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Re-Roll: This Week’s Tabletop Game News for Week 7 of 2019
Category Archives: Tabletop Games
Reaping the Rewards: ‘Fireball Island’ Expansions
The expansions for ‘Fireball Island’ are in stores now: add a giant rolling boulder, an angry swarm of bees, or a wrecked pirate ship to your (already dangerous) island! Read More
Geek Links: ‘Stranger Things’ Gets Its Own ‘D&D’ Starter Set
A new ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Starter Set lets you bring the Upside Down to your own kitchen table! Courtesy: comicbook.com Read More
Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Reverse Deck-Building in ‘Shake Up’
It’s time to trim the fat in this tech company. As a business consultant, it’s up to you to come up with the best proposal about which employees to keep and which ones to, uh, “retrench.” Who will survive this ‘Shake Up’? Read More
Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Lord of the Chords’
In ‘Lord of the Chords,’ there’s always a key signature in play, and players are tasked with playing note cards to form chords in that key signature. You can play accidentals to make your note flat or sharp, and you can play a seventh on top of the chord to prevent it from being stolen. It’s been a long time since I studied the circle of fifths, but the game includes a cheat sheet. Read More
‘Evolution: The Video Game’ Celebrates Charles Darwin’s Birthday
‘Evolution: The Video Game’ launches today on Charles Darwin’s birthday, and North Star Games is giving away 1,000 copies of the board game to celebrate! Read More
‘D&D Waterdeep Dragon Heist’: Session 1
Last night was the first session in our new online Dungeons & Dragons Waterdeep Dragon Heist campaign and it started with a tavern brawl. Read More
Tabletop Kickstarter Alert: ‘Pathogenesis’ 2nd Edition
Germs against the human body is a battle that has raged since humanity began. On a microscopic scale, it’s a tale of resilience, persistence, and mucus. Lots and lots of mucus. With battles being fought every day, across the globe, it’s a wonder there haven’t been more board games about the classic struggle on the border between health and sickness. Read More
Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Vindication: Leaders & Alliances’
As you work to regain your honor, you’ve managed to build some rapport with the leaders of the various guilds: the Leaders & Alliances expansion opens up new opportunities for ‘Vindication.’
‘Ganymede’: Ready for Launch
On our journey into deep space, Ganymede is a way station: the large settlers ships are launched from this moon of Jupiter, after settlers are shuttled from Earth, with a stopover on Mars. Recruit settlers with the right skills to fill the ship rosters and increase your corporation’s reputation in this race to the stars. Read More
Win a Trip to PaizoCon 2019 From the ‘Roll for Combat’ Actual-Play ‘Starfinder’ Podcast!
‘Roll for Combat’ is giving away a trip to PaizoCon! Including (some) airfare, hotel, badge, and a banquet ticket! Read More
Re-Roll: This Week’s Tabletop Game News for Week 6 of 2019
The board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending February 7, 2019. Read More
Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Welcome Your Tidy Robot Overlords in ‘Mechanica’
Let’s get ready for OPERATION CLEAN! Make your robot vacuum factory as efficient as possible so every human domicile can be properly surveilled–er, served! Read More
Get Your ‘Evolution’ Digital Beta Key!
The digital version of the ‘Evolution’ tabletop game is launching next week, but you can give it a try now! Read More
‘D&D’ Waterdeep Dragon Heist Session Zero
Last night was the first session in our new Waterdeep Dragon Heist campaign and we began with a Session Zero. Read More
Be the Ace of Base With Versatile Terrain
Versatile Terrain offers brilliantly effective name-plates to help your miniatures to stand out from the crowd. Read More
‘KOI’ Is Delicious and Dastardly
Ah, to be a koi, catching dragonflies and frogs to eat. If only those other koi didn’t keep getting in your way. And who put that rock there? ‘KOI’ is peaceful and tranquil… until the game begins: then it’s every fish for itself! Read More
Re-Roll: This Week’s Tabletop Game News for Week 5 of 2019
The board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending February 1, 2019. Read More
Kickstarter Tabletop Roundup
Hang onto your wallets, folks! It’s time for a Kickstarter tabletop roundup. Read More
Tickets on Sale for PaizoCon 2019!
Tickets are on sale for PaizoCon 2019! Taking place this Memorial Day weekend, May 24-27 in Seattle, Washington, PaizoCon is four days of fantasy and science fantasy Paizo games, panels, and more. Read More
Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Hyperspace’
Deep in space, far from our own home, alien civilizations have arrived at a new star system, and each one is interested in establishing dominance on its many planets. Prepare your engines for the leap into ‘Hyperspace’! Read More
5 Reasons to Read “Warhammer Adventures”
The ‘Warhammer Adventures’ series is here. Top notch fiction to introduce your kids to the ‘Warhammer’ universe. Read More
Nolzur’s Marvelous Pigments Has Everything You Need to Paint Like a Pro (Part 2)
The ‘D&D’ Monsters Paint Set by Army Painter has everything you need to take your painting to the next level, including the best Owlbear ever. Read More
Re-Roll: This Week’s Tabletop Game News for Week 4 of 2019
The board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending January 25, 2019. Read More
Reaping the Rewards: Wretched Scumbags Seek ‘Vindication’
You are a wretch. Cast onto this hostile island, you will work to regain honor—gaining mastery of heroic attributes, recruiting companions, defeating monsters, and acquiring relics. This is the world of ‘Vindication.’ Read More
Looking for More D&D One-Shots for Fifth Edition?
Some of the best content coming out for Dungeons & Dragons right now is in the plethora of printed and downloadable D&D one-shots available from multiple publishers around the world. Last year I set three new Dungeon Masters the task of testing some out and I got some great results. So I decided to do the same this year, adding a brand new DM to mix the mix. I also had a cheeky look at a one myself. Read More
Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Battle of the Bards’
It’s time for the ‘Battle of the Bards’! Performers from all over Tessandor have gathered to sing their odes to glorious adventures—but which troupe will capture the most audiences? Read More
How to Decorate, Modify, and Otherwise Improve Your Favorite Board Games
At the junction of crafting and gaming, that point at which hobbies intersect, it becomes possible to take a game which has no inherent flaws and improve an aspect of it that you may not even have realized needed an upgrade. These are the game mods I’ve made to my own collection. Read More
Re-Roll: This Week’s Tabletop Game News for Week 3 of 2019
The board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention for the week ending January 18, 2019. Read More
Reaping the Rewards: ‘Chronicles of Crime’
A body has been found: are things as simple as they appear, or is there some foul play involved? Better hit the streets, meet the neighbors, talk to co-workers, and look for clues. Scotland Yard is on the case in the ‘Chronicles of Crime’! Read More
