When I heard Themeborne would be publishing a Last of Us board game, I was a little surprised. Their Escape the Dark series features atmospheric adventure designs that are concise and brutal. Narrative pops through large encounter cards with a few sentences of descriptive prose, often giving way to very straightforward dice rolling. They’re neat…
“Aren’t you the headless fellow that’s been getting around?“ Trying to model a Metroidvania platformer on the tabletop is a pointless endeavor. That’s why this quintet of designers didn’t attempt it. Instead of adapting Dead Cells the brutal twitch action game, they adapted Dead Cells the content-heavy roguelite progression game. The experience presented is one…
There’s this thing called Mass Effect. It’s a video game franchise that is kind of a big deal. It’s not a big deal to me. I’ve never played it. There’s this other thing called Mass Effect: The Board Game – Priority: Hagalaz. The story here is brand new, but the gameplay seeks to adapt the…
Right out the gate, Gears of War: The Card Game has a hill to climb. Steamforged Games’ take on this Xbox franchise is always going to be fighting for ground against Fantasy Flight’s 2011 Gears of War board game. That fantastic dungeon crawler was one of many classic titles birthed by the FFG studio during…
Devil May Cry: The Bloody Palace is a Steamforged Games title. There’s some baggage there. It’s also a James Hewitt lead work. And there lies expectation. Like Sabertooth meeting Wolverine, impediment meet badass. May the stronger come out on top. I know a bit of the Devil May Cry series. Enough to examine this game…
Player Elimination 