Fantasy Flight Discusses Game Balance, RPGs, and Star Wars at SDCC
If you play board games, you’ve almost certainly heard of Fantasy Flight. At SDCC, I spoke with them about their approach to game design.
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Relive Classic ‘Star Wars’ Moments With ‘Star Wars: Rebellion’
Choose a side, then fight out the battles of the classic trilogy in ‘Star Wars: Rebellion’
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The Dice Section 35: Sentinels of the Multiverse and Arkham Horror
The Dice Section answers the age-old question: is this a board game that we can’t live without, or should we excise it from our gaming closet to make room for better options? In this episode, the guys revisit cooperative card games, which they have, as a rule, despised, and give ‘Sentinels of the Multiverse’ and the ‘Arkham Horror’ LCG a chance.
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The Dice Section 34: Colt Express
In this episode of ‘The Dice Section’, we hitch a ride on the Colt Express, the 3D movement programming game that won the Spiel des Jahres in 2015 and finally made its way into Michael’s stocking for Christmas 2016.
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Feldherr Cases & Inserts Help You Tame ‘Star Wars: Armada’
If you love ‘Star Wars: Armada’ but storing it is keeping you from ever taking it out of the box that you only just managed to shove the components in to, Feldherr has a solution.
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The Dice Section 33: Mansions and Castles
This episode of The Dice Section, we ask: would you rather visit a mansion haunted by eldritch monsters, or a castle commissioned by an insane Bavarian monarch? It’s a tough choice. We’ll help you decide.
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GeekDad Paints! Send in the Krayt Fire!
Inspired by our recent ‘Star Wars: Edge of the Empire’ gaming sessions, I busted out the paints and customized a Millennium Falcon to look like our in-game ride.
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Re-Roll: This Week’s Tabletop Game News
The board game (and board game-related!) news that caught our attention this week.
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‘Descent’ Gets a Companion App to Act as Overlord
The popular dungeon crawling game ‘Descent’ gets a companion app to take over the role of Overlord and control the dungeon and its monsters.
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GeekDad Paints! ‘Imperial Assault’ Part 9: Chewbacca and Gaarkhan
This week’s GeekDad Paints! is all about those lovable fuzzballs who love nothing more than murdering the stuffing out of Imperial Troops. That’s right, it’s Wookiee time!
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GeekDad Paints! ‘Imperial Assault’ Part 4 – E-Web Engineers
This week on GeekDad Paints! I tackle the E-Web Engineers from ‘Imperial Assault.’ Also, finally something else from Combatzone Scenery other than crates!
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GeekDad Paints! ‘Imperial Assault’ Part 3 – Rebel Troopers
It’s time to start painting good guys in this week’s GeekDad Paints! as I take on the Rebel Troopers from ‘Imperial Assault.’
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GeekDad Paints! ‘Imperial Assault’ Part 2 – Imperial Officers
It’s time to leave monochromatic characters behind this week as I dive into painting the Imperial Officers for ‘Imperial Assault!’
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Episode III – The Youngling Menace
In our final episode, the Rebels must escape a maximum security facility and then embark on a mission with the legendary Han Solo. What was meant to be a cakewalk ends in disaster but Diala quickly discovers Darth Beardicus’ true nature…
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Episode II – Terminus Strikes Back
“Wait, what just happened?” wheezed Mak. The swarm of Trandoshans around him had fallen limp.
“I think you guys won,” said Darth Beardicus, examining the tactical map and stroking his majestic beard.
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Episode I – A Lost Hope
Not long ago in a living room approximately 7.2 miles away, four intrepid souls convened a secret meeting to form an alliance with the sole purpose of overthrowing the dark forces of the terrible, infamous Darth Beardicus. Under his iron rule, all strain had been leeched from the people of the Empire. Conflict had ended. There was, in fact, complete and utter peace. But our adventurers grew weary…
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Late to the Game: ‘Elder Sign’
Elder Sign is a cooperative dice-rolling game based on the Cthulhu Mythos in which you and your fellow players work together as a team of researchers investigating a museum, attempting to prevent the rise of an Ancient One.
Continue ReadingThe Force Is Strong With the Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game
I always told myself that I wasn’t going to get into miniature gaming. To be clear, this pledge wasn’t an elitist thing, but more of a “don’t have the space or money or want of another hobby” thing. Of course, …
Continue ReadingCthulhu Waits Dreaming — of a New TableTop Episode
Welcome to episode eleven of Geek & Sundry’s TableTop, featuring the tenth game in the series, Elder Sign by Fantasy Flight Games. If you’ve not played the game before, it’s a co-op dice game and one that slots in to …
Continue ReadingReturn to Lovecraft’s Horrific Arkham in Elder Sign
Overview: It’s a fact: gamers can’t get enough Lovecraft. From simple press-your-luck dice games to themed Munchkin decks, it almost seems like throwing in some tentacles and mentioning the eldritch Necronomicon guarantees a hit. Fantasy Flight Games is no stranger …
Continue ReadingThe Adventurers: The Pyramid of Horus: More Treasure, Less Dying
Overview: In The Adventurers: The Pyramid of Horus, an ancient pyramid containing a wealth of treasures has been uncovered in Egypt, and daring explorers compete to collect the most valuable artifacts … but beware of the dangers! An excellent press-your-luck …
Continue ReadingMansions of Madness May Just Drive You Insane
Overview: Fantasy Flight has created a dark and thematic storytelling board game with echoes of Arkham Horror and Betrayal at House on the Hill. In spite of the high production value and (mostly) high quality components — and, seriously, who …
Continue ReadingTour the Mansions of Madness
If you weren’t already planning on picking up Fantasy Flight Games’ new Lovecraft-themed Mansions of Madness, this peek into the board game’s design and components is going to convince you. What am I most excited about? Besides the awesome miniatures, …
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