Monthly Archives: August 2014
GenCon 2014 – The Photos
Some of the GrogHeads hit GenCon in search of games, shopping, and booth babes, but maybe not in that order…
Here’s what they found
photos by Doug Miller, click to enlarge
GrogHeads Advanced Research on Projects Advisory #51
Wow. There’s suddenly a whole lot of excellent gaming available for your pre-order happiness.
Eight-Minute Empire: Lost Lands (Red Raven Games)
$35k of $15k, ends 25 August 2014
A sequel to the insanely good Eight-Minute Empire (which we reviewed), this new expansion adds new map boards, new cards, and new mechanics to your favorite one-sitting empire builder. There are new player boards to help you organize your cards as you acquire them, new cards that change some of the mechanics, and a ‘faster’ gameplay option that seems very 7 Wonders-ish that involves passing hands around the table. The original was a great game, this one really kicks it up another notch. Head over to Kickstarter now and pledge, yo!
A Distant Worlds AAR – Part 2
By Brandon “Kushan” Johnson, July 17, 2014
Disclaimer: This part contains story spoilers.
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And right at the start I run into the Yirphunea Supremacy whose primary race is the insectoid Dhayut. These guys don’t like me very much. I currently have several advantages over the Yirphunea Supremacy: I have five colonies to their two, a population of 18 million to their 10 million, and a higher military strength.
Tuesday Screenshot – Making History: The Great War
Revisiting Muzzy Lane’s excellent WWI game, which we had previously covered here.
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Unrest spreads again
What’s your next move commander?
Next crisis awaits
Risk: Battlefield Rogue – First Look!
Yes, Risk. It’s a skirmish game, not a conquer-the-world game. Truth be told, it’s a videogame on your tabletop, which is what you’d expect from a cross-branded game that is using the Risk name to sell a tabletop adaptation of the Battlefield series.
The thick box belies the contents. If there were expansions coming, the size of the box would be appropriate.
