28/04/2019 – 04/05/2019
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What happened in the world of tabletop over the last week?
Forbes looks at one instance where board games meet business, with game designer and multi-millionare CEO Matt Calkins. Go to the article and check out the eclectic collection behind him.
The Australian election is coming up soon. Tabletop games have started to be considered by some state governments to fall under The Arts. And the Greens unveiled a new arts fund.
Diseases are always under scrutiny. So Gamasutra decided to dissect Plague Inc.
Dope rhymes from Middle Earth. Jason Anachy, MC Lars, FabvL and Wordburglar release a LotR inspired rap album
The Origins Awards released their list of 2019 nominees.
Featured crowdfunding campaign
Runika and the Six-sided Spellbooks
Prove your skill by placing dice and claiming rune cards. Score depending on the dice you place, or by impressing the many Spell Masters. Can you prove your superior knowledge of rune magic?
Runika and the Six-sided Spellbooks is a dice placement game for 2-4 players. The Kickstarter is being run by Shannon Kelly, and is his second campaign after Lucidity succefully funded and delivered. It has a goal of AUD$43,000 and has already raised over AUD$24,000 with 20 days to go.
The Campaigner ran a preview of the game last week.