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Giaco Furino

Tabletop Editor

About Giaco Furino

Giaco Furino joined the TechRaptor team as a Staff Writer in 2019 after searching for a dedicated place to write and talk about Tabletop Games. In 2020, he was named Deputy Tabletop Editor at the site, assisting in the assignment and editing of Tabletop reviews, previews, and features. In 2021, he took the helm as Tabletop Editor, overseeing all aspects of Tabletop gaming coverage on TechRaptor.

Giaco has been involved in the Tabletop industry for over a decade, working as the manager of Twenty Sided Store, a board game and RPG shop in Brooklyn for years before moving into writing full-time. As a freelance entertainment journalist with a focus on Tabletop, Giaco has traveled to the offices of Wizards of the Coast for a "day in the life" feature article, interviewed countless Tabletop personalities and creators, and wrote one of the first highly visible articles on VICE about the new surge of D&D players when Fifth Edition first released.

Today, as Tabletop Editor at TechRaptor, Giaco handles a large bulk of gaming reviews, from keeping up on all things Warhammer to covering the latest releases from the largest board game companies in the world. He also assigns and edits articles from an incredible team of TechRaptor writers, covering Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and more. He believes the deepest, most strategic war game deserves just as much time and attention as a family-friendly, super-light board game, and wants TechRaptor's Tabletop Section to be a welcoming place for all kinds of gamers. Whether you're looking for a review of the latest D&D book, or a fun new family game to take with you on vacation, TechRaptor's Tabletop Section will have what you need to have more (analog) gaming fun!

In his day job, Giaco is a Branded Content Strategist with a focus on Tech and Entertainment, helping ideate and pitch ideas to advertising clients across a broad array of passion points, topics, and anchoring sites. Giaco is also the co-writer of the feature film The Ranger, an independent horror movie about a group of punks who get lost in the woods, which premiered at South by Southwest in 2018. When he's not building Warhammer models for review, or trying out the latest big box board game release, you can catch him out on the town getting dinner with friends, teaching board games at his local comic shop, and working on his next screenplay.

Articles by Giaco Furino


Total Articles: 257


Frostpunk: The Board Game
News

Frostpunk: The Board Game Now On Kickstarter

October 6, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

Yacht Rock Components
Review

Yacht Rock Board Game Review

September 29, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

Mother of Frankenstein
Preview

Mother Of Frankenstein Preview

September 24, 2020 | 10:00 EDT

A view of the board game Pendulum
Review

Pendulum Review

September 15, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

Back To The Future: Dice Through Time Game Board
Review

Back To The Future: Dice Through Time Review

August 27, 2020 | 01:00 EDT

Disney Jungle Cruise Adventure Game
Review

Disney Jungle Cruise Adventure Game Review

August 21, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

Flotilla by Wizkids
Review

Flotilla Review

July 23, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

The Liberation of Rietburg
Review

The Liberation of Rietburg Review

July 7, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

Blood Rage Digital Edition Review
Review

Blood Rage Digital Edition Review

Based on the incredible board game Blood Rage by Eric M. Lang, this digital implementation does a disservice to its source material with bugs and poor UI.

June 11, 2020 | 11:00 EDT

Magic The Gathering Teferi
Feature

Magic Core Set 2021 Reveals

June 5, 2020 | 01:00 EDT

BE-A Walker Review
Review

BE-A Walker Review

May 27, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

High Noon
Preview

High Noon Kickstarter Preview

May 26, 2020 | 11:00 EDT

Charterstone: Digital Edition Review
Review

Charterstone: Digital Edition Review

The legacy worker placement strategy board game Charterstone makes a big splash in its transfer over to digital with help from clean UI and clever design.

May 16, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

Magic: The Gathering artwork from Viktor Titov, courtesy Wizards of the Coast
Interview

We Spoke With The Magic: The Gathering Set Designer Behind Ikoria

We spoke with Dave Humphries, lead designer on the new Magic: The Gathering expansion Ikoria, about how his team developed the new mechanics of the set.

April 30, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

Game of Thrones: Oathbreaker Board Game
Review

Game of Thrones: Oathbreaker Review

April 14, 2020 | 12:00 EDT