Fix Lativ’s Weather Machine, Manage Beta Bots, Control Ancient Relics, and Explore the Deep Sea

by Candice Harris Lativ, the mad scientist, and his minions• Lovers of heavy euros, brace yourselves for Weather Machine, Vital Lacerda's next big release from Eagle-Gryphon Games, which is coming to Kickstarter in Q4 2021.In Weather Machine, 1-4 players take on the role of scientists teaming up with mad scientist Professor Lativ to manipulate the extreme weather caused by Lativ's flawed weather machine. Players must manage their own laboratories, research ...

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Unyielding Persistence

Published 17 June 2021 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game Unyielding Persistence Announcing the Nebula Hero Pack for Marvel Champions: The Card Game “The Guardians were wise to fear me, and even smarter to hire me on.” – NebulaCreated by Thanos to be the perfect killing machine, Nebula broke free from her tyrannical father to become a feared space-pirate. But when the Mad Titan threatened all life in the universe, ...

Craft Magic Items for Adventurers, and Overwhelm Your Fellow Witch

by W. Eric Martin • Like many people, I'm a sucker for particular artists, but as much as I like Weberson Santiago's work, I never would have expected to see it on a game from Alderac Entertainment Group as their styles didn't seem to overlap — and yet here we are, looking at the cover of Erik Andersson Sundén's Whirling Witchcraft, a 2-5 player game that AEG plans to release ...

A Venomous Sting

Published 5 April 2021 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game A Venomous Sting Announcing the Venom Hero Pack for Marvel Champions: The Card Game “The rage feeds my symbiote. The rage makes it strong.” – Flash ThompsonA wartime veteran and an old classmate of Peter Parker, Flash Thompson was fused with the Venom symbiote during Project Rebirth 2.0, the U.S. government’s second super-soldier program. Now, Venom travels the galaxy, using ...

The Most Dangerous Woman in the Galaxy

Published 23 February 2021 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game The Most Dangerous Woman in the Galaxy Announcing the Gamora Hero Pack for Marvel Champions: The Card Game. “Thanos built me for one purpose: to kill. He’ll soon realize that was a poor decision.” –GamoraTrained and tormented from childhood by the mad titan Thanos, Gamora is a deadly warrior able to wield nearly anything as a weapon and dispose of ...

ISS Vanguard from Awaken Realms Launches Today on Gamefound

Today, popular board game publisher Awaken Realms (Nemesis, Tainted Grail) launched their newest crowdfunding campaign. ISS Vanguard is a sci-fi board game that will have players working together to explore new planets and keep their ship running. It has excellent looking miniatures (as expected from an Awaken Realms game) and promises a lot of thematic […]

Brass: Birmingham Wins the 2020 Gra Roku

by W. Eric Martin Brass: Birmingham from Gavan Brown, Matt Tolman, and Martin Wallace has won the 2020 Gra Roku, Poland's game of the year award.The Gra Roku awards multiple categories of games, and the winner in each category is:• Family Game: The Quest for El Dorado, from Reiner Knizia and Nasza Księgarnia• Advanced Game: Brass: Birmingham• Children's Game: Zombie Kidz Evolution, from Annick Lobet and FoxGames• Thematic Game: Nemesis, ...

Stack Your Decks with Outcasts, Merchants, and New Adventurers

by Candice Harris • After recently finishing Clank! Legacy and being a fan of all things Clank!, I think it's great to see that Renegade Games released Evan Lorentz's Clank! Adventuring Party, an expansion that adds asymmetrical starting decks and allows up to six players to get their burgle on in Clank! A Deck-Building Adventure, while also being compatible with a completed copy of Clank! Legacy.What will you find in ...

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Designer Diary: Sonora, or Turning a Desert into a Flood of Ideas

by Rob Newton It all started with a prompt on Twitter in the middle of 2018, a prompt that I have lost track of, but thanks to these mysterious posters anyway! The tweet was something like "Game design challenge: Mash up two mechanisms that have no business being together into a game." I noted one response to that tweet that suggested something like "Dexterity and area-control". Oh, now there's an ...

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Available Now – June 5

Published 5 June 2020 | Legend of the Five Rings LCG Available Now – June 5 New Star Wars: Legion, Marvel Champions, Arkham Horror LCG, and More Take a look at the latest products from Fantasy Flight Games, now available at your local retailer!AAT Trade Federation Battle Tank Unit Expansion The AAT Trade Federation battle tank is a hard-hitting vehicle favored by Separatist commanders like Lok Durd. While its droid ...

What a Marvel

Published 2 June 2020 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game What a Marvel A Closer Look at Ms. Marvel in Marvel Champions: The Card Game Across the Marvel universe, every hero brings their own unique powers and personality—traits that set them apart from their compatriots and that help them to rise above the adversity thrown into their path. In Marvel Champions: The Card Game, these heroes come to life on ...

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Sorcerer Supreme

Published 4 February 2020 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game Sorcerer Supreme Announcing the Doctor Strange Hero Pack and Game Mat for Marvel Champions When renowned surgeon Doctor Stephen Strange sought to fix his broken hands through magical means, he found a new calling in life. Utilizing mystic forces beyond our mortal understanding, Doctor Strange now protects our dimension as the Sorcerer Supreme!Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the ...

AEG in 2020: Race Dice, Arrange Chocolates, Treat Cats, and Split Your Time Between Atlantis and Santa Monica

by Candice Harris In early January 2020, Eric shared the news of Elizabeth Hargrave's upcoming release, Mariposas, and I'm sure fans of Wingspan are thrilled. Fortunately, even more enticing games and expansions are coming our way from Alderac Entertainment Group in 2020. AEG's Todd Rowland has graciously uploaded pics of a few of these new releases to give us a sneak peek.• Truffle Shuffle is a card-drafting, set-collection game designed ...

The Widow's Sting

Published 16 January 2020 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game The Widow's Sting Announcing the Black Widow Hero Pack and Game Mat for Marvel Champions: The Card Game "No one will ever know my full story" –Natasha Romanoff, Black Widow #1 (2014)Pre-order your own copy of the Black Widow Hero Pack at your local retailer or online through our website with free shipping in the continental U.S. today! KGB assassin, ...

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