Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Return to ‘The Island of Doctor Necreaux’
Fight monsters, dodge traps, and rescue the scientists from Doctor Necreaux’s volcano lair before time runs out in the new edition of this cooperative game.
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Tag: cooperative games
Cooperative Deck-Building in ‘Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle’
Take on the forces of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named in this cooperative deck-building game, working your way through 7 “years” of Harry’s life at Hogwarts.
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Reaping the Rewards: ‘The Daedalus Sentence’ Is a Sci-Fi Prison Break
“Reaping the Rewards” is a column focusing on finished results of crowdfunding campaigns. Today’s topic is ‘The Daedalus Sentence’, a cooperative board game funded in April 2016 by Cripplefish Games and Eagle-Gryphon Games.
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‘Beyond Baker Street’: Can You Outpace Sherlock?
It’s your chance to play detective, solving a mystery by assembling clues to pin down the suspect, the motive, and the opportunity. But be quick: Sherlock himself is also on the case. Can you work together to solve the mystery before he does?
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Osprey Games Delivers a Kindness of Ravens
Long running publishers of military history books, Osprey Publishing has entered the gaming world with two very good, two-player games.
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Can You Beat ‘The Game’?
In Germany, ‘The Game’ plays YOU! At least, that’s the gist of the blurb on the back of the German edition I got. ‘The Game’ is a cooperative card game that’s very easy to learn but maybe not so easy to beat.
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Reaping the Rewards: ‘Thunderbirds Co-operative Board Game’
After a highly successful Kickstarter, Matt Leacock’s ‘Thunderbirds’ game is finished and in stores. We take a look at the final version.
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Table for One Kickstarter Alert: ‘7th Continent’
‘7th Continent’ is a unique mix of RPG, crafting, exploration, and, if playing with multiple players, cooperation.
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‘Covalence’ Game: Cooperative, Educational, Chemistry Fun
‘Covalence’ is a cooperative and educational chemistry game. But is it fun? Yes!
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Kickstarter Review: ‘Thunderbirds Co-operative Board Game’
The ‘Thunderbirds’ are returning this year in a cooperative board game by Matt Leacock, now on Kickstarter.
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Stab Your Buddies, Protect the Castle in Munchkin Panic
GeekDad’s favorite cooperative game, Castle Panic, gets a backstabbing update when it collides with Munchkin in the all new Munchkin Panic boardgame.
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Die Fighter: A Great New Way to Play Space Cadets: Dice Duel
One of my favorite games from last year’s Gen Con was Space Cadets: Dice Duel, a real-time team-vs.-team shootout between two spaceships. You’re moving your ship around the board, loading torpedoes, energizing shields, setting target locks and jamming your opponent’s locks… all while rolling dice frantically. This year at Gen Con, Stronghold Games released an expansion: Die Fighter.
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It’s No Mirage — Forbidden Desert Is Finally Here!
Forbidden Desert releases this week. The game, a follow-up to the critical hit Forbidden Island is fun to play and very challenging, too. Can you search a lost city in the desert to find pieces of a legendary plane, before a storm buries you and the city? Or will the scorching sun take you first?
Continue ReadingMyth: A Fully Cooperative Dungeon Crawl Board Game Kickstarter
It’s difficult to find a cooperative dungeon crawl adventure that doesn’t require one of the players to play against their friends as the dungeon master, crypt keeper, or overlord. I’m very excited to see that MERCS Miniatures is Kickstarting a …
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The Best Board Games of 2012
Well, 2012 didn’t turn out to be the year of the Mayan apocalypse, which is good because I’ve still got a bunch of games I want to tell you about. So what were our favorite games of 2012? Here are …
Continue ReadingEscape: The Curse of the Temple
You and your fellow explorers have journeyed deep into a Mayan (or Aztec or something) temple, but now you find that it’s cursed! Activate the magic gems, beware the black masks, and get to the exit before the temple collapses. …
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Shadowrift: Cooperative Deck-Building—With Monsters
Shadowrift is a cooperative deck-builder where the monsters don’t wait for you to come out and fight.
Continue ReadingCollaboration is Key to Surviving Zombicide
Zombicide, by Guillotine Games, joins the popular trend of cooperative board games that are designed to allow friends to play towards a common goal instead of being at odds with one another. In this case, you’re banding together in a …
Continue ReadingShields Are Down, Hyperdrive Is Dead — Here’s the Damage Report
Damage Report is a real-time cooperative sci-fi game, seeking funding on Kickstarter until Monday, October 8.
Continue ReadingFlash Point: 2nd Story Raises the Stakes
At the beginning of this month, a new expansion for Flash Point showed up on Kickstarter, featuring two-story buildings. Designed by a German fan (who’s also a firefighter), Flash Point: 2nd Story gives you two new buildings to use, along …
Continue ReadingCastle Panic: The Wizard’s Tower – Now With 50% More Panic!
Overview: Ok, yeah, I totally made up the 50% — maybe it’s 40%, maybe it’s 75%, but it’s definitely more. The Wizard’s Tower is an expansion to the excellent cooperative family game Castle Panic that adds a wizard to your …
Continue ReadingExplore the Forbidden Island on Your iPad
Forbidden Island is a wonderful, easy-to-learn cooperative board game designed by Matt Leacock, the guy behind Pandemic (also fantastic). The game was a Mensa Select Game in 2010 and was nominated for the Spiel des Jahres earlier this year. The …
Continue ReadingCutthroat Caverns: Teamwork + Betrayal = Fun!
Overview: “Without teamwork … you’ll never survive. Without betrayal … you’ll never win.” That tagline pretty much sums up Cutthroat Caverns, a card-based RPG-style game from Smirk and Dagger. Although it’s been around since 2007, it’s new to me. You …
Continue ReadingDefend Your Territory in Castle Panic
Overview: In Castle Panic, a lone castle stands in the middle of the forest, which is filled with monsters. You and your friends must work together to defend the castle. One player will earn the title of Master Slayer—but only …
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