Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: ‘Shadows of Brimstone: Forbidden Fortress’
The new base set for ‘Shadows of Brimstone’ is on Kickstarter now: ‘Forbidden Fortress.’
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Tag: Flying Frog Productions
Flying Frog’s Upcoming ‘Forbidden Fortress’
In my Gen Con photo recaps, I mentioned that Flying Frog Productions made a big announcement, but that it deserved its own post. Well, here’s that post.
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GeekDad’s Day Gaming Recap
My Father’s Day weekend in Seattle included board games at Mox Boarding House and visiting a few game studios.
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Fortune & Glory: Risks & Rewards
If you’ve ever wanted to be Indiana Jones, collecting artifacts from around the world and fighting off the likes of Nazis, mobsters, and evil cults, you’re in luck. Fortune & Glory is a “pulp adventure” board game from Flying Frog that tries to capture the feel of classic adventure fiction using a combination of press-your-luck mechanics, dice-based combat and (of course) a CD soundtrack.
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Kickstarter Alert: Shadows of Brimstone
Flying Frog launched their first Kickstarter campaign this week for their Wild West-meets-unspeakable horrors game, Shadows of Brimstone.
Continue ReadingConquest of Planet Earth Is Hilarious Classic Sci-Fi Schtick
Conquest of Planet Earth recreates an alien invasion in the 1950s, but unlike Invasion From Outer Space, this time it’s on a larger scale. Instead of battling individual humans with your bubble-headed Martians, you take on entire locations at once, …
Continue ReadingLast Night on Earth Sequel Timber Peak Continues the Zombie Fun
A few of the survivors from Woodinvale managed to escape in a truck, making their way to the small logging town of Timber Peak. But wouldn’t you know it, there are zombies there, too. (Good thing: it wouldn’t be a …
Continue ReadingPlaying Games at PAX, Part Two: Taking Over the World
I first spotted Mayfair’s Settlers of America at their booth (next to the Settlers of Catan Surface table) but didn’t stop to play it that day. Sunday afternoon Dave, Michael and I visited the “University of Catan” room to ask …
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