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Rock Hard: 1977 — The Goonhammer Review

We have games covering every conceivable topic, from fashion design to strolling through a national park. And now there’s a board game about making it big in the 1970s music scene.

The Mandalorian: Adventures – The Goonhammer Review

With its cast of colorful characters and mission-focused plot lines, Disney’s The Mandalorian seems ideal for an adventure game, and now it has one, thanks to veteran designer Corey Konieczka (Battlestar Galactica: the Board Game, Mansions of Madness, Star...

Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game Clone Wars Edition – The Goonhammer Review

Deck building games have been an extremely popular sub-genre of card game ever since the wildly successful Dominion first introduced the concept in 2008. It’s an easy format to plug just about any setting or I. P. into, and...

Turn Order’s Player Tools & Tricks

Well, it sure has been a minute, hasn't it? No, don't look at the date of the previous article in this series, stay with me. In fact, take a seat! I've cleaned off more than enough cobwebs for you...

Crawling Out Through the Fallout: An Overview of Fallout and Fallout-Adjacent TTRPGs

It’s never been a better time to be a fan of the Fallout franchise. Twenty years ago, while under the umbrella of Interplay Productions, the franchise was given a deathblow with the release of the infamous Fallout: Brotherhood of...

Star Trek Adventures Second Edition – The Turn Order Review

Star Trek Adventures (STA) is turning seven years old in August, and Modiphius is celebrating with a brand new Second Edition of the game. There aren’t a lot of major changes, but the systems have been honed and revised...

Vrekais Is a New DM: Lego as Physical Currency

The Core Concept There’s a prevailing opinion that gold in D&D is a bit… weird. The amounts that things cost and what you can actually spend gold on vary from game to game. The core books base item costs on...

Vrekais Is a New DM: Making a “Bandit Camp” Map

A “Bandit Camp” in Copia Wildwood The Backstory So the premise for this map is that the militia movements and war in the nation to the North of the woods have made some smuggling and thievery of the southern Menagari Coast...

Turn Order: Vrekais is a New DM – Designing the Encounter at Halen House

For the next few weeks at Turn Order, we'll be featuring dispatches from our very own Vrekais as he feels his way through running tabletop games for his own local playgroup. The Encounter at Halen’s House I am not a “random...

Traveling with Games

A Guide to Hobby Boardgaming and Travel Whether you are packing for a weekend getaway, holiday, or family gathering, deciding what games to bring and the logistics are a large part of many gamers' mindset—the anticipation of free time with...