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Spiel.Digital was the first virtual edition of Spiel , the world’s largest board and card game convention. Due to current events, this digital manifestation of everyone’s favorite German convention streamed its way into gamer’s computers from October 22-25. The organizers were very happy with the turnout and reported some final numbers from the convention. 148,000 visitors took part in the convention, and the official livestreams alone recorded more than one million hits. More than 400 publishers from 41 different nations participated, showing off new games, and playing games on virtual tables, using the many...

“Stay a while, and listen” -Deckard Cain

Two former vice-presidents from video game powerhouse Blizzard Entertainment , Chris Metzen and Mike Gilmartin have been working hard to turn a hobby into a dream. Blizzard, as most people know, is one of the most regarded video game development houses, producing the Diablo series, Warcraft in all its forms, and Starcraft . In 2018, after leaving Blizzard, the pair founded Warchief Gaming , originally a gaming club in Orange County dedicated to tabletop games. And while Warchief still operates as...

Fantasy Flight Games has announced the Scarlet Witch Hero Pack for Marvel Champions: The Card Game . The pre-built 40 card deck features the avenger Scarlet Witch and her alter ego, Wanda Maximoff. She adheres to thhe Justice aspect. What makes her unique is her powers involve thinning the encounter deck, so players must be judicious in their use, or they will accumulate acceleration tokens. Additionally, her deck contains two copies of her obligation, Slipping Sanity, which forces players to choose between exhausting or risk gaining threat on the main scheme. Fortunately, Scarlet Witch has...

Mythic Games is running a Kickstarter campaign for Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game that only has about a week to go at the time of this writing. The game is designed by Nick Niotis and Argyris Pouggouras with artwork supplied by Christopher Bourassa. Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game , based on the popular video game, plays 1-4 players, ages 14 and up, in 90-120 minutes.

In this cooperative rogue-like dungeon crawler, the players must combat the evil inhabiting the Heir’s mansion. The game features tough tactical choices that the players must make including their starting...