargames Releases “Nuthin’ But Net”
Two Hour Wargames has announced the release of “Nuthin’ But Net“, their game of 3-man fantasy basketball. Players choose their team from nine fantasy races to play a game where contact is accepted, if not encouraged. It features 50 large color counters representing the nine different teams, an 11×17 inch color court/board, and individualized play [...]
Mayfair Games Announces Martin Wallace’s Steam
The Mayfair Games web site has announced the upcoming release of Martin Wallace’s Steam, which Wallace describes as “the latest, and hopefully, last expression of a system that I designed back in the 1990s. The core mechanic of moving cubes to final destinations has proved incredibly resilient and adaptable. With Steam, I have attempted to [...]
Updates to 4th Street Software’s Sports Games
If you’re into sports-themed games, you may want to check out the latest happenings at the 4th Street Software web site. Since late December, they’ve made a number of improvements and releases for their hockey game. They also offer a football computer game, football board game, and a baseball board game, in addition to the [...]
Z-Man Games’ Pandemic for $18.95 from Pozy.com
The Pozy.com games page is currently offering the Z-Man Games boardgame “Pandemic” for $18.95, which is approximately $16 off its normal retail price. The Z-Man web site describes Pandemic as follows:
Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to a team of specialists in various fields to find cures for these [...]
FFG’s Battlestar Galactica Board Game Previews
Fantasy Flight Games’ Battlestar Galactica board game seemed to get a TREMENDOUS amount of attention back at Gen Con Indy 2008. I failed to get a demo of the prototype they were playing with, but it looked good. There are three previews on FFG’s site now, along with rules and FAQ.
Cheese Weasel Sale on Pit Fighter: Fantasy Arena
The Cheese Weasel Logistics web site says that their popular Pit Fighter: Fantasy Arena game is on sale for $19.95 with each expansion priced at $4.95. Click here for more details.
Gamewright Releases “Captain Clueless”
Gamewright has released the family game “Captain Clueless” reccently. They describe the game as follows:
Set a course for high seas hilarity aboard this party game that puts you behind the rose-colored sunglasses of Captain R. U. Clueless – the world’s most oblivious cruise ship captain. While blindfolded, try to navigate a clear route to your [...]
Fantasy Flight Games’ “Battlestar Galactica”
This article starts with an admission… I never got close enough to this game to actually play it. This game was so darned popular at Gen Con Indy 2008 that I simply couldn’t find a time when a seat was available to sit down and get a demo. The tables were full any time Fantasy [...]
Fantasy Flight Games’ “Tannhauser”
While at Gen Con, I had the opportunity to sit down for a 30-45 minute demo of the combat and movement mechanics of Fantasy Flight Games’ “Tannhauser: Operation Novgorod” expansion to its popular “Tannhauser” title.
The setting of Tannhauser is that World War I never ended. To quote FFG’s web site: “Tannhäuser is a tactical board [...]
“Battue: Storm of the Horse Lords” by Red Juggernaut
A brief introduction to Battue: Storm of the Horse Lords by Red Juggernaut
APE Releases “duck! duck! GO!”
APE Games releases duck! duck! GO!, a rubber duck racing game.
Asmodee Releases Wicked Witches Way
Announcement of the release of Wicked Witches Way by Asmodee Editions.