A Quick Preview of the Kickstarter: Castle Assault

A Quick Preview of the Kickstarter: Castle Assault

Josh Sepos here--one of Jeremiah’s gaming buddies and rare contributor to this fine publication…err…blogication! When Jeremiah and I were at Origins, I found, in my opinion, the hidden gem of the show! Of all the games I demoed, this was my favorite: Castle Assault. It’s a solo or two-player “Battle Card Game” in which the players reveal and put into play cards that will march up the field to their opponent’s castle, meeting opposition along the way, in the ultimate goal of destroying their opponent’s castle.

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Dark Dealings--A Single-Take Preview

Dark Dealings--A Single-Take Preview

Nevermore Games (Chicken Caesar, Mars Needs Mechanics) is back with a new Kickstarter project: Dark Dealings. So they sent me (Jeremiah) a prototype to get my thoughts. Here they are.

Dark Dealings is a filler-length card-drafting game that has players taking on the roles of dark overlords trying to defeat the pesky heroes who are upset with you and have joined forces to crash your gates and take you down.

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Catching Up with Calliope Games--Origins 2015

Catching Up with Calliope Games--Origins 2015

Well, if you've followed our Twitter/Instagram/Facebook/Periscope accounts over the last weekend, you'll know that I (Jeremiah) was at Origins Game Fair taking in all the sights and sounds--and, of course, the games!

While there I had the chance to catch up with Ray Werhs and Cassidy Werner. Ray is the Big Cheese of Calliope and I was invited to sit in while he showed off two of the upcoming games from the Titan Series. Here's what I can tell you:

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They Were All IELLO... Origins 2015

They Were All IELLO... Origins 2015

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!

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