The Big Guy: Unboxing the Lambda Shuttle Expansion for X-Wing

Lambda Shuttle for X-Wing

It can’t accelerate worth a wheep  and it turns slower than a comet, but if you get in its sights, it can blow you to itty-bitty pieces. It would be embarrassing to have to inform your family you got shot apart by a shuttle, so stay alert. It’s been nearly 3 waves into Fantasy Flight’s […]

This Is Extreme – This Is Slaughterball!

Slaughterball Kickstarter

Slaughterball is currently running on Kickstarter and here you can read some more about this great looking project. “Slaughterball is a competitive board game simulating a ferocious future blood sport where 2-4 teams of genetically-engineered super-athletes clash in a remorseless steel pit. Teams score points by making goals and injuring opponents. The team with the […]

Total Extinction Beta Play-Test by Jeff La Belle & Crew

Total Extinction Kickstarter Rules

We played Total Extinction by Sentinel Games. All I can say is WOW!  Fast paced, engage lay, easy to play, and seriously, after reading the rules, you don’t need to look back much at all. This is a guest-post by Jeff La Belle & Crew, backers of Total Extinction on Kickstarter. Preparing a Game of […]

How Games Tell Stories, and How to Turn a Story Into a Game

fellwater rpg kickstarter

Good games are games that tell interesting stories. Any kind of game can tell a story, from ancient classics like Chess, King’s Table, and Go, to complex military simulations like Warhammer. Characters appear; problems beset them; solutions are sought and struggles are endured; and events in the world unfold. At the end of the story, the […]

Proxy Army – 3D Printed Miniatures for Everyone

Proxy Army Kickstarter Campaign

Starting a gaming company is expensive. Molds for miniatures cost thousands of dollars, making it hard for indie gaming companies to make their own minis. But what if every gamer could have fully custom miniatures, creating exact models of their D&D characters or fully original tabletop armies? We’re Proxy Army, and we want to make that happen. […]

Game Design: How We Made Twelve Elements of War

Twelve Elements of War

When we first approached the task of making a set of rules for Twelve Elements of War, there were so many questions that had to be answered before we could make the game. So we sat down and talked about the things we DIDN’T want in this game… This made us think about all those […]

X-Wing – More Fun than a Barrel of Jawas

X Wing Tie Fighter Miniature

Every since I saw Will Wheaton play X-Wing on Tabletop, I was hooked! I went out, bought a box, asked my local gaming store when they play and I was off to the races. This is an account of my story and my mystical journey behind the controls of an Imperial TIE Fighter in the […]

A Brush With Style…X

StyleX Hobby Brush Review

A few days ago, having been asked to write this review about a new line of paintbrushes, I began to think about how important my brushes really are to me. Without doubt, my brushes and my paint are my most important tools. What would a miniature painter be without his brush? That’s like a burger […]

Creating Card Box Buildings

Tabletop Town Card Board Box

I have been tabletop gaming, mostly Dungeons and Dragons, for some 30 years now. The problems I have had with scenery and storing it have gone on for years. So I set out to design a solution! Creating D&D Card Box Buildings I wanted strong durable good looking scenery, but I also wanted it to take up […]

The Making of a Dark Angels Space Marines Cosplay Suit

Warhammer 40K Dark Angels Cosplay

This is a guest post by Tim Everett from Black Widow Company. The Idea This is my first cosplay outfit, outside of Halloween costumes, which don’t really count. I started planning this outfit in mid-2010, but I didn’t start actual work until around March or April of 2011. I first got the idea from a […]