Gaming

Re-Roll: This Week’s Tabletop Game News for Week 51 of 2019

Here is the board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending December 20, 2019.

Gaming News

AEG posted a very interesting take on convention-going. Well worth the read.
CMON has released a special holiday-themed scenario for Foodies.
Also from CMON is more news on the Night of the Living Dead: A Zombicide Game, this time with a preview of some of the mini sculpts.
Fantasy Flight has announced details of the new scenario packs for X-Wing Miniatures.
River Horse is returning to Jim Henson’s epic fantasy world with Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: The Card Game.
The Op continues to expand the Codenames universe with an edition dedicated to everyone’s favorite yellow family. Codename: The Simpsons Family Edition is in stores now.
Front Porch Games has released a set of Guiness Pub Games just in time for the holidays.
Asmodee USA has inked a deal to distribute Funforge in the states, including such popular titles as Tokaido.
Blade Runner 2049 is getting a board game from WizKids. Pre-orders will be available in January, with the game due in April.
Gloomhaven is getting an expansion, Frosthaven, which is being touted as “Gloomhaven 2.0.”

GeekDad and GeekMom Reviews

Here are the games we’ve reviewed this week:

Ryan Hiller wrote up Starfinder on Alexa.
Robin Brooks reviewed Periodic.
Jonathan Liu reviewed Chicken Time Warp and took a look at Unsettled.

What We’re Playing

Finally, here’s what the GeekDads played this week:

Greg Howley Dungeons and Dragons and Smash Up.
Will James played Kingdomino, which is this week’s featured image.
Michael Pistiolas played Champions of Midgard and Cartographers.
Robin Brooks played Warhammer Underworlds: Beastgrave and Periodic
Jonathan Liu played Founders of Gloomhaven, Skulk Hollow, ShipShape, Sorcerer City, and Unsettled.

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This post was last modified on December 19, 2019 11:00 pm

Rob Huddleston

Rob, GeekDad's Gaming Editor, is a technical writer for Google (provided by HCL). He is alo college professor teaching design, programming and 3D printing, watches a ridiculous number of movies, plays as many board games as he can, and loves history, from the medieval period to the technological age. He's also the Umpire-in-Chief for his local Little League, and is a Little League Certified Tournament Umpire. His kids are a 20 year old college junior and a 16 year old high school senior. (Although there's a good chance that they're older now and this just hasn't been updated.)