boardgames

Pandasaurus Games’ Dinosaur Island: Fully Charged Kickstarter has now entered its final fortnight.Some mad man with a firm grasp of cloning technology—but no clue whatsoever about health and safety—has opened a new version of Dinosaur Island, and everyone’s invited!Now very, very funded on Kickstarter (to the tune of £170,636 at the time of writing), this newly-updated, definitive version of the p...

Petersen Games’ sci-fi boardgame Hyperspace is now available to order.Described as a ‘fast-moving 2-4 player asymmetric strategy game about interstellar expansion' Hyperspace lets players control alien civilizations 'competing to control a newly-discovered star cluster'. Kickstarted in June of this year, the standard edition of new boardgame is now shipping and available to purchase via the Peters...

Hey kids! Do you like board games? Do you like Legends of the Five Rings? Then you’ll love Monolith’s new Champions of Rokugan board game!Coming soon to Gamefound, Champions of Rokugan lets players ‘take up the sword, spear, or spells of the greatest heroes of the Legend of the Five Rings universe’. This cooperative game is designed for one to five players who will ‘fight to honourably carry out t...

François-Gilles Ricard is preparing to liberate Paris. Described as an ‘intense asymmetric game’, Liberation is a deck-building game which pits the Nazi occupiers of Paris against the French Resistance. Players can choose to play either of the protagonists before vying to ‘resist and rally the population’ or ‘silence the rebellion’. Players can also enjoy standalone Scenarios or go all-in with an ...

The legendary city of Baldur’s Gate is coming to your tabletop … and you get to build it!Now available for pre-order from Wizkids, Builders of Baldur’s Gate is a city-building game in which players control a powerful family in the iconic fantasy metropolis. They must enhance their prestige by expanding their businesses within the city and, in doing so, gaining influence with the major factions in ...

Asmodee have plans to keep you cool this summer.Teased today on the company’s social media platforms, Star Wars: the Battle for Hoth will be a ‘fast paced miniatures game’ which recreates ‘one of the most iconic scenes’ of the Star Wars saga. Details are sketchy thus far, but Asmodee’s social media suggests players can ‘command the ferocious Imperial army or the courageous Rebel forces’. The battl...

Steamforged Games are rereleasing their Director’s Cut of the Resident Evil boardgame.Previously only available via Kickstarter, the Director’s Cut expansion boasts not only a wealth of finely detailed and dynamic player characters and enemy miniatures, but also new games modes such as Traitor Mode and Real Survival Mode. As this an expansion, however, players need a copy of Resident Evil: The Boa...

Lara Croft and Iconiq Studios are preparing for a new expedition, and you’re all invited. Launching soon on Kickstarter, the Tomb Raider: The Crypt of Chronos boardgame is described as being ‘a full Tomb Raider experience’. Combining puzzles, exploration and combat, the game charts Lara’s expedition on the island of Kairos as she searches for an artifact which is believed to ‘hold the reins of tim...