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Tag: XCOM: The Board Game

Meople News: Heroes of the Key

Meople News: Heroes of the Key

11 November, 2016 Kai Weekly News

Fantasy Flight Games With the coming new edition of the DOOM board game, you can have a lot of fun[…]

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Meople News: Gondola to the Universe

Meople News: Gondola to the Universe

12 August, 2016 Kai Weekly News

Fantasy Flight Games That’s another blast from the past: Fantasy Flight Games have announced a new edition of DOOM: The[…]

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Meople News: Arkham Metropolitan Area

Meople News: Arkham Metropolitan Area

23 January, 2015 Kai Weekly News

MAGE Company Anatolia is the first expansion for MAGE Company’s tile placement game Höyük. The inhabitants of the early settlements[…]

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Meople News: Mountains of Zombies

19 December, 2014 Kai Weekly News

Fantasy Flight Games The focus of Star Wars: Armada is capital ship combat, but it’s not a Star Destroyers only[…]

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Meople News: Submarine Zombies

24 October, 2014 Kai Weekly News

Fantasy Flight Games Other previews for Star Wars: Armada have explored movement and how commands work. This time, it’s time[…]

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Meople News: Lanterns of the North

Meople News: Lanterns of the North

10 October, 2014 Kai Weekly News

Foxtrot Games A game doesn’t have to be heavy to sound like great fun. Foxtrot Games’ second Kickstarter project Lanterns:[…]

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Meople News: I spy Northmen!

8 August, 2014 Kai Weekly News

Red Raven Games The ink is barely dry on Eight-Minute Empire: Legends, the fantasy variant of mini-strategy game Eight-Minute Empire,[…]

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  • Kill Doctor Lucky

    “Kill Doctor Lucky” is not only the name of the game, it’s also the only victory condition. Be the first to strike down the old academic in this fun little filler game.

  • The Staufer Dynasty

    A huge Empire without a permanent capital is something that is hard to imagine today. But in medieval Europe, the Staufer emperors had their itinerant court, they would travel around their empire and rule from wherever they just happened to be. That way, everywhere in the empire could have the glory of hosting the emperor, and he would get first hand knowledge of what was going on everywhere. In The Staufer Dynasty, you are a member of the court of Henry VI, working hard to get members of your family into influential offices all over the empire.

  • Theseus: The Dark Orbit

    In space, no one can hear you scream. Which is a shame, because the frustrated screams of your opponents really are fun. And you’d have plenty of opportunity to hear them in Theseus: The Dark Orbit if it wasn’t set in space. A simple movement rule that gives your opponent the chance to influence where you can and can’t go is the basis for a tense science fiction game that would have Sigourney Weaver seriously worried about her chance to survive.

  • Hanabi

    A very unique card game in more than one way. You’re not only holding your cards the wrong way around, you’ll also be thinking about how you communicate in completely new ways. That’s not bad for a game that only takes 25 cards in the right order to win.

  • Andromeda

    Anyone who grew up with a sibling will know the situation: there is ice cream, or cake, or something to be had, one of you had to split it and the other one would get first pick. As it turns out, that system not only works for ice cream but for exploring space ships as well, because that’s how you get your actions in Andromeda.

  • The Gallerist

    Once they get into gaming, most people discover their go-to designers at some point, the handful of designers who’s name is enough to make them buy a game. Vital Lacerda is one of my go-to designers, and so it was only with a slight hesitation that I took the big chunk of cash from my wallet to pay for the huge box that is The Gallerist. And I haven’t regretted the decision since, The Gallerist has exactly what I love Vital’s designs for: finely interwoven game mechanics that seem complex at first, maybe even convoluted, but reveal an elegant design underneath and meaningful, multi-dimensional decisions on every turn.

  • Space Alert

    Space is big. Big and empty. That’s what our science teachers told us. It’s also dead – and deadly – wrong. Wherever our exploration vessel shows up, nasty things are just waiting to blow us up. To get back in one piece, all players have to cooperate and deal with a tight time limit while the computer is yelling at them about everything going wrong.

  • Among Nobles

    Building a dynasty of nobles, how much drier can the concept of a game possibly sound. Have children, marry them to other families, repeat until rich and and famous. I was happy to find out that this prejudice was dead wrong. Despite its theme, Among Nobles is anything but dry, it has a great balance of simple rules, strategic decision and player interaction.

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