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Today Firestone reviews Linko!, a hand-management and set-collection card game from the dynamic duo of Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling. This was published as Abluxxen in Germany, but it's Linko here in the states--published by Ravensburger. Let's take a look!
Read MoreA week ago we told you about Alderac's plans for the next Smash Up! Expansion! Well, they've released the first round of finalists and it's up to you to vote on who makes it through to the next round!
Read MoreWell the force was strong with the internet this week as geeks the world over celebrated May 4th. Meanwhile, Kickstarter is still bringing it strong with plenty of great gaming projects seeking your gaming dollar. Let's take a look!
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Swamped: A Game of Adventure, Secrets, and Deadly Peril - Dennis Hoyle/Bellwether Games
Jump in a boat and head into the world's most deadly swamp to find a plant that (until you find it) only exists in legend, but that's only if you survive! The mechanic of players sharing control of the boat while also competing to complete hidden motives sounds like an interesting and unique mechanism!
Read MoreCo-operative games! Deck-builders! Two of the hottest mechanics in gaming. What if someone smooshed them together? Well someone did. Catalyst Games' Shadowrun: Crossfire is a co-operative deck-builder set in the classic RPG world of Shadowrun--a futuristic cyberpunk , urban fantasy setting. Our review will let you know just how well they pull it all off.
Read MoreHot on the heels of One Night Resistance, Indie Boards and Cards announces Coup: Rebellion G54, a new project that just launched on Kickstarter.
Read MoreIt's no secret that we here at TOG are big fans of the Tiny Epic series from Gamelyn Games and designer Scott Almes, so we've been tuning into as much buzz as we can about the first expansion for the series: Tiny Epic Kingdoms Heroes' Call.
But what better to find out more than the buzz than to play the expansion itself!? Gamelyn seems to think so, as they are giving away 30, count them 30! Prototype copies of the expansion to lucky folks like you.
Read MoreSo we missed a week of KSW--sorry about that! We'll try to make it up to you this week! Let's take a look at what's happening over on our favorite crowd-sourcing site!
A cooperative game in which players battle to keep their castle from being invaded by baddies. We know. You're thinking "Castle Panic anyone!?". But theme is really where the similarities between these games end. B Sieged comes with a pyle of detailed minis, and the gameplay is much deeper and involved. You'll play 12 rounds attempting to battle off the oncoming hordes while the messenger is trying to retrieve an artifact that will defeat the baddies once and for all!
Read MoreIn every field of interest there are those who stand as giants among men, Peyton Manning, Lebron James, Steve Jobs. And even in the gaming world there are luminaries, such as Richard Garfield, Paul Peterson, Mike Elliott, and Eric Lang just to name a few…
Well one man has dared to harness the power of these titans into one giant campaign to end all campaigns: The Titan Series. That man is Ray Wehrs, and lucky for us he’s joining us today!
Read MoreFirestone got his greedy little hands on a copy of One Night Resistance, so he's going to review a prototype copy before the campaign ends in a few hours. How does this mashup of two of his favorite games play out? Let's find out!
Read MoreToday Firestone's going to review the Kennerspiel des Jahres winner from 2014: Istanbul, designed by Rudiger Dorn and published by AEG. You're a merchant, leading your assistants through the bazaar and trying to use the the booths' abilities to gain enough money to buy the rubies necessary to win. Let's take a look!
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