Category: Board Games

Yog-Sothoth.com, the haven of all things Cthulhu, has new details on the second edition of Arkham Horror coming in May from Fantasy Flight. According to Y-S, the classic boardgame has been reworked by Kevin Wilson and original designer Richard Launius; has new art for the gameboard, cards, and other pieces

Despite how it frequently appears, we at OgreCave actually want WizKids to succeed – we just want them to do it by making successful games, not successful lines of collectible plastic posing as games. The latter only does violence to the industry’s ecosystem, and it must be admitted even by

Release isn’t scheduled ’til tax day, but for now, peep out those stompy token things. This game looks lavish but not ridiculously so, which seems very appropriate and like a positive sign about AH’s general health. I hope the new RoboRally looks like this.

Rio Grande Games has just posted their first newsletter of 2005. Rather surprisingly, yet another Carcassonne expansion is on the way, this time with a fantasy theme. Carcassonne: The Princess and the Dragon is due out in March. I don’t know about anyone else, but even though this is one

Yeah, that joke really doesn’t make sense, but, I mean, that’s a lot of stuff. I know it probably just means half of it will get postponed or killed, but still, this is kind of thrilling. A reprint of RoboRally is in fact on the schedule for an Origins-ish timeframe

It’s been a few months since I’ve posted an Invisible City update, but that hasn’t deterred them from producing several new free games in the meantime. If you need something new to do with your Icehouse set, be sure to check out SpellCycles, a strategic pattern-making game, or the more

The Smoking Gun hosts the Feds’ “complaint for forfeiture” of Ghettopoly, the Monopoknockoff that was pulled from Urban Outfitters stores earlier in the year. The title, while allegedly racist, is also perfectly legal. Methinks there might be more than the Hasbropoly behind all this Federal zeal; wouldn’t be the first

Gamefest translates this German paper’s reflection on the Deutschenspielen craze in the US. Devoted Spielfreaks will find no surprises, but it’s got some nice historical notes, and it’s funny to see how national pride is the subliminal source of a couple of exaggerations. I mean, “group of gaming enthusiasts whose

Sword and Skull is due in March – it’s a pirate game, involving running around on a Talisman-esque track and saving the Sea… Dog… from the… merciless… crew of the… Wascally… Wabbit… or something. You get the picture. For some reason my Google fu is failing me and I can’t

Rio Grande Games has posted another newsletter containing a couple of interesting pieces of news. First of all, it has the release status of a variety of titles, so if you’re thinking of doing some holiday shopping, you’ll know what’s newly available. More interestingly, it includes information on a special

Shopping for a Monopoly fan this holiday season? Got three grand burning a hole in your pocket?

True to form, Eagle has allegedly announced a lot of stuff that is nowhere to be found on their website. Although this release summary is not that old, so Eagle may yet break their land speed record. This is a very interesting passel of projects, including board versions of popular

This Carcassonne-related report features a distinctly erotic, if lo-res, photo of the wooden bits from the soon-to-ship Carcassonne: The City. Yes, you will be building actual little walls and towers, instead of just wondering what the hell the walls around all the cities have to do with anything besides the