Kingdom Death: Monster 1.5, the updated and expanded version of the 2012 Kickstarter success, could end up being the most funded board game ever on Kickstarter. Having raised over $6 million in just a few days, it currently sits just two and a half million behind Exploding Kittens, the biggest crowd …
Read More »Dice catapults threaten to tidy up your board gaming
Much like gaming in general over the past few decades, board games have also been modernised. Companion applications, sound tracks and updated mechanics have all helped usher in a new age of tabletop play and now Drawlab wants to change the way we all throw dice too: with its own …
Read More »Hand tracked, VR tabletop RPGs coming soon
Tabletop role playing and board gaming action is set to arrive in virtual reality in various guises over the next week weeks, taking some of the best elements of real world play and making them available online. There will be hand tracking, room-scale tracking and a variety of environments to …
Read More »Games on Kickstarter raised $46 million in 2015
While crowd-funded games might not be the big news they used to be, plenty of gamers are still backing projects that they really believe in. According to the latest statistics, video game projects raised just over $46 million over the course of 2015, which is more than what was raised …
Read More »The Banner Saga: Warbands is coming to a tabletop near you
It seems far too long since we battled Dredge, the elements and each other in the brutal world of The Banner Saga, with its beautiful artwork and haunting music, but part two isn't supposed to be too far away now. If it does turn out to take a little longer …
Read More »Total War: Warhammer said to capture chaotic tabletop feel
Even though Games workshop has released a number of games based around its Warhamer and Warhammer 40,000 universes over the years, very few of them really captured the anarchic battles that can feature everything from trolls, to steampunk cannons, to demi-gods and demons. Fortunately then, early reports of the upcoming …
Read More »Games Workshop could be in real financial trouble
Games Workshop has always been a polarising company. On one hand, it has for many years been the best outlet for fantasy and Sci-Fi miniatures, pushing the quality envelope and maintaining some of the most popular tabletop miniature games out there. But on the other, it's repeatedly made moves that anger consumers …
Read More »Games Workshop looks to be in a lot of trouble
Hey guys, you know how annoyingly weird Games Workshop usually is? You know how it seems to ignore fans, upping prices every year by crazy margins, turning its magazine into a product catalogue, punishing third party retailers and replacing its white metal models with a bubble filled, warped material? Well …
Read More »Board games are my Kickstarter kryptonite
A couple of years on from Kickstarter becoming a real thing that we all sling money at every few months, its left the world feeling a little weary of crowd funding. I think we all got pretty excited by it in the early days, but its hard now to swing …
Read More »Bioshock Infinite is a board game too
If you've been busy trying to win one of our giveaway Bioshock Infinite codes, or have already played your way through Irrational's epic sky-faring adventure, you'll probably be interested to know that it's getting a board game treatment that'll be released sometime in the next few months. **Mild Spoilers to follow** Called …
Read More »