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[15 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
Shadows Upon Lassadar: Siege at Nem

Siege at Nem is a postcard style wargame for 1 or 2 players lasting 25 minutes and is the second game in the 2nd Lassadar game trilogy.

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[12 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
Rebel Raiders on the High Seas  (Video Review)

Rebel Raiders on the High Seas is a comparatively short and simple game of the naval conflict at sea and on the great rivers in the American Civil War. Easily playable in less than three hours, Rebel Raiders on the High Seas is a strategic contest between two players, one seeking to reunite the Union by force, the other to maintain its new independence in the face of the escalating industrial might and resolve of its northern brother.

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[7 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
The Last King of Scotland (Video Review)

With a seeming fascination for all things Scottish, Idi Amin referred to himself as the “uncrowned king of Scotland”. When Amin fled Uganda in a sense he truly became “The Last King of Scotland.” Each game turn is a month of real time. Each hex covers 30 miles, and units range from platoons to battalions.

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[6 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
All Things Zombie: Final Fade Out (A Video Review)

All Things Zombie: Final Fade Out is a miniature skirmish game set in a post-apocalyptic future where the world is filled with hordes of Zombies, leaving humans to fight for survival each day.

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[2 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
The Task of Ezrok (Video Review)

The Task of Ezrok is a solitaire card game with a heroic fantasy theme. Adventurers in the world of Ezrok prefer to be clad in leathers & fur, and various factions of druids are everywhere; some good, some not so good.

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[30 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
Last Night on Earth: Timber Peak

Escaping from the zombie-overrun town of Woodinvale, a handful of survivors make their way up into the mountains – but as they reach the small logging and mining town of Timber Peak, they discover that a new nightmare has just begun!

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[26 Apr 2013 | One Comment | ]
Newtown (Video Review)

Newtown includes a three-tiered movement system that simulates the individual nature of Indian warfare. Small war parties often acted according to their own will rather then following orders from “commanding officers.”

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[24 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
The Island of Lost Spells (Video Review)

In ancient times, there was a school of magic on the Island of Lost Spells. The books that remain in underground vaults are invaluable, and their knowledge will yield keys to the secrets of the realm.

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[23 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
Drop Site (Video Review)

Drop Site, the winner of the Premio Archimede 2010 Carta Mundi special prize for best card game, is a game about coordinating humanitarian aid shipments.
As parachutes of aid drift (quickly) to the ground, players must do their best to predict where aid shipments will land. This aspect is represented by players hiding cards in their “debt” pile in hopes that these cards will later match the face-up cards in the middle of the table. Players score points for every card (aid shipment) they are able to accurately predict by the …

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[20 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
Rally Race USA Review

Try as you might, it’s impossible to maintain the lead throughout the race – and truth be told, while being first at the end of the race helps, placing first at your scoring locations is even more important. Every turn someone could trigger a scoring point. Where will you be as you and your opponents control which checkpoints will score and which get bypassed?