Information for Psychonauts 2 has been a pretty slow drip-feed, which means that the psycho-obsessed (like yours truly) put it upon themselves to comb over every new piece of art that’s released in…
December 30, 2020 | 11:00 EST
Anyone who has watched a presentation from a big tech company might come away with the sense that they're a little... cult-ish. But what if they actually were a cult? What if their next product…
August 14, 2019 | 01:41 EDT
Middara: Unintentional Malum Act 1 is the best new game that I've played in the past few years. After playing through it's 100+ hours long campaign, the game sits snugly inside my personal top 5…
June 24, 2019 | 02:30 EDT
Who doesn't love a good adventure? Well apparently Themeborne, the company behind 2017's Escape the Dark Castle do and they're ready to prove it. After a successful campaign for both Escape the Dark…
June 7, 2019 | 11:00 EDT
Tabletop games range from the simple to complex, and Tabula Games definitely aims to make games closer to the complex side of the scale. The Icaion Kickstarter has launched after being announced a…
May 21, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
Millennium Blades is a winning hand for people who want to play collectible card games in a more compact package. Developed by David B. Talton Jr. and his company Level 99 Games, it’s a CCG…
February 8, 2019 | 04:10 EST
I rarely write about tabletop games, here on TechRaptor. Sure, I'm an avid consumer of both board games and pen and paper RPGs, but most of my expertise lies with video games. However, as an Italian…
January 28, 2019 | 01:00 EST
Alternate history is a fascinating concept: It speaks to us in both our interest in what came before and to our love to ask "what if." It’s this combination, along with some absolutely amazing…
March 13, 2018 | 09:33 EDT
Time of Legends: Joan of Arc was far and away the best new game that we saw at Gen Con 2017. The game's Kickstarter started earlier this month, and it took no time for this awesome looking…
October 24, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
We took a quick look at The Legend of Korra: Pro-bending Arena at Gen Con this year, but many of the game's details were shrouded in mystery in anticipation of the upcoming (at the time) Kickstarter…
September 14, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
I have a soft spot for story driven cooperative games, including my favorite game of all time, but most of them are either too complex, or too thematically mature to play with my kids, which is a…
September 6, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
Daily Magic Games is back on Kickstarter with their newest game Horizons. Horizons, designed by Levi Mote, is a space themed 4x-Euro game mashup that is already, in it's prototype form, one of the…
August 30, 2017 | 12:00 EDT
Renegade is a game by Victory Point Games for 1-4 players where you take on the role of one of the titular Renegades, hackers who are free from the control of the A.I. that controls the populace of…
July 31, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Cthulhu Wars is the dream of many a Lovecraft nerd: select from one of several factions and battle it out with the other old gods. The original game earned nearly $1.5 million in its first…
July 26, 2017 | 05:11 EDT
Mage Company, the Bulgarian tabletop publisher behind Raid and Trade and Aether Captains has launched a new Kickstarter set in their fantasy storybook world of 12 Realms. The original 12 Realms is a…
June 24, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
Do you have SPQR tattooed on your arm? Do you watch Ben Hur twice a year? Are you fond of racing games with a bit of violence in them? Then Chariots of Rome by Victory Point Games might be something…
May 8, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
Dueling card games have been around for a while, and while Magic: The Gathering may still be king, an awful lot of competitors have entered the fray. EXCEED had a successful Kickstarter in September…
April 13, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
Food Truck Champion is quite good, and the Kickstarter Campaign for the game is now live, so if you are a fan of food trucks, or Glory to Rome-inspired games, then you should head over to the…
February 24, 2017 | 11:00 EST
The recent relaunch of Alien Frontiers on Kickstarter is the perfect jumping in point for both newcomers and longtime fans alike. If you have been a fan since the first Kickstarter, and have…
January 23, 2017 | 11:00 EST
I've spent more time and effort on Kingdom Death: Monster since 2015 than I have on any other hobby or form of entertainment, both here on TechRaptor, and in my personal life. From assembling and…
November 28, 2016 | 02:00 EST
Mythic Battles: Pantheon has the best dice system for a skirmish boardgame that I've experienced to date. In fact, even though I've only played a partial game at Gen Con 2016, and a bare-bones pre-…
November 9, 2016 | 11:00 EST
Many of us have worked at a company where everybody is good at that one thing. Bob is really fast at his job, Jim is always on time, and Mary is always friendly with the customers. If you could take…
September 30, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
Mutant Chronicles: Siege of the Citadel holds a special place in my heart. My brother bought a copy from a big box store when I was a teenager, and despite the thin rules, we were absolutely…
September 12, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
Typically, a board game that features hexes will be oriented towards older, more experienced tabletop gamers. Tiki Island by Great Wight Games is a light strategy game for 2-6 players that can be…
September 5, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
Proper tools are a dime a dozen for gamers. The selection of available hardware that aims to make whatever you're doing on a PC quicker, more convenient, and more responsive is getting larger every…
July 21, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
Castle Assault was the biggest surprise in gaming for me in 2015, and came out of nowhere to land securely in my top 5 Board Games of the Year last year. The game is an interesting, and extremely…
July 14, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
Millennium Blades is one of the best games that I've played this year, and one of my personal favorite games ever. Level 99 Games has just launched a new Kickstarter for a reprint of the game, as…
July 2, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
Ever feel like telling a story with tons of twists and turns thrown into the mix? That is the name of the game with Plot Twist, a storytelling card game by independent board game designer Darrell…
May 14, 2016 | 02:32 EDT
Clash of the Battle Goats (developed by Studio Woe) is the second tabletop game in the battle system first displayed by Gruff. I'm in the process of looking at Gruff, and it seems like an interesting…
April 20, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
Time can seem to stand still for some players in the turn-based combat we’ve come to associate with JRPGs, but when we got an opportunity at Indy PopCon to play LM Studios’s Super Turbo bit Crawl FX…
August 13, 2014 | 10:00 EDT