Category: Tabletop Gaming
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Tabletop Review: Chill, Third Edition
Chill, Third Edition Publisher: Growling Door Games Cost: $20 (PDF)/$50 (Physical) Page Count: 290 Release Date: 04/30/2015 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com So I’m a huge fan of Chill. No doubt you’ve seen me bring the game up as a reference point in multiple reviews. I still own both the first edition from Pacesetter and the…
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Tabletop Review: Forever Folio, Issue #1
Forever Folio, Issue #1 Publisher: Forever People Cost: Pay What You Want Page Count: 52 Release Date: 05/10/2015 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Forever Folio is the new house engine magazine from UK RPG publisher Forever People. Now I’ve never played Wyrd nor EVP, which are the two games they produce, but you DO get a…
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Tabletop Review: Shadowrun: Lockdown
Shadowrun: Lockdown Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: Special (See below) Page Count: 242 Release Date: 04/28/2015 (Steam)/05/08/2015 (DriveThruRPG.com) Get it Here: Steam or DriveThruRPG.com Shadowrun Lockdown is the tabletop tie-in to the new Shadowrun video game, Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown. For those of you finding Shadowrun Chronicles to be too much of a mess to…
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Tabletop/Audio Drama Review: Assassinorum: The Emperor’s Judgement (Warhammer 40,000, Assassinorum: Execution Force)
Assassinorum: The Emperor’s Judgement (Warhammer 40,000, Assassinorum: Execution Force) Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $14.99 (MP3)/$20 (CD) Runtime: 74 Minutes, Twenty-Seven Seconds Release Date: 05/02/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library I usually don’t get Games Workshop’s “Audio Dramas.” They tend to be extremely overpriced (even for Games Workshop), and I’ve yet to hear a Warhammer…
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Tabletop Review: Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown: Boston Adventures
Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown: Boston Adventures Publisher: Cliffhanger Games Cost: Free with purchase of Shadowrun Chronicles Deluxe Package, RPG Deluxe Package or Kickstarter Backers Release Date: 04/28/2015 Page Count: 64 Get it Here: Steam I’ll admit, even though I was a Kickstarter backer (and have a boxed copy of the game coming), I was far…
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Book Review: Assassinorum: Execution Force (Warhammer, 40,000)
Assassinorum: Execution Force (Warhammer 40,000) Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $9.99 (Digital)/$17.50 (Physical) Page Count: 128 Release Date: 05/02/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library Assassinorum: Execution Force is the novelization of the new Games Workshop board game by the same name, that came out on the same day. Games Workshop usually does novelizations for its…
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Tabletop Review: Castle Keeper’s Guide (Castles & Crusades)
Castles & Crusades: Castle Keeper’s Guide Second Printing Publisher: Troll Lord Games Cost: $25 (PDF) Page Count: 351 Release Date: 04/16/2015 (Digital PDF for Kickstarter Backers)/TBD (everyone else) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com(Eventually. Link currently leads to first printing) Truly, the Castles & Crusades Kickstarter from last year is the gift that keeps on giving. If…
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Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #65 (Warhammer 40,000, Assassinorum: Execution Force, Warhammer Fantasy)
White Dwarf, Issue #65 (Warhammer 40,000, Assassinorum: Execution Force, Warhammer Fantasy) Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $4 Page Count: 36 Release Date: 04/25/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library (Or your local Games Workshop retail store) Wow, it’s been a while since I purchased a White Dwarf. With The End Times of Warhammer Fantasy being over,…
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Tabletop Review: The Secrets of Cats: Animals and Threats (FATE Core System)
The Secrets of Cats: Animals and Threats (FATE Core System) Publisher: Evil Hat Productions Cost: Pay What You Want Page Count: 40 Release Date: 04/15/2015 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com SO I was a huge fan of the original supplement The Secrets of Cats when it came out. My review of it was glowing, and at…
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Tabletop Review: Princes of the Apocalypse (Dungeons & Dragons)
D&D Fifth Edition returns to the Temple of Elemental Evil, this time in the Realms.
