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The first in a planned set called “The Matchbox Series”, Tangled Timelines is a card game about heroic rescue missions through time and space featuring an incredibly diverse set of characters. It’s a game of hand management and set collection where players try to play one card to gain many before they’re wiped away and gone for good. At the …
Mechanisms is a game of mechanisms. Surprise! You probably couldn’t tell by the title, so designers Daniel Zayas and Derek Funkhouser lay it out for you in plain English right from the start. I kid. (kinda) Mechanisms is a party game for gamers where players try to use a set of components to get the other players to guess 2 of their …
Hard City the Board Game Kickstarter campaign has 6 days to go. Designed by Marek Raczyński and Adam Kwapiński, Hard City is a tactical adventure board game in a unique new retro setting, heavily inspired by B-class action movies and the atmosphere of the 1980s era. Hard City is a tactical adventure board game for 1 to 5 players, in …
Earlier this year, I posted a preview for a game that I was excited for – Mysthea. The art, game mechanics, and unique setting all peaked my interest. After the success of Barbarians: The Invasion, it was no wonder that this game fully funded in just over three hours. After the success of Mysthea, Tabula Games decided to expand this stylized …
Designers: Nick Sauer, Diane Sauer Publisher: Shoot Again Games Year: 2019 Minimum Pledge: N/A Players: 2-6 Play Time: 60 min Ages: 12+ Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: Born to Serve It’s tough being a superhero when the government revokes your supergroup’s funding. What’s a hero to do? GET A REAL JOB, YA BUM! Unfortunately, there’s only one job left in town, and that’s as …
Designers: Rusty Scioscia Publisher: Turn Sideways Games Year: 2019 Minimum Pledge: $20 Players: 2-6 Play Time: 20-30 min Ages: 10+ Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: Taco Ninja Adventure Can’t we all just taco ’bout it? Not in Taco Ninja Adventure, nacho ordinary card battle game. OK. I admit it. That was a bit heavy handed. Anyway, Taco Ninja Adventure is a card battle game …
Designers: N/A Publisher: Wrinkle-Free Games Year: 2018 Minimum Pledge: $20 Players: 2-4 Play Time: 15-25 min Ages: 12+ Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: Burglar’s Bluff Hitting Kickstarter next week, Burglar’s Bluff is a card game about creating and protecting melds (sets and runs) while also trying to steal banked cards from your opponents. Throughout the game, players will be creating melds and locking them …
Designers: Maud Croal, Tyler Omichinski, Cameron Parkinson, Nat Sanderson Publisher: Broken Things Year: 2018 Minimum Pledge: $19 Players: 2-4 Play Time: 30-90 min Ages: 13+ Rules Available Online: No BGG: Builders! Builders! is a new deck-building game by Broken Things that just recently hit Kickstarter. It follows the now-traditional deck-building formula of starting with a hand of resource cards and slowly building up your deck, this time …
Designers: Adam F. Collins, Tim Forbis Publisher: Bearded Board Games Year: 2019 Minimum Pledge: $20 Players: 1-4 Play Time: 30-45 min Ages: 8+ Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: Fences Fences is a tile-laying game coming to Kickstarter soon about, you guessed it, building fences. More specifically, it’s about fencing animals on your farm in. Each player lays tiles, claims pens, and scores …
Designers: Mike Gnade, Todd Walsh Publisher: Rock Manor Games Year: 2019 Minimum Pledge: $22 Players: 1-4 Play Time: 20-60 min Ages: N/A Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: Set a Watch 9 seals are all that stands in the way of the Unhallowed and the end of the world. Your party of adventurers must secure each seal location against the Unhallowed’s acolytes and …