When Jordan Weisman first announced his new company Smith and Tinker, he stated its mission as being to create toys, games, and other real-world media that leverage networks in order “to compete with the dynamic and exciting world of the internet.” Further, they foregrounded two maxims: “There is nothing on
Category: Computer and Console Games
A little 16-or-so-bit action for your table
If you poke around in the various print-and-play tags on BoardGameGeek, you can find some pretty interesting stuff. Take, for example, , a counter-based light wargame ripped, quite literally (if you decide that the digital sense of the word “rip” isn’t a metaphor anymore), from the world’s most popular turn-based
Laptops? We don’t need no stinkin’ laptops
Andy Kitkowski at Story Games points out a Japanese tabletop-RPG gamebook and comprehensive play aid for the Nintendo DS. In a kinder universe than this one, we would not have to ask where the hell the iPhone app was for D&D Insider.
Random Encounter interview: Darren Watts of Hero Games
In case our recent GTS 2009 interviews weren’t enough, we’ve got another quick interview hot on their heels. This one’s in the form of our Random Encounter interviews, quick little engagements on a single subject. Whether you celebrate Cinco de Mayo or not today, OgreCave has brought you this Random
Dungeon Twister headed for Xbox 360
Another Asmodée game is migrating to consoles. Hot on the heels of Jungle Speed hitting the Wii, now it looks like a version of Dungeon Twister is in the works for Xbox 360, with other consoles to follow. According to a news post on the Asmodée website, French videogame company
OgreCave reviews – Blokus, Blokus World Tour
Regular OgreCave contributor Lee Valentine has provided us with his evaluations of two varieties of the abstract strategy game Blokus. First, there’s the original Blokus game, for anyone who hasn’t had a taste of it yet. Then Lee runs Blokus World Tour through the motions and reports how well the
OgreCave Christmas Gift Guide 2008, part 4
Now that Christmas is just a few days away, you’re either all set for gift giving, or just about to panic. Fear not – the Cave dwellers have one more list of gift suggestions for you, and this time none of them require shipping. Therefore, we wrap up (*ahem*) our
Hasbro drops Scrabulous lawsuit
‘Tis the season to resolve one’s differences, it seems. Scrabulous, an online clone of the classic word game Scrabble, was created by two brothers in India and went on to become tremendously popular on Facebook. (Why the brothers thought they had the right to do this, I have no idea.)
Frag going gold in February. No disc involved
File under the Revisit and Upgrade category: Steve Jackson Games is updating one of their older titles, Frag. The updated version, Frag: Gold Edition, due out in February ’09, will boast a two-sided solid gameboard, plastic figures instead of cardstock, dry-erasable character cards, plenty of dice, and lots of fragging,
Voting begins in new gamebook competition
This year, the home of the free online Chronicles of Arborell gamebooks is hosting a competition to encourage new authors. All the entries are in, and readers are now encouraged to take a look and vote for their favorites. The adventures begin here. Take a look, put in your votes,
Penny Arcade, both rain-slick and exploring Arkham
Since the second episode of Penny Arcade: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness just became available yesterday from Hothead Games, we thought it prudent to double-check that you’ve done your research. You do recall the Penny Arcade Gabe and Tycho Investigators available for Arkham Horror at the FFG site, yes?
WotC titles on final approach at Game Table Online
Game Table Online has continued to roll out online versions of both classic and more recent tabletop game titles since getting started in 2001. Next week, it seems they plan to roll out their version of some well-known Wizards of the Coast titles: Acquire, Axis & Allies, Guillotine, Vegas Showdown,
More this just more even more in from Gen Con
A few links from Saturday’s shows. North Star Games has followed up their smash Wits and Wagers with Say Anything. Fat Dragon makes cardstock terrain, and even some out-and-out fold-up minis, on a really high level of craft. The Call of Duty real-time card game. I’m fairly certain Paul meant
Gleemax is one dead-ass brain-in-a-jar
“We’re not going to abandon the vision, but we are going to put large chunks of it on the backburner until we prove that we can succeed at the most important pieces. Those pieces are Magic Online and D&D Insider.” It’s a shame WotC doesn’t have the resources to execute
Ticket to Ride on Xbox Live today
First the extremely successful boardgame, then the recent card game, and now Days of Wonder‘s Ticket to Ride has been translated over to Xbox Live. I’m not sure the award-winning game (which took the Spiel Des Jahres ’04 and an Origins Award in ’05, to name a couple) is fully