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Invader Comics has launched a Kickstarter for the second and final installment of their atmospheric horror two-parter, “Animals,” written by Keith Foster and illustrated by Ed Condon (Issue 1) and Nico Mieres (Issue 2). In addition to backing the project for Issue 2, readers will also get the debut issue and some bonus goodies. Animals follows Pacific Northwest wildlife ranger Dan Simmons and sheriff Jack Bertrand as they try to discover what is causing a mutant virus to infect and reanimate the local wildlife. The animals are already attacking humans, and things are getting worse faster than the humans can…
Designers: Richard Garfield, Ken Jennings Publisher: Nighthawk Games Players: 2-12 Ages: 12+ Time: 30 minutes Half Truth: Second Guess is the standalone sequel to the 2020 board game Half Truth. Each question has six answers, half of which are wrong. Team up with other trivia enthusiasts to find the Half Truth of a question. What’s special about Half Truth as a trivia game is that you don’t have to find all the right answers, you can give 1-3 answers. The more you guess, the more points you get, but if you get even one wrong answer, you get 0 points…
The 1972 TV movie Kolchak the Night Stalker quickly became a cult favorite and even spawned a TV series starring actor Darren McGavin. Horror legend Richard Matheson wrote the film’s screenplay based on Jeff Rice’s then-unpublished novel, and the film, released the following year, is still beloved by horror fans around the world. Now, fans can pick up a special edition hardcover from Monstrous Books, featuring art by Russ Brown and a host of unique extras from this modern horror master. The campaign, which launches today on Kickstarter, allows fans to back a limited edition (1,973 copies) hardcover edition of…
On the eve of its 15th anniversary, Fanbase Press has announced its first-ever Kickstarter campaign for a deluxe hardcover edition of Ripple Effect, winner of the 2023 Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics and the 25th Annual ForeAwards Indie Book of the Year Award for Graphic Novel and Comics. Created, written and colored by Jordan Hart, with art by Bruno Tirol, flats by Shane Kadlesic, letters by Oceano Lunsford, cover illustrations by Justin C. Harder and a foreword by Matthew Noé, Ripple Effect follows an invincible superhero who battles acute type 1 diabetes and a defective pancreas that requires…
The “roll and write” genre, where players roll dice and write the results on a scorepad, continues to gain momentum. This is especially true for print-and-play games. With standard dice, all players need is a printed copy of the scorepad. Over the years, many variations have emerged, including using a deck of playing cards to create a “flip and write” game. Around the World in 10-15 Minutes eliminates both dice and cards, and instead lets the active player choose the outcome of his turn, essentially creating a “choose and write” game. The game sheet consists of a world map connected…
Designers: Patricia Limberger and Felix Leder Publisher: Queen Games Players: 2-4 Ages: 8+ Duration: 45 minutes Play with a preview copy (in German) provided by the publisher Dabba Walla is one of Queen Games’ upcoming games that brings Mumbai’s amazing lunch delivery service to the gaming table. This whole system has been intriguing to me ever since I saw a documentary about it. Unfortunately, I can’t find the documentary online (I think it was made by PBS). However, here is a short video that explains it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDD32skx-zM According to the publisher: Every morning in Mumbai, over 5,000 workers dressed in…
Designer: Kao Chu Kan Published by: Soso Games Number of players: 2-4 Age range: 14+ Duration: 90 minutes (our game lasted 110-115 minutes) Played on a preview copy provided by Taiwan Board Games Formosa Tea was originally released around 2019 and I remember seeing it in Essen. The original Taiwanese version was produced by Soso and the English version by Tasty Minstrel Games. Both had low print runs and were never reprinted, making the game hard to get hold of. The new KS project brings the game back to the market and offers some new rules to tighten up the…
For the second year in a row, we caught up with Free League CEO Tomas Harenstam to talk about the past year, the company’s Gen Con announcements, its views on the RPG market, and Humble Bundle with Alchemy VTT (for last year’s interview, see “ICv2 Interview – 2023”).ICv2: We last spoke a year ago here at Gen Con, where we talked about the state of the RPG market at the time. How has it changed in the past year?Tomas Harenstam: I think things are still going well. We’re not seeing any slowdown or anything. I think there’s more interest in…
Jungfrau A. Bietschhorn This region is a magnificent area with high mountain ranges, glaciers and is actually the most glaciated part of the European Alps. Visiting this area can be done relatively easy by car and if you want to go up, by train up to 3,400 metres above sea level, the highest train ride in Europe, the Jungfrau Railway is very impressive (and expensive!). The area is on the UNESCO World Heritage list because of its unique and wide range of flora and fauna and geological importance regarding the creating of the High Alps.
Jungfrau A. Bietschhorn This region is a magnificent area with high mountain ranges, glaciers and is actually the most glaciated part of the European Alps. Visiting this area can be done relatively easy by car and if you want to go up, by train up to 3,400 metres above sea level, the highest train ride in Europe, the Jungfrau Railway is very impressive (and expensive!). The area is on the UNESCO World Heritage list because of its unique and wide range of flora and fauna and geological importance regarding the creating of the High Alps.