Dice Tower News

First Weekly Giveaway Announced!

Hello there Dice Tower News fans! Well, we're about done with our first week's worth of news since going public. We had announced that we would be having a weekly give-away and it's time to announce the winner. Congratulations to our first winner of a $10.00 gift certificate to Cool Stuff Inc - Patrick D. ! I'll personally contact you with details on how to claim your winnings! For those not yet aware, we are going to be giving away, thanks to Cool Stuff Inc , a $10.00 gift certificate EVERY WEEK!!! We will...

A New Strategy War Game on Kickstarter

There's a fun new strategy (sci-fi) war game currently on Kickstarter from Theorycraft Gaming entitled Factions. Factions uses cards as a mechanic for battling as players move around a hex board. Here's some of the different factions that can be found in the game: " FACTIONS has been designed to provide you with an accessible yet deep, highly customizable, tabletop wargame. You take on the role of a military leader in one of four (base game) competing Factions and will need all your planning, tactics and cunning to dominate in this deeply...

Fun new Racing Dice Game on Kickstarter

Cobey Pile, at Home Run Games , has an interesting campaign on Kickstarter to fund a fun little racing game, entitled Street Dice, that features about 100 cards and 60 dice. It is a real-time game where players will need to roll dice faster than their opponents to win the race. " The dice are high quality D6 molded plastic dice. To make a game with this number of dice we need to make significant amount of copies to cover the mold costs. We are trying to keep the price down for those who join in on...

New Munchkin Products Arriving Soon

Its very rare we get to announce something before the publisher - but here goes: This November, Steve Jackson Games will be releasing the following Munchkin expansions. Munchkin Holidazed Holidazed pack combines eleven new cards with four reprints from the hard-to-find Munchkin Holiday Surprise (2012), a candy-themed Level counter, and six red-and-green festive 14mm dice. Munchkin Journal Pack 3 Three pocket journals, each with artwork from various holiday-themed Munchkin boosters. Plus a new Munchkin card! Munchkin Game Changers A reprint of a previously Barnes and Noble exclusive, Game Changes...

Coming Soon from Patch Products

Perplexus Warp The Perplexus line from Patch Products are 3D Maze games. “If one had to name it, it would be called a spherical octahedron, but around here we just call it weird, cool, different, warpy, or the hyper egg. The new shape is also a bit easier to hold, doesn't roll off a table, and maximizes player's visibility all in a fun new size,” says Matt Nelson of Perplexus, LLC. Perplexus Warp features nine internal cups that act as “baskets” when you maneuver the marble to leap into them, and new internal pivot that...

Coming October - Holiday Fluxx

Looney Labs will release Holiday Fluxx, designed by Andrew Looney and Kristin Looney, a new edition of their hit card game this fall. Fluxx is a card game where players attempt to win by constantly changing the win condition with cards. All the cards have various triggers, effects, and win conditions that alter the game state. Each player has a hand of three cards. On a player's turn, they draw a card and play a card. Holiday Fluxx will cover Halloween to New Year's and is family-friendly. This set will feature retro-style painted art from...

Coming Soon - Warhammer 40k: Conquest - Howl of the Blackmane

Fantasy Flight Games announced The Howl of Blackmane, the first war pack in the Warlord Cycle for their new living card game, Warhammer 40,000: Conquest due out later this year. Conquest is designed by Brad Andres, Nate French, and Eric M. Lang who also all worked on Call of Cthulhu together. In Warhammer 40,000: Conquest, monthly expansions to this Warhammer themed LCG are known as War Packs. Like Android: Netrunner or Star Wars: The Card Game, each pack will contain sixty cards offering enhancements to game play and many deck building options. ...

Coming Soon - Android: Netrunner - The Source

Fantasy Flight Games announced the last pack in the Lunar Cycle for Android: Netrunner, The Source. Designed by Richard Garfield and Lukas Litzsinger, this sixth and final pack of the cycle will be available third quarter 2014. In The Source, the lunar expedition will be coming to a close. Corporations will have servers that can self destruct and Runners will find rewards for jumping out of runs. FFG reveals another of the many fragments that have been scattered through the lunar cycle, The Utopia Fragment. This unique agenda is limited to one per deck and...

Coming Soon from Rio Grande Games

Coming later this year from Rio Grande Games . Temporum Designed by Donald X. Vaccarino (Dominion, Kingdom Builder), this is a time travel themed game where players are moving around through history adjusting different aspects to ensure that power ends in your own time period. The game will come with 108 cards, 61 wooden crowns, pawns and paths, and 48 coin chits. Temporum is for 2 to 5 players, ages 13 and up with a play time of 35 minutes. The current expected release is in August at Gen Con 2014. From the publisher: In some...

Archer: The Danger Zone Preview

Cryptozoic Entertainment has posted a preview of their upcoming game, Archer: The Danger Zone, based on the FX animated comedy show, Archer. In Archer: The Danger Zone, players take on the role of show favorites like Sterling, Pam, Cheryl, Lana, and Dr. Krieger. Each player will get a deck of cards with show standard insults and ego boosts. Each round, players select a token that represents location tiles on the table and at once, all reveal. Progressing in initiative order, players move their characters to the locations, like Malory's Office, where the first player here...

Pages

Subscribe to Front page feed