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This edition of our recap of Origins 2015 features IELLO. I (Jeremiah) had the chance to spend some time with the guys at the IELLO booth, and Keith was kind enough to show me all the great new titles that were being unveiled at Origins this year!
IELLO released three games recently, a few of which were making their world premiere at Origins 2015. Let's take a quick look!
Read MoreToday we're going to preview Cosmic Kaboom, a new dexterity game from Minion Games, on Kickstarter right now. It's for 2 to 4 players, and lasts around 30 minutes.
Read MoreToday we're reviewing a newly Kickstarted game from Chara Games called Commissioned. It's a cooperative game about apostles spreading the good news of the gospel, and trying to keep from losing churches.
Read MoreStefan Feld is one of the most popular designers working today, but many of his games are out of print. Well at least one of them is coming back!
Read MoreWell, we're gearing up for Origins next week, so be sure to tune in to us on Periscope, and Twitter and Instagram. In the meantime let's take a look at the wide world of Kickstarter!
Read MoreToday Firestone reviews the Spiel des Jahres-nominated Machi Koro, a hit card game from designer Masao Suganuma and published by Pandasaurus Games.
Read MoreSorry we missed last week! Please accept our apologies--and these Kickstarter campaigns. Let's go!
Vikings of Dragonia is all about being a viking in... Dragonia. Each player attempts to lead his or her clan to victory while battling each other, as well as dragons (this is the land of Dragonia after all). The game components look really slick, with some nice modular board pieces, lots of meeples, and some nice-looking cards. Vikings of Dragonia looks to be a medium weight game, with a quick learning curve and a play time of less than 60 minutes.
Read MoreWe're very excited about the latest craze in social media: Periscope. For those who don't know, it's a live broadcasting app that allows users to stream live video, all while followers tune in and comment in real-time and also give "love" in the way of pastel little hearts. This apparently causes your search ranking to go up, depending on how many hearts you get...
Read MoreLast year while I (Jeremiah) was at Origins Game Fair I had a chance to catch up with the fine folks at Split Second Games and they slid me a copy of Quicksilver: The Great Airship Race. It's a game about, well, racing airships for 2-6 players and the game takes about 15 minutes per player to play. So does Quicksilver soar to great heights, or does it fall flat? Let's take a look!
Read MoreThe nominations are in: The German game of the year winner means big bucks for the designer and publisher alike. Here are this year's nominees (along with the Kennerspiel and Kinderspiel nominees, too).
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