Dragons are awesome. Getting a friend or two together to see who has the better army of dragons, elves and assorted other monsters is even more awesome. That is exactly what D&D Attack Wing allows you to do, by giving you a set of tactical rules and a wide assortment of beautifully detailed and painted …
It’s something everyone has experienced: a school room filled with boys and girls giggling gleefully while passing notes that read: “Do you like me? Circle yes or no.” In Love Letter, Alderac Entertainment Group, makers of Smash Up, invites players to go back to those simpler times in order to win the affections of their …
By Harry Huberty and Christina Ladd — Welcome back to Spells and Whistles! In our sign-off last time, we indicated that we planned to talk planeswalkers this week. We’re putting that on hold, though, since something more topical happened after our column went to press: WotC revealed in their “Uncharted Realms” column that Mardu khan Alesha, …
Star Wars holds a dear place in the hearts of fans. That fantastic sight of yellow words crawling across the screen and the sound of lightsabers crashing against each other are iconic. Personally, the thing that comes to mind when I think of Star Wars is my C-3PO action figure holder. It held all my …
Today we got our first look at the box art and a computer generated version of the components for the Thunderbirds board game, which will soon seek funding on Kickstarter. Thunderbirds, is based off the 1965 British television show Thunderbirds. It’s a co-operative game from the king of co-operative games, Matt Leacock, whose resume includes Pandemic, Forbidden Island, and Forbidden …
Loonacy is the rapid fire card matching game from Looney Labs, the makers of Fluxx. If you ever played the classic card game Speed while growing up then you’ll love this new twist on the classic game. Like Speed, when playing Loonacy players attempt to simultaneously match cards in their hand to cards in a …
Shadow Hunters is a great and thoroughly entertaining game of deception, manipulation, and all things kawaii. The basic premise of the game is that there are three sides; the shadows, the hunters, and the neutrals. Your team has their own agenda, but you doesn’t know who is on your team at first. You have to use clues …
“Want to race camels?” This was my opening line when it was game-time last weekend with a group of college buddies. Don’t worry, I was met with blank stares then too. But if Camel Up can turn their doubtful looks into laughs, I’m confident it will win a place in your heart as well. Camel …
I am essentially entombed inside my apartment due to a cataclysmic blizzard that dumped upwards of twenty-four inches of productivity-killing snow on my fair city of Boston. It is times like these that I wish I still lived in a dirty house with anywhere from 3-4 roommates so that we could hunker down and board game …
Splendor is a set collection game from publisher Space Cowboys where players compete to be the most-prestigious gem dealer in all of the land. Prestige is gained by obtaining cards that depict trading routes or shops in which to sell your wares, and by gaining favor with nobles who notice your growing wealth. How do …