Review: Lords of Waterdeep (board game)

Lords of Waterdeep is an interesting experiment by Wizards of the Coast. Rather than a genuine attempt to capture Dungeons & Dragons in a board game format (which it has already achieved admirably with games like Legend of Drizzt and Return to Castle Ravenloft), Lords of Waterdeep is a crack at a Euro-style game.

Review: Duck! Duck! Go (board game)

Duck! Duck! Go is an ingenious little game. The focus is entirely on the rubber ducks that are found in the box; six of them, to be precise, randomly selected in each box out of a range of 100 or so. For people who like collecting rubber ducks, this is the perfect game for you.

The Underdark is the big new thing for Dungeons & Dragons this year

The Underdark remains one of the most compelling environments to explore Dungeons & Dragons in. It's essentially one massive dungeon, after all, populated with all kinds of evil orcs, goblins and elves, nasty slimy things and, of course, dragons.

Review: Birds of Steel (PS3)

Birds of Steel is the best action wargame I’ve ever played. It’s an intelligent production that straddles the line between accessibility and simulation just perfectly and makes for a game that is both breathtaking in its action sequences, and enormously rewarding to master.

Review: Power Grid (board game)

The philosophy of what is an ideal game has been discussed at length amongst board-gaming fans. Some like ones that are easy to learn and teach, but hard to master. In effect though I have always believed 'less is more.’

Magic the Gathering preview: Dark Ascension

After what has, in limited (sealed, drafts) especially, been a quite enjoyable last few months, it is now time for the second installment of the Innistrad set: Dark Ascension. With spoilers for all the cards available in some form or another online, it is time to get ready to play with these new toys.

New edition of Dungeons & Dragons announced!

It's a while away yet, but get excited nonetheless. The 40-year old pen-and-paper RPG giant is going to happen, with Wizards of the Coast working on it now.

GMT Games' American Revolution series; a look back part #1

A couple of weeks ago I picked up a set of old historical wargames from grognard specialist, GMT Games. Over the next couple of days (or weeks, depending how long this takes) I’ll take a look at each of the games, if for no other reason than these kinds of games deserve far more attention.