The Other Tabletop Games – 5 Board Games Worth Considering

Ashardalon

I’ve told you a lot about how to run tabletop RPG games, but there are certain things that happen, whether we will them or not. You know how it goes – a week before the game, someone tells you they can’t make it next week because they’ll be at a Shower-Ring Salesman Seminar. Then, at the 11th Hour, someone calls to say they have Whooping Cough, and they can’t make it. Now you’re two players down, and maybe one of them was the person who’s personal plot you planned to develop … [Read more...]

Defenders Of The Realm: Not Your Average Board Game

Defenders

I love board games just as much as I love RPGs, so whenever I’m in a game store or a convention dealers’ room, I have to check out the board game selection and see if anything catches my eye. When we were at MisCon last month, a board game at the table of one of the dealers caught not only my eye, but the eyes of a number of my fellow Sandbaggers club members. Called Defenders of the Realm, the game was pitched as a cooperative game – along the lines of Pandemic – but in a fantasy … [Read more...]

Top Ten Games To Break Out For The Holidays

Ticket to Ride Europe

With Halloween 2010 in the books, we are firmly entrenched in the holiday season. That means lots of visits with friends and relatives over the next few months, and that in turn means lots of people to keep entertained. Food, fellowship, and football will only keep everyone happy for so long. It’s easy to resort to zoning out in front of the TV, but it’s far more fun and sociable to clear off the table and bring out some games. Which games do you offer as an evening’s entertainment to … [Read more...]