Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Kinfire Council’
As members of the Din’Lux council, you must work together to address the city’s needs—but sometimes personal ambitions pull you in other directions.
Continue ReadingAs members of the Din’Lux council, you must work together to address the city’s needs—but sometimes personal ambitions pull you in other directions.
Continue ReadingSometimes you read to escape the world or as comfort food—something that makes you feel warm and safe and happy. And sometimes you read things that are uncomfortable but you feel like they’re useful or important to learn. Today’s stack is the second type, so brace yourself for some discomfort food. The Algorithm by Hilke […]
Continue ReadingYou probably learned in school that Lewis and Clark were commissioned by the President to explore the Louisiana Purchase. What you didn’t know is that their secret mission was to hunt down monsters!
Continue ReadingExpand your ecosystems with even more options and a powerful new action.
Continue ReadingOther paranormal investigators have attempted to exorcise this haunted manor but failed—will you solve the mystery?
Continue ReadingWhat do you know, it’s time for another roundup of tabletop projects!
Continue ReadingYour team of powerful heroes is up against some deadly enemies that can knock you out in one hit! Can you work together to take down bigger and badder bosses?
Continue ReadingToday the results of the American Tabletop Awards were announced for 2024!
Continue ReadingPolitical maneuvering, shaky alliances, and inevitable betrayals, all in a box smaller than the first volume of ‘A Game of Thrones.’
Continue ReadingToday’s stack is a mixed bag of my recent reads, though several of the books are related to games—role-playing games, videogames, game-playing robots.
Continue ReadingToday’s stack: a smorgasbord of comic books that I’ve read recently: some new-ish, some not-so-new, and some so new they’re not even out yet!
Continue ReadingWe’ve had a couple of more in-depth reviews of Kickstarter games recently, but as always there are a few other projects I want to highlight alongside those. A few of these are ending this week!
Continue ReadingWe all have different visions for the river—will we bargain and compromise to achieve everyone’s goals, or will our competition destroy the ecosystem?
Continue ReadingPiece together strange floating islands to create the most valuable map!
Continue ReadingThe weather is getting cooler, leaves are changing colors, and animals are preparing for winter.
Continue ReadingToday’s books are about magic: incantations and spells, demons and demon-hunters, light and darkness.
Continue ReadingZombies have taken over the school and have a plan to end the world! It’s up to the kids to stop them, using a device that jumps into memories.
Continue ReadingToday’s stack includes several books about jumping around in time—not all of them are exactly time travel, but they do involve moving through time in an unconventional manner. The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard This story takes place in a valley with an unusual geography: across the mountains to either side of the valley […]
Continue ReadingI already reviewed two games that launched earlier this week on Kickstarter, but just browsing the tabletop games category, I came across several more that I thought were worth a mention!
Continue ReadingAlign the stars to restore the constellations to their proper places!
Continue ReadingThe award-winning game of building habitats and attracting wildlife in the Pacific Northwest now comes in a new form: a flip-and-roll-and-write!
Continue ReadingToday’s stack is a mixed bag of comics and some fiction for kids!
Continue ReadingThe garden gnomes are competing to harvest mushrooms—the winner gets to head to the forest!
Continue ReadingFollow Darwin’s journey in the Beagle: study new species and add them to your notebook!
Continue ReadingKing Henry VIII was famous for having a lot of wives, and even creating the Church of England so he could divorce and remarry. This clever trick-taking game follows the timeline of the six Queens.
Continue ReadingFollowing up on my columns about comics for kids and young adults in the past month, this week I’ve got some comic books for adults.
Continue ReadingTake a hike through the snow and look for animal tracks in this cozy solo game.
Continue ReadingSpend the day at the pottery studio, gathering your materials and choosing a kiln to fire your pieces.
Continue ReadingIt’s been a little while since my last time-travel column, but I’ve got a couple of books for you this week!
Continue ReadingBuild precarious highways to exciting destinations in ‘Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City’!
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