The Edward Snowden story as a board game? The Gary McKinnon as a board game? Not quite. Throw in a touch of the A-Team or Tango and Cash and we’re getting closer. Details of The Oleg Story board game from Latest Pursuit appeared on BoardGame Geek at the start of the month with the promise […]
Cthulhu Wars Kicktarter races past $1,000,000 with hours to go
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1816687860/cthulhu-wars [Back this Campaign] The creator of Call of Cthulhu has seen his Kickstarter race through the one million dollar mark. With less than a day on the clock the pledge fund is at $1,224,958 and rising. Backers are supporting efforts to create a combination of a strategy board game with the Cthulhu mythos from […]
A look inside The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey board game
This July we’ll see a new The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey board game from Cryptozoic ship to hobby stores. In fact, this may be Amazon’s page for it. Designed by Reiner Knizia the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey game makes use of two boards, a handful of dice, 14 dwarf cards, 18 resource titles, 2 […]
Kobolds Ate My Baby … the musical
Did you think someone would take Kobolds At My Baby and turn it into a musical? Into a loud, cheese rock, style musical? Well, for better or for worse, it has happened. The fact that there’s a Kickstarter, by 9th Level Games, for Kobolds Ate My Baby in Colour might have something to do with […]
What do we know about the Firefly board game?
Gale Force Nine have a license deal with Fox to produce a Firefly board game. The game will have players as captains of their own Firefly-class transport ships looking for work. Desperate for work players will have to take on any job, so long as it pays and deal with dodgy employers, Alliance patrols and […]
Firefly tabletop games on the way
Toy Vault have signed a deal with Twentieth Century Fox to create a number of Firefly table-top games. These games, based on Joss Whedon’s TV show, are expected late Spring 2013. These table-top games will likely be board games rather than card or RPG. In addition to the games, Toy Vault’s license will include plushies […]
Mayfair announce “Catan: Explorers and Pirates”
Mayfair games have a new $50 Settlers of Catan expansion. The Catan: Explorers and Pirates add-on supports three or four players and will last around 90 minutes. The new expansion includes three missions and five scenarios designed to be mixed and matched to extend the number of unique uses you’ll get from the game. The […]
The Big Bang Theory winning merchandise war
Warner Bros have more than 70 different licensing deals around The Big Bang Theory. This is very unusual for a sitcom. In fact, The Big Bang Theory is now so successful on the merchandise front that Variety reports it could net $50m in sales. It’s reported than more than Leonard Hofstadter 100,000 bobbleheads have been […]
