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War Zone Charadon: The Book of Rust Review – The Narrative Play Rules

Next weekend sees not just one but two massive releases for Warhammer 40,000. In addition to the 9th edition release of Codex: Drukhari (find our review of that book here), Games Workshop will also be releasing their first major...

Kill Team: Killzones Review

Lost in the shuffle a few weeks ago with the release of Kill Team: Pariah Nexus was the release of Kill Team: Killzones, a stand-alone book/expansion that collects the missions, tactics, and narrative content from six prior Kill Team...

Loop Hero: A Boardgame-RPG Hybrid with an Excellent Gameplay… Flow

The game begins with the universe being destroyed, and then you move forward from there, on a loop. Loop Hero is not really an idle game, as it’s been somewhat curiously -- and a bit frustratingly -- tagged. You will...

Games for Young Kids: Rhino Hero Super Battle Review

I've written before about the challenges of introducing a small child to board games, specifically in my review of Dragon's Breath, another HABA game designed for young players. In the short time since that was written my four year-old son...

White Dwarf #461 Flashpoints: Charadon Phase 2 Review

In the Narrative Forge, we talk about playing games with more of a storytelling focus in mind. From bespoke missions to Crusade armies to sweeping campaigns, we cover the ways to add flavor to games. In today’s article, we’re...

Kill Team Pariah Nexus Review, Part 3: The Factions and New Datasheets

In addition to new rules and new models, the new Kill Team Pariah Nexus book also lists out rules for more than a dozen models, adding new units and completely updating the Space Marines Kill Team range while doing…...

Kill Team Pariah Nexus Review, Part 2: The Rules

One of the more surprising revelations from the Games Workshop previews in late 2020 was that we’d be seeing a new Kill Team release early this year. After more than a year without new Kill Team content - basically...

Goonhammer Historicals: Pickett’s Charge Review

In our continuing series on the American Civil War, this week sees the Goonhammer Historicals team bringing you a review of the "Pickett's Charge" wargame rule set from Reisswitz Press. Released in 2016, Pickett's Charge is the brainchild of veteran...

The Medium: Neither Rare Nor Well-Done

Apologies to Ernie Kovacs for stealing his joke, but our subject this week didn't deserve a new one. There are good games, there are bad games, and then there are games like The Medium. Up until now, I’ve had the...

Codex: Dark Angels Round-up

The new 9th edition Codex: Dark Angels is out today and in case you missed any of our coverage of the new book and it's contents, or are just looking for help on your Dark Angels list, we've got...