While wandering GenCon, the Academy Games booth caught my eye, specifically the Mare Nostrum board fully set up on a neoprene mat of the Mediterranean, complete with plastic buildings and tokens. As a historical wargammer, I’m a sucker for games…
Clank! Deck Building Dungeon Crawl
After several rounds of the Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle deck building game I found myself wanting more in a similar vein, but with more variability. Clank!, a deck builder by Dire Wolf Digital and Renegade Game Studios, is a delightful…
Horizon Zero Dawn brought to Analog by Steamforged Games
In addition to their already popular Guild Ball series, Steamforged Games’ booth at GenCon included demos of Godtear and dioramas of their Dark Souls board game. As an avid fan of Horizon Zero Dawn on PS4 I was excited to…
Forbidden Sky: Why Aren’t We Allowed Anywhere?
You’ve survived the sea, you’ve survived the sand, but can you stand when the sky itself is against you? Welcome, dear readers, as you disembark from your hastily made aircraft. Please deposit all of the sand that you are carrying…
Arkham Horror 3rd Edition: A Quick Impression
(As a note, I demo’ed this game at GenCon, where Fantasy Flight was doing rolling demos. This means that while I watched a few games and played several rounds, I did not play a full game and can’t fully say…
The Keys to Publishing in the Digital Age? Authenticity and Consistency
As a newer participant at GenCon I was struck by the sheer size of it, as well as the number of new games being demoed and sold. Wondering how the market bears this, I attended a panel titled Tabletop Business…
Impression: Freeblades Fantasy Skirmish Game
When my wargaming friends and I have gotten deeper into our drinks, our conversation steers towards the limits of d6 based rules systems for tabletop wargaming. I was reminded of this at GenCon upon seeing a demo set up for…
Blending Digital and Physical: Dire Wolf at GenCon
While at GenCon I was able to speak with Matt Hudson from Dire Wolf Digital. It was the company’s second year at the convention and we focused on their digital and physical strategy, specifically looking at two of their more…
Movie Trailers that are Better than the Actual Films
Movie Trailers are an art form to themselves. They are short films designed to put butts in seats when it comes time to sell tickets. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that at times there are trailers that are themselves…
Bee Lives: An Impression That’s Just Buzzing Around The Corner
It Lives! It Lives! Rise now, my minion, and wreck terror upon the masses with your fearsome stinger… Wait. What do you mean that ‘Lives’ is a noun here? Indeed, this is not a game regarding the resurrection of bees…