Gen Con 2017 Preview Now Live

The 2017 Origins Game Fair is over, so it's time to look ahead to Gen Con 2017, which takes place August 17-20 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

I'd say more about one or both of these shows, or the rate at which titles will be added to the Gen Con 2017 Preview over the next two months (which starts at 146 titles while the previous two years had about 550 on them), but I got sick at the end of Origins — bad sandwich, I think — and can barely think straight, so just have at it!

New Game Round-up: Raiders in North America, Antiquity Anew, and Doomtown: ReReloaded

Jun 14, 2017

I'm in Columbus, Ohio to cover the 2017 Origins Game Fair, with five days of live game demos and interviews starting Wednesday, June 14, but before we get to that, let's round up a few...

Designer Diary: Stroop, or Coaxing a Game out of an Established Phenomenon

Jun 12, 2017

Some things are far more obvious in retrospect. Such is the design of Stroop, a speedy perception card game with simple rules.Psychological OriginsI can't remember exactly when I first saw a...

Crowdfunding Round-up: Rush, Rise and Tumble Through a Radiant Kitchen Dawn

Jun 11, 2017

• Let's start this week's c.f. round-up with what's simultaneously the quietest-looking and the most graphically striking game on the line-up: Todd Sanders' IUNU. Sanders first released this...

New Game Round-up: New Editions, Expansions and Spinoffs for Wildcatters, The Climbers, Sellswords, Quartermaster General, and Legends of Andor

Jun 10, 2017

• U.S. publisher Capstone Games has announced the Q4 2017 release of two titles, the first being a new edition of Wildcatters from designers Rolf Sagel and André Spil, which first appeared in...

Designer Diary: Pinball Showdown, or Quarter Up!

Jun 09, 2017

Pinball Showdown is a game that had a long and varied road before it reached its final destination. This is due in large part to my love of pinball and the fact that I've run a business restoring...