Tag Archives: Board games

Essential info – Game type: Sci-fi tabletop RPG – Players: 2 – 6 – Complexity: Moderate – Lasts: 120+ mins – Ages: 12+ – Price: $42 / £35 – Play if you enjoy: Warhammer, Index Card RPG Despite the game’s acronym sounding like something you might catch on a questionable first date, Viking Death Squad (or VDS) …

There’s no need to wait until sales season to find great board game deals. Indeed, the best board games are often discounted all year ’round. That means you can save a hefty sum of money on everything from beloved classics to modern strategy epics if you know where to look. …

Even though Amazon’s sales event is still a few days away, early Prime Day board game deals are already starting to slip through – discounts of up to 61% are available to snatch up ahead of the weekend. Top of the list of early Prime Day board game deals is …

With the second part of Stranger Things Season 4 now upon us (no, we’re still not OK), you might be tempted to try that D&D game the gang are so obsessed with. And if that’s the case, you’ve got excellent taste. We’ve been playing for years and can recommend it …

One of the best board games is going back in time later this year, and Catan – Dawn of Humankind is due to hit shelves on October 1. Dragging the popular trading and settling board game for families back a few million years, this is a “standalone adventure charting the …

We knew we were screwed when Crimson Jack walked in during Betrayal at House on the Hill 2nd edition. You see, he’s a serial killer. And even though that would normally be enough cause for concern, there was an even bigger problem: we’d already killed him. Yet here he was, …

Canopy proves that card drafting, where you’re given a selection of cards, choose one, and pass the rest on to the next player, is a fun and underused mechanic. You get the challenge of picking a card to try and construct a set, or hand, not knowing what you might …

The new and improved version of dungeon-delving board game HeroQuest has fallen to its lowest price. Sitting pretty at $104.12 at Amazon (opens in new tab) instead of $135, this revised classic has never been cheaper. However, you might want to move quickly; the price of HeroQuest 2021 has been …

New Arkham Horror board game Unfathomable has dropped by 20% as a part of today’s Amazon board game sales, dropping it to $63.96 (opens in new tab) instead of almost $80. That’s the game’s lowest price to date – it’s never dipped below $74 since its launch back in November …

Steamforged Games has lifted the curtain on how its Dark Souls tabletop RPG rules differ from the Dungeons and Dragons system it’s based on. Changes include completely different magic mechanics, new boss behaviors when they hit half health, and an HP overhaul that sees players sacrificing points to use special …