Game Preview: Ghostbusters: The Board Game

I didn't attend BGG.CON 2015 due to other travel plans that took place at the same time, but thankfully Beth Heile reprised her host role from Gen Con and Spiel and took time out from playing games to record a few demos of newly released and upcoming titles, including Ghostbusters: The Board Game, a cooperative design from Matt Hyra, Adam Sblendorio and Mataio Wilson at Cryptozoic Entertainment that racked up huge numbers on Kickstarter and is now available at retail outlets.

Crowdfunding Round-up: Five Games for People on the Go, Three New Worlds, and One Faux Viking Creation

Dec 06, 2015

• Let's kick off this miniature c.f. round-up with a title that you can't even buy, at least not immediately. Instead you're giving funds so that others can play.German designer/publisher...

New Game Round-up: Numenera in the Cards, Drones at the Gaming Table, and Marshmallows at the Dawn of Time

Dec 05, 2015

• Time for another round-up of new game announcements that have been buried in my inbox for (possibly) far longer than they should have been, starting with Lone Shark Games and titles other...

Gen Con 2016 to Expand into Lucas Oil Stadium

Dec 04, 2015

Gen Con 2015 was the largest game convention yet in Indianapolis, Indiana — 61,000+ unique attendees, 400+ exhibitors, and 14,000+ events — but that growth came at a cost, with multiple...

New Game Round-up: Making Kings, Building Heroes, and Seating the Family at the Table

Dec 04, 2015

• Blue Orange Games has revealed two of its 2016 offerings, with one of them being by company co-owner Thierry Denoual and following the "learn it in thirty seconds" rule that seems to underlie...

New Game Round-up: Arkwright Returns, Temporum Expands, and World War I Moves Underground

Dec 03, 2015

• Capstone Games is a new U.S. publisher founded by Clay Ross, and it's debuting at the 2016 Origins Game Fair with the release of a second edition of Stefan Risthaus' Arkwright, first released...