23/04/2017 – 29/04/2017
What happened in the world of tabletop over the last week?
The face of evil on the tabletop. Atlas Obscura took a look at some of the board games published by the Nazi party during WWII.
More evidence that boxes are awesome. Pored Panda featured some of artist Monomi Ohno’s work with cardboard.
PAXAus passes are starting to run low. Not unavailable yet, but today is your last day to pick up passes at the early bird pricing.
Jamey Stegmaier gets real over on Backerkit about business stuff. Of particular interest, his break down of how the retail price of a game is worked out.
Hit the decks! Wizards of the Coast and Catalyst Game Labs reveal that a Dungeons & Dragons deck builder is on its way.
Games Workshop have announced the impending arrival of a new edition of Warhammer 40,000. Bell of Lost Souls took the opportunity to look at the history of the games shooting phase.
Some of the new Kickstarters from this week:
- Hero’s Trove Item Cards for 5E
- FARSIGHT: Corporate Warfare in a Dark Future
- The Last Engine Core – A Modern Pen&Paper Adventure
- Fifth Edition Fighter Folio & Condition Cards
- Starfury: The Game of Galactic Conquest
- LinguaPolis: Language-Learning Board Game
- Battle Monkeys
- Sedis: Make Your Own Rules
- Ivion: Fighting Game + Card Game
- Fight Dice Clubs
- Elementy a simple, fast, & fun game with two ways to play.
- Gardens of Mars
- Take the Gold
- Dungeon Dive
This is not an endorsement of any of these games, creators or Kickstarter campaigns.