Board Game Nights in Brisbane – Events
Just throwing up a highlight post for our board game / tabletop game events run in Brisbane (Australia). In conjunction with Nerds of Wisdom and ourselves, the Brisbane Tabletop Gaming Group meets fortnightly in Ashgrove. It’s a welcoming and friendly group and everyone is welcome. We’ve got our regulars who show up all the time, be we also have our newbies who are welcomed with open arms. You can bring along snacks and...
Walking in Burano – News
If you think you’ve heard of Walking in Burano before, you may well have, with reviews floating around from as early as October last year. Well now the release window is finally with us for the AEG version, which launches in September. Walking in Burano is a family game. Players place the Floor Cards in order to receive a visit from different characters. They will score points based on the various symbols on the houses. To be...
Tentacle Town! – News
New York Toy Fair saw a few board game anouncements, but one that’s grabbed our attention is Tantacle Town! from Monster Fight Club (thier first new boardgame). In Tentacle Town, you’ve arrived on the distant shores of an unsettled land, but the waters surrounding your new home are teeming with giant tentacles! Gather your wits and ready your harpoons as you compete to become Mayor of Tentacle Town. Recruit new citizens, build...
Z-Man Games new Love Letter – News
We feel like we’ve banged on about Z-Man Games a lot over the last few weeks, but here we are again. Z-Man Games is bringing us a new edition of Love Letter, yeah, that Love Letter. We were excited to welcome Love Letter into the Z-Man brand and we are even more thrilled to release this new edition of the game. Love Letter remains the fast, portable card game you know and love, but now this award-winning game has a set of...
Dungeon Mayhem – TL;DR Review
Dungeon Mayhem is a quick draw, duelling card game for 2–4 players. It’s really quick to learn and play, so even those players who hate learning a new game won’t be frustrated at all when they start playing. Each game takes about 10 minutes, sometimes much less time if the cards are in your favour! Dungeon Mayhem consists of four different classes and characters, which players will choose from. The artwork is fun, bright and quirky...
Z-Man Games announce Hadara – News
Z-Man Games seem to be releasing a slew of games already this year and here’s another one. Hadara (Arabic for culture) is a new civ builder set to release in the US in Spring (their spring). Hadara features a unique card selection system. In the center of the board a rotating wheel has five creatures: a dragon, a pegasus, a lion, a monkey, and a scarab, each representing a player’s civilization. During each epoch, players will...
River Horse release Fireys expansion for Labyrinth – News
River Horse Games knows a good licence when they see one, even if us gamers know the games are never quite up to scratch. The third expansion for the Labyrinth board game is here, in the form of the Fireys, set to release this year (US date eta Fall 2019). The Fireys expansion comes with 5 new figures for the Labyrinth board game, They are four fireys and one alternate Jareth, along with a few new cards.