Among the many axioms about battlefield tactics, one of the most useful (and obvious) is upsetting expectations. That is, the less predictable you are to your opponent, the better your chances at victory. If your enemy knows what you’re...
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Treefrog Games, the publishing imprint for game designer Martin Wallace, is closing its doors. The company’s upcoming release, A Handful of Stars, will be the last game released by the studio. Wallace cites an increasingly crowded board game market as...
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Role Selection is an interview series in which we chat up folks who work, live, and play board games in a variety of ways to learn about the roles in the hobby they’ve chosen. Character Name: Justin Jacobson Role:...
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The next in our monthly To Be Played series has been posted. Check it out! We want to know if you’ve played any on our list or what you hope to get to your own table this month.
“He who wishes to fight must first count the cost. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming, then men’s weapons will grow dull and their ardor will be dampened.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of...
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Restoration Games, a new game studio co-founded by Pandemic Legacy and SeaFall designer Rob Daviau, has lifted the lid off the first three games the company plans to resurrect in 2017. The ethos of Restoration Games is one of looking...
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Editor’s Note: Cash ‘n Guns is the second Rundown Review, a new subset of reviews that allows us to provide an Archetype breakdown on games when a normal comprehensive review isn’t possible or necessary. You can read more here for details....
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The next video in our monthly Haul series has been posted! Welcome back! November was an interesting month for acquisitions between BGG and more than a few Kickstarters coming due. The cool part was that a definite pattern emerged…
Do you have it in you to handle one last big score? And when I say big, let me stress that none of us are sure exactly how large of an operation we’re talking about. All we know is that...
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WizKids has announced that X-Men First Class will be the next expansion to its Dice Masters collectible card and dice game. The new set will debut in June, and will lift characters and events from the entire history of Marvel...
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