Bloodborne The Board Game: Honest & Precise Review - IMPROVED SOUND. Beastie Geeks 2026-09-21 | Bloodborne The Board Game: Honest & Precise Review - IMPROVED SOUND.
Hoxfall by Teburu: Prototype Preview. Beastie Geeks 2026-07-13 | Link the campaign: gamefound.com/projects/xplored/hoxfall?refcode=az1fWjE990C8ziysM7kNNg- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - A secret military base beneath the Nevada desert just wen sideways fast. After a failed experiment, an alien mutagen now spreads through the corridors, absorbing and rewriting everything it touches. Few humans remain, every minute counts, and the nightmare learns as you play. Will you escape... or be assimilated?Survive the fall.Hoxfall is a cooperative survival horror dungeon-crawler set in a secret military base where an alien mutagen is corrupting all organic life in its path. Outnumbered and unprepared, team up with other unlikely survivors and fight your way through hordes of alien mutants before your luck, and time, runs out. The mutagen spreads unchecked as the story moves on with or without you, in this real-time narrative campaign.Find a way out!You're trapped in the underground facility and each section of the base is a different scenario. Choose which section to explore, impacting how you experience the story. While the ever-mutating organism grow in strength... your ammo and energy are limited. Is up to you ti decide when and how to utilize them, in a desperate attempt to survive.Thanks to the Teburu System, experience a living narrative that reacts to your actions, creating suspense, surprises, and memorable moments every session. Through the digital app, and physical Smart miniatures and dice, the overrun military base feels alive... because it truly is! The mutagen learns during play, spreading unchecked throughout the facility as the story moves on with or without player intervention. Survival is the only focus!#review #boardgame #hoxfall
Ashes & Amber: Honest & Precise Prototype Review. Beastie Geeks 2026-02-05 | