Do you and your crew have what it takes to save the world from aliens? XCOM is essentially a memory game that focuses on allocating resources globally to combat the alien invasion. 1-4 players take the necessary roles within XCOM: Chief Scientist, Commander, Central Officer, and Squad Leader. The Chief Scientist’s focus is to create new technology …
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 …
What if? What if we took a bunch of max level 5e characters and tried to take on the most powerful baddie DnD has to offer? That’s right, we decided to see if we could take out Tiamat herself. It was truly an epic battle! So epic that we had to break it up into …
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 …
Welcome back to Magic Gatherings! Last week we talked a bit about bringing Magic in general (and Commander in particular) to game time with your friends. This week we’re going to continue to develop that theme with an eye to costs. So, Commander is great, and you should play it more. Assuming you have a …
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 …
This is a land of monsters and horrible demons. We should have known that we were never safe. Honestly, if you are asking me, those damned demons attacking us was more of a “when” then an “if.” Sometimes you have to appreciate the quiet times, you know? They are shattered so quickly and unexpectedly that …
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 …