Stonemaier Games' new project will be a cooperative roguelike board game with a wide appeal: the box will contain over 1,700 cards with unique illustrations. Vantage is inspired by the exploratory freedom of Breath of the Wild and will be released to the public sometime in 2025. The creator of Wingspan, Scythe, and Libertalia recently … Read more
Dance of Muses is an upcoming board game whose theme and artwork should satisfy players' curiosity about the yet-to-be-released Hades 2 video game. Dance of Muses is a board game for two to four players that lasts about 20 minutes and is inspired by the myths of ancient Greece, much like the Hades video game … Read more
In recent years, board game boxes have tended to become enormous in size. Gloomhaven, Frosthaven, and Descent are at the more absurd end of the bell curve, but many of the projects funded by Gamefound don’t stray too far from their size. That’s why a project like Gamelib Pocket is so intriguing: it apparently packs … Read more
The co-designers and publishers of 7 Wonders: Duel have announced a new board game based on the Lord of the Rings series. In a post made through the official Facebook account of the French division of Asmodee (a board game giant that owns several publishers such as Fantasy Flight Games), an upcoming board game inspired … Read more
The success of the 2020 indie video game Hades owes much to the enthusiasm of its fans. Hades’ intense, fast-paced gameplay, which challenges players to complete multiple levels of rooms filled with dangerous monsters and bosses in a single life, undoubtedly played a role in the game’s popularity and critical acclaim. However, the reason the … Read more
Arclight, one of Japan's largest board game publishers, has been acquired by the same entertainment company that owns the creator of Elden Ring, Bloodborne, and the Dark Souls video game series. Arclight announced its purchase by Kadokawa Group in an April 26 press release (thanks, BoardGameWire) for an undisclosed amount, and a separate press release … Read more
An upcoming board game based on the 1980s classic Tales of the Arabian Nights brings that title’s adventure structure to a time of round tables and legendary kings. Tales of the Arthurian Knights is a standalone sequel set to release in late 2024 that lets players create their own legends, whether noble or notorious. Players … Read more
A new insect-themed board game could do for bugs what Wingspan did for birds. Insectarium is an upcoming board game in which players create their own board of insect species to display in the exhibit hall of the large Insectarium or in a zoo that features a collection of insects. Similar to 2019’s Wingspan, Insectarium … Read more
There is a collective global image of Brazil that imagines the country in stereotypical ways: from a constellation of crumbling favelas in its cities to the lush greenery of the indigenous-inhabited Amazon rainforest, in stark contrast, and the glory of its national football team, five-time FIFA world champions. However, Brazil is more than that. While … Read more
The world has caught Fallout fever following the success of the first season of the Amazon-produced series adapting Bethesda’s beloved role-playing video game series. The adventures of Lucy, Maximus, and the cunning cowboy Ghoul (Walton Goggin) have people clamoring for more post-apocalyptic stories, and that includes several Fallout board games from Modiphius. According to BoardGameWire, … Read more