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Monster of the Week: How Genre Improves a Game

The more time I spend playing TTRPGs and trying new ones, the more interest I have in genre-specific games.  It makes a lot of sense for how most people I know play these games: we think of a cool basis...

Codex Space Marines – 10th Edition: The Goonhammer Review

In an unprecedented move, Games Workshop has released a new Codex: Space Marines - and it’s the second book of the edition, after Codex: Tyranids a few weeks ago. Putting aside the fact that this few weeks’ delay is...

Final Fantasy XVI: The Goonhammer Review

This review contains endgame spoilers for Final Fantasy XVI. I had to sit with this one a little bit. I could have started writing this review some time back in July, because I didn’t get it early and I was really...

Goonhammer Reviews: Objective Control Tabletop Game Aids

Recently we highlighted an ongoing kickstarter for game aids, Objective Ctrl. The high level description here is that they provide transparent game tools like objective markers, terrain footprints for GW layouts, and your standard handy measuring tool. Recently I...

Wilds of Eldraine Review, Part 4 of 4: Colorless Cards

The curse of the Wicked Slumber roils through the fairy tale lands of Eldraine, and while Wil and Rowan do their best to save their kingdom and perhaps their plane, we'll be taking a look at how the new...

Wilds of Eldraine Review, Part 3 of 4: Monocolor Cards

The curse of the Wicked Slumber roils through the fairy tale lands of Eldraine, and while Wil and Rowan do their best to save their kingdom and perhaps their plane, we'll be taking a look at how the new...

Wilds of Eldraine Review, Part 2 of 4: Multicolor Cards

The curse of the Wicked Slumber roils through the fairy tale lands of Eldraine, and while Wil and Rowan do their best to save their kingdom and perhaps their plane, we'll be taking a look at how the new...

Wilds of Eldraine Review, Part 1 of 4: The Mechanics

The Phyrexians have been defeated, but a new problem has arisen in the plane of Eldraine. The curse known as the Wicked Slumber threatens to spread across the realm as the newly desparked Wil and Rowan fight to stop...

Goonhammer Reviews The New Commander Masters Cards

Today we have a bit of an unusual one, diving in to review ALL of the new cards from the Commander Masters set. While the main booster set itself doesn't contain any new cards, the 4 preconstructed companion decks...

Indie Games Round up – August 2023

Every month we take a look at some of the various indie games out there, play them, and talk about the ones we liked. In case you missed last month's Indie Games round-up, you can find it here. Tepang2 Now I’m...