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Zman Games posted some more information on their upcoming video game turned board game, The Battle at Kemble's Cascade. The game is expected to release third quarter of this year.

From their Facebook post:

In The Battle at Kemble’s Cascade, there are important and innovative aspects that make the game completely unique. Transferring the mechanics of an arcade game over to a board game wasn't easy, but somehow Anders & Olle Tyrland made it work wonderfully.

Designers Anders &...

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Donald X. Vaccarino Madness

All eyes have been on Donald X. Vaccarino since he captured all of our hearts and our wallets with his deck-building titan Dominion along with its eight expansions. While his last effort, Kingdom Builder (published by Queen Games), may not have impressed all critics , this month has been especially exciting for Vaccarino fans. His mafia themed card-drafting game Greed (also published by Queen Games) has been reported to be arriving at the front doors of Kickstarter backers, which...

Advertising Manager of BoardGameGeek.com, Chaddyboy, announced that BoardGameGeek will be publishing a series of micro games. The first to be released will be I Hate Zombies., designed by Kevin Wilson (Descent: Journeys in the Dark, A Game of Thrones, Arkham Horror). I Hate Zombies. is expected to be on Kickstarter later this year and available in stores in the second quarter of 2015. The game features a rock-paper-scissors mechanic that is influenced by different special abilities that players can use depending on which of the twelve included characters they choose to play as. In I Hate Zombies.,...

The Esoteric Order of Gamers published an update to their rules summary and reference aid for Cutthroat Caverns. Designed by Curt Covert (Hex Hex), Cutthroat Caverns is a thematic fantasy card game for 3 to 6 players, published in 2007 by Smirk & Dagger Games . Cutthroat Caverns is played in 9 rounds where players tackle a monster or trap each round with the hopes of surviving all nine rounds and scoring the most prestige points by working as a team, and subsequently betraying those same teammates in order score killing blows. The base...