Dice Tower News

In Path of Light and Shadow: Solstice players return to the world of Path of Light and Shadow to explore the Hinterlands, discover magic relics, gain new titles, and take charge of forces moving between Cruelty and Mercy.

This expansion adds a new region, the Hinterlands , which lies in the realm of the Viratis , a new faction that encourages players to stray from their moral faction. This faction is composed of two tribes who fight for what remains of their island and introduces the concept of Doubt into the game....

There’s a very healthy ecosystem of board game reviewers who help us mere mortals wade through the plethora of games competing for our attention. Board Game Atlas thought it would be more useful to have all those reviews in one place and stepped in with the launch of their new review system featuring the industry’s top critics with over 3000 review snippets at launch. The Dice Tower is one of 30 top critics to be included in the initial slate who go side-by-side with community reviews all measured against a 100-point scale....

Temple Gates Games, in collaboration with Rio Grande Games, is bringing Dominion to iOS, Android and Steam. Dominion , designed by Spiel des Jahres winner Donald X. Vaccarino, defined the deckbuilding genre for board games and a good digital implementation has been lacking. This new implementation features:

Automated scorekeeping, setup and rules enforcement;

Jumbo mode for larger text;

Turbo mode to zoom through games quickly;

Neural net AI for solo play;

Async and real-time multiplayer;

Pass and play; and,

Cross platform compatible....

Renegade Game Studios has announced the Transformers Deck-Building Game , which is due out this coming summer. The game is designed by Matt Hyra and Dan Blanchett with artwork supplied by Matt Frank. Transformers Deck-Building Game plays 1-5 players, ages 13 and up, in 45-90 minutes.

Transformers Deck-Building Game can be played either competitively or cooperatively. In either case, the players are trying to defeat the Decepticons. The players take on the role of the Autobots, each of whom has their own special abilities. In the competitive version of the game, the players...