Author: Anthony

Jason sits down to discuss the new campaign on Kickstarter for Outer Limit Games with developer, Joseph Pilkus. Titled Tradewars – Homeworld: Exterra Edition, the game promises a unique take on deck building and sci-fi exploration with solo support.

This year has been a banner year already for board game apps. Some of the best apps currently available for tablets or phones have hit in the last 6 months, and more are on the way as companies like Asmodee start investing big time in digital versions of their top games. It’s only going to continue, so we wanted to sit down and take a look at the top 10 board games apps currently available on the app store, whether new or a bit older and possibly overlooked. Before diving into the top apps, Anthony shares his acquisition disorder pick…

We were super excited this week to have a bit of time to talk with Josh and Adam Carlson, the founders of Chip Theory Games and designers of Too Many Bones, one of the hottest solo games out there right now. They sat down with us to chat about the game, their approach to components in design, some of the criticisms the game has received and what we can expect in the future from both Too Many Bones and Chip Theory. Enjoy the interview and keep an eye out for more coverage of Chip Theory Games as their newest Kickstarter…

Every now and then, we find a pair of games that are similar or that have a lot of crossover in their audiences. And when this happens, a lot of people will ask us which they should pick up. For these questions, we create our versus episodes – a head to head battle between two games to decide which one is the best fit for a particular spot on your shelf. This month, that versus battle is between Lords of Waterdeep and Champions of Midgard. These two worker placement games set in fantasy-style worlds with equal measures of magic and…

Launching this week on Kickstarter is the newest campaign from MAGE Company – a substantial expansion of their popular 12 Realms series, Dungeonland. We spoke with the designers of the new game from Twisted Brothers, Nick Niotis and Panos Tryposkoufis about the process and what the new game will offer to fans of the old and newcomers alike. What makes the game unique from other miniature-based dungeon crawls? Every game is inspired by others that came before it, and Dungeonland is no exception to this. We have worked upon features already made standard in any dungeon crawler and we have…

This week Anthony Shares three games he’s been playing lately that are sometimes hard to find with Leaving Earth, Helionox (and the upcoming Deluxe edition), and Dungeon Time. Jason has some tips and thoughts on how to make sure you have a chance of finding those hard to find games, and the guys talk about some of the games these ones resemble if you’re not able to track down a copy. First up, Anthony dives into Dungeon Time, probably the easiest to find of the bunch, but an undiscovered gem for solo gamers that really scratches that quick, real time…

This week on BGA, Anthony and Chris discuss games you might like if you also like Terraforming Mars, one of the biggest games of 2016. We’ll dive into a pair of themes and mechanics that capture what makes this game so much fun so you can expand your library if you love Terraforming Mars. We also dig into a couple of recent Acquisition Disorders, including Caverna’s two player version and races expansion, plus Yamatai. And at the table this week we’re talking about Antike II and Russian Railroads: German Railroads expansion. Don’t forget to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter…

This week, Anthony and Jason sat down to discuss the top apps released thus far in 2017, and who better to join them than one of the gurus of board game apps right now – Suzanne Sheldon. Suzanne sits in and helps to run through five of the biggest app releases thus far in 2017, including Race for the Galaxy, Tokaido, Terra Mystica, Onirim, and Mysterium. We also discuss the impact of the Asmodee mergers on the board game app market, and find out the answer to the most important question of all: pie, cake, or cookies. Make sure to…

This week, we’re digging into some of the games that have come out in the last 3 years that are worth a place in your essential games collection. Chris and Anthony both pick one game each from light, medium, and heavy weight euros to help you pick up some games that fit your next game night and that will always have a good place at the table. In addition to our weekly feature, Anthony digs into the Kickstarter for Brass: Lancashire and Brass: Birmingham, and Chris investigates Petrichor. We then discuss recent plays of Unfair and Fresco with its big…

Hey everybody! On Episode 32 of Every Night is Game Night, we have three hot solo dice games hitting our tables of late and we’re going to let you know which ones are worth buying, which to avoid, and which are rehashes of the same old stuff. Anthony dives into recent plays of Deep Space D-6 and Dice Stars while Jason digs into the latest Oniverse game, Nautlion, and Roll Player, the RPG character creation dice game (yes, really!) Enjoy the reviews and the thoughts on this week’s four dice games as we delve into chapter two of the podcast’s…