31/01/2016 – 06/02/2016
What happened in the world of tabletop over the last week?
Blue, on the blog Blue’s Marauding Miniatures, provided a detailed look at his local gaming groups attempts to run a classic Rogue Trader game. Be prepared for silly name and dino poo.
Jamey Stegmaier looked at four Kickstarter projects with unique strategies. He also discussed the topic of art and Kickstarters.
Submissions closed for the Cardboard Edison Award. You can keep up to date with the award on the Cardboard Edison website.
Christian Strain, on The League of Game Makers, discussed how to engage certain audiences in a game design.
Publisher WizKids announced that Zev Shlasinger is now heading up the companies expanded board game operations. Zev had previously created Z-Man games.
The Boardgeek and Tabletopia are running a give away.
The Nerdist brings tabletop games to the Superbowl by providing an idea for Catan Nachos.
League of Gamemakers addresses the important issue of fonts. Readability is important, people.
Some of the new Kickstarters from this week:
- Pugmire Fantasy Tabletop RPG
- The Lost Temple of Forgotten Evil, a 5e/OSR adventure
- De Fil en Aiguille
- Fantasy Forest III: Mushrooms! (props for table top RPG’s)
- ZIGZAG the GAME
- No Mercy – A kitty vs alien card game
- Yager
- Suit Up – A Big Box Game in a Tiny Frame
- Space Battle Dice
- Storytags
- Argo
- Battlefield Conditions: A Flames of War Gaming Aid
- Insight Fantasy RPG
- Rise of The Watchers: Level 1 – 20 EVIL Pathfinder Adventure
- Escape Room In A Box: The Werewolf Experiment
- Aether Captains
- Dystopia Racing: – Grav Lev edition
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past Board Game
- Emotional IQ – A Party Game of your Brain vs your Mouth
- Classic Oldhammer Halfling Miniatures in True 28mm Scale
- The oobulous™ Island Arena – Dice game
- Ninja: Silent But Deadly – A sneaky little metagame
This is not an endorsement of any of these games, creators or Kickstarter campaigns.