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Tabletop Review: Batman Miniature Game Rulebook, Second Edition
Batman Miniature Game Core Rulebook, Second Edition Publisher: Knight Models Cost: 44.23€/$49.99 Page Count: 168 Release Date: March 2015 Get it Here: Knightmodels.com or Miniaturemarket.com It’s finally here! A hardcover version of the rules for the Batman Miniature Game. To be honest, I’d have happily taken a softcover too. I’m just glad to have a…
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Tabletop Review: DC Comics Deck Building Game: Justice Society of America (Crossover Pack 1)
DC Comics Deck Building Game: Justice Society of America (Crossover Pack 1) Publisher: Cryptozoic Entertainment Cost: $10.00 ($6.90 at Miniature Market) Release Date: 03/25/2015 Get it Here: MiniatureMarket.com Unlike the four full deck building games released by Cryptozoic Entertainment, the first in a series of “Crossover Packs” provides just the Super Heroes, Super Villains and…
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Miniature Review: Alfred (Batman Miniature Game)
Alfred Publisher: Knight Models Cost: N/A (See Below) Release Date: March 2015 Get it Here: N/A (See Below) The Batman Miniature Game is slowly but surely growing in popularity outside of Spain and England, especially now that Knight Models has released a physical copy of the rulebook with cleaned-up English (instead of the Spanglish it…
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Interview with John-Paul Brisigotti, CEO of BattleFront Group about Gale Force 9’s Dungeons & Dragons Elemental Evil Miniatures
We continue Elemental Evil week here at Diehard GameFAN. Today’s interview is with John-Paul Brisigotti, the CEO of Battlefront Group. I was especially excited to do this interview as I just started miniature paint about fifteen months ago and have found it to be relaxing and a lot of fun. Sure I’ve had Warhammer armies…
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Interview with Bryan Kinsella, Vice President of WizKids Games, about the Temple of Elemental Evil Board Game
When you first hear the name, “WizKids,” you probably think of Heroclix. After all, it’s the line the company has been synonymous with for well over a decade. However it’s not the only line they produce. Longtime fans of Collectible Miniature Games remember Crimson Skies, Shadowrun Duels and Mage Knight, but if you go to…
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Interview with Greg Tito, Communications Manager for Dungeons & Dragons about Elemental Evil and Princes of the Apocalypse
We are fast approaching the release of the next campaign for Dungeons & Dragons, fifth edition. Princes of the Apocalypse officially hits stores on April 7th and to celebrate, we’ve made it Elemental Evil week here at Diehard GameFAN. For the next four days we’ll be doing an interview with one of the companies behind…
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Book Review: Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Legends: Blood in the Water
Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Legends: Blood in the Water Publisher: Privateer Press Cost: $1.99 Page Count: 49 Release Date: 3/18/2015 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I’m not really a fan of Warmachine, Hordes or Iron Kingdoms. The miniatures, I mean. I just don’t find them aesthetically pleasing (Only the Gatormen look remotely fun to paint/play with) and…
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Tabletop Review: Call of Cthulhu: Sense Impacts
Call of Cthulhu: Sense Impacts Publisher: Chaosium Cost: $15.95 Tracks: 13 Release Date: 03/16/2015 Get it Here: Chaosium.com I don’t review a lot of RPG soundtracks, but those that I have done have all been ones I would use with Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu game. Fans of Horror on the Orient Express might want to…
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Tabletop Review: Warhammer: The End Times V: Archaon
Warhammer: The End Times V: Archaon Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $85 (Hardcover/$75 (Softcover)/$50.99 (Digital) Page Count: Special (See Below) Release Date: 03/14/2015 Get it Here: Gamesworkshop.com …and so Warhammer, Eighth Edition comes to a close. Although the planet went kablooey and pretty much every faction went extinct, there is still hope that some races and…
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Tabletop Review: The Lord of the End Times (Warhammer: The End Times)
The Lord of the End Times (Warhammer: The End Times) Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $30.00 (Hardcover)/$15.99 (Ebook) Page Count: 411 Pages Release Date: 03/20/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library …and so it ends. Not just Warhammer, Eighth Edition mind you, but all of Warhammer‘s history and characters. Of course. Warhammer, Ninth Edition will be…