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Rum & Bones Kickstarter approaches half a million and adds Skullkickers

December 23, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

At the time of writing there’s still 5 days to jump on Cool Mini or Not’s Kickstarter for a mini-based pirate board game called Rum & Bones. There’s over $400,000 in the pot and they’ve just added Jim Zub’s Skullkicker’s characters. For more info check out campaign page. [Back this Campaign] It’s possible this board […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Jim Zub, kickstarters, pirates, skullkickers

Coming to life: 12 Realms – Ghost Town kickstarts

December 20, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

MAGE Company are doing well on Kickstarter. They’ve built board games with crowdfunding and now, with 12 Realms: Ghost Town they’re expanding. The company is successfully using Kickstarter, well-managed projects and good games to come to life. There’s more info on the campaign here. [Back this Campaign] At the time of writing there’s over $19,000 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters, mage company

Gaming night sends slapping girlfriend to jail

November 29, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

A Monopoly game row over whether too many $500 bills and who could play with the new cat token landed Alyssa Ferraro in jail. Police in Boston responded to a domestic disturbance charge. According to Boston.com the boyfriend did not require medical attention. It is alleged that Ferraro told responding officers that she had had […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, legal, monopoly

5 tips to beat the odds! Designing and kickstarting a board game by yourself

November 17, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 6 Comments

Vladimir Teneslav is a designer based in Bucharest in Romania. His company is What We Make. Teneslav’s designed and is in the process of Kickstarting a board game called MIND: The Fall of Paradise all by himself. Tough gig, right? I think the pitch video for MIND speaks for itself. I wanted to talk to […]

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: board games, kickstarters

Star Munchkin Deluxe announced by Steve Jackson Games

November 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Designed by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic, Star Munchkin Deluxe is the latest Munchkin game to be announced. Star Munchkin Deluxe is the Star Munchkin that’s already available but with added standees and a board for better door-kicking action. The set is due out for March 2015 with a recommended retail price of […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, John Kovalic, Munchkin, steve jackson, Steve Jackson Games

Doctor Dice: It’s Doctor Who Yahtzee

November 9, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

When was the last time you played Yahtzee? Perhaps that’s because you didn’t have a TARDIS shaker! [Buy Doctor Who Yahtzee] That’s right. It’s the geeky monkey-people at Think Geek who are selling this. It’s a classic. Each dice features villains like Robot Mummy, The Silence, Weeping Angels, Sontarians, Cybermen and Daleks. These are printed […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, dice, doctor who, tardis

Cosmic pizza battles: Solar Slice

October 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a board game in which the controllers of Earth – pizza delivery companies – discover alien life and battle to control the franchise rights. [Back this Campaign] Pledges for Solar Slice go $1, $2 and then $45. The jump goes from expressing an interest, getting digital assets to re-create your own version of […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board game geek, board games, kickstarters

Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King’s Quest wins thousands of backers

August 18, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Nottingham’s Mantic Games asked for $50,000 for a classic adventure board game. The campaign runs out at the end of August. What’s happened since launch? At the time of writing the game has raised over $420,000 in pledges from over 3,200 backers. [Back this Campaign] This is a game with Mantic’s usual flare for models, […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters, mantic games, undead

Giant Carcassonne breaks out at Gen Con!

August 17, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s a lot going on at Gen Con and sometimes it happens away from the booths and panels. The official Gen Con Facebook shared this picture of such an outbreak of geeky goodness. It’s Giant Carcassonne! Look at the size of those meeples. You’d not have to worry about the cat attacking the board and […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Carcassonne, gen con

The Risk board game table

July 18, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Yup. This entire table is set out so you can play Risk on it. It’s a huge gaming board for one of the most aggressive board games played by kids around the world. I wonder where they got models of suitable scale? (Via Reddit.)

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: board games, household

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