Eighteen months after the initial announcement that Swedish tabletop RPG Mutant Year Zero would be translated into a miniature skirmish game, Mutant Year Zero: Zone Wars has opened pre-orders ahead of its June 4 release date. Zone Wars takes the post-apocalyptic world and characters of the Mutant roleplaying game – which was recently revamped as … Read more
There's a wide range of video games that intentionally draw on board game mechanics, giving them a tactical, engine-focused edge: deck-building games, turn-based tactical games, and any game that uses cards as resources all fit into this category. It makes sense, then, that veteran designer Alexander Pfister is helping create a new video game, Demon … Read more
Oath: Chronicles of Empire & Exile, a board game designed by the creator behind Root, is getting its first expansion. Released in 2021, Oath is a board game for one to six players in which the group attempts to seize, or even share, control of a fictional land. While one player takes on the role … Read more
Two new board games from acclaimed designer Reiner Knizia will kick off a collection of two-player titles inspired by classic mythological tales. Ichor and Iliad will open the releases with a pair of board games lasting less than 40 minutes that explore battles between humans and gods. The Mythos Collection is the brainchild of Bitewing … Read more
Although best known within the board game community for creating games such as the Jenga-based role-playing game Star Crossed and For the Queen (the second edition of which was just published by Critical Role studio Darrington Press), Alex Roberts also runs a consulting service. At first, the two career paths may seem very different, but … Read more