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OgreCave video: DunDraCon promo

January 23, 2015 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Geek Culture, Industry, LARP, Miniatures Games, OgreCave, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

For the Cave dwellers, the start of convention season is heralded by DunDraCon. Now that the annual gaming event and its impending awesomeness are nearly here, this seems like the time to premiere our DunDraCon promo video. Take it away,

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OgreCave video: Japji Khalsa at KublaCon 2014

August 26, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, Conventions, Game Design, Geek Culture, Industry, Interviews, Miniatures Games, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

In our final KublaCon 2014 video, we manage to grab a few minutes with Japji Khalsa, Executive Producer and founder of KublaCon. In this video, we learn about the CCG-derived origins of the convention, how game designers use the show

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OgreCave video: Camp Grizzly, Star Wars X-Wing, and Megadungeon

July 31, 2014 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Conventions, Dungeons & Dragons, Miniatures Games, Pathfinder, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

The KublaCon 2014 coverage is continuing on OgreCave’s new YouTube channel with three more interviews. This time we sit down with Jason Topolski of Ameritrash Games to hear about Camp Grizzly, the ’70s horror movie board game. Then we speak

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Forbidden Desert, sequel to Forbidden Island, announced

January 8, 2013 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games Leave a comment

Earlier today, Gamewright officially announced the upcoming sequel to the hit cooperative boardgame Forbidden Island, entitled Forbidden Desert. As the press release (below) states, “In Forbidden Desert, players take on the roles of brave adventurers who must throw caution to

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Days of Wonder to Release Fourth Expansion for Small World

May 17, 2010 Lee Valentine Uncategorized Leave a comment

Days of Wonder just announced Tales & Legends, the fourth expansion for their award-winning area control boardgame Small World. Tales & Legends will feature a deck of 54 large-format Event cards. In every round except the first, an event card

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Days of Wonder to Release Small World for the iPad

April 2, 2010 Lee Valentine Uncategorized 3 comments

With the impending release of the Apple iPad we are bound to see new games intended specifically for that platform. One of the first hobby games getting ported over to the new touchscreen media device is Days of Wonder’s hit

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Origins Awards happen

July 7, 2007 Mike Sugarbaker Conventions, Industry 10 comments

That alone strikes me as news at this point. Moreover, they happened strictly via in-person vote at the show, and this seems to have produced sensible results all while not falling over or catching fire. Kudos! Highlights include the accepter

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Origins Awards nominees announced for 2007

April 29, 2007 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Card Games, D20, Dungeons & Dragons, Industry, Miniatures Games, Roleplaying Games 5 comments

Though underannounced and hard to find (as usual), the 2007 Origins Awards top nominees are decided. ‘Tis an interesting batch this year, with many expected titles (Ptolus was a no-brainer), and some surprises as well (Shear Panic? Really? Huh). The

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  • “Something ‘s wrong with the well...” followed by sounds of wet flesh sliding across stone. Yep, #gamenight is definitely on.
    by ogrecave 1 year ago
    “Something ‘s wrong with the well...” followed by sounds of wet flesh sliding across stone. Yep,  #gamenight  is definitely on.
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    by ogrecave 1 year ago
    Lost ruins in the sand leads to more bugs - and bug people! Two allies are dead, so maybe exploring
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  • To provide more quest fodder, @ubisoft has made Child of Light free on UPlay. This beautiful side scrolling exploration game
    by ogrecave 1 year ago
    To provide more quest fodder,  @ubisoft  has made Child of Light free on UPlay. This beautiful side scrolling exploration game
  • Got a batch of sweet #dnd goodies from @deathsaves in the mail today. The #displacerbeast is coming with me. #deathsaves
    by ogrecave 1 year ago
    Got a batch of sweet  #dnd  goodies from  @deathsaves  in the mail today. The  #displacerbeast  is coming with me.  #deathsaves 
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    by ogrecave 11 months ago
    Time to replace my wallet. Out with the classic, in with another classic.  #starwars   #xwing   #mandalorian 
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    by ogrecave 5 months ago
    Actual Bob Ross art on Magic cards. Tap those happy little clouds - or mountains, or islands... link in bio.
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