This month, Kickstarter brings games with lots of fun themes and ideas behind them, from one telling the history of an actual town to another that is played on two boards of the same island separated by several million years.
After the second American Civil War, it's every man for himself in the wastelands of the southwest. To get to your destination in one piece, you'll need to hire skilled outriders with souped-up combat vehicles who can out-maneuver or destroy your enemies.
Sometimes the best way to intervene in someone's bad behavior is to bring it out in the open for discussion. Intervention is a new adult party game, now on Kickstarter, that explores all kinds of bad habits and hypothetical situations.
Healthy eating is something that kids ought to learn at a young age, and the more tools parents have to teach it, the better. Qetchup, by startup publisher WebCracker Inc., is a small card game aimed at kids that encourages them to create sets of healthy foods while discarding the junk food. The first player to create a balanced meal from each food group (Veggie, Protein, Fruit, Juice, and Carbs) and discard any extra cards is the winner.
AEG has announced a new variation for Love Letter, R&R Games’ new railroad-themed game Spike is available for pre-order, and a new Dominion expansion is expected in 2015.
Renegade Game Studios is a brand new game publisher that came seemingly out of the blue, yet has completely sideswiped us with their line of games. We wanted to know who was behind it, so we reached out for an interview.
Foxtrot Games is a recently-launched independent publisher who is delivering some great products for casual gamers. We were curious to know who is behind Foxtrot Games and how they got started, so we reached out for an interview.
This month brings real time fun (five minutes to save the earth from meteors!) and interesting components (a deck of cards printed on dice) as well as great artwork and mechanics. It’s a strong month for Kickstarter games, with unique ideas and a lot of independent publishers.
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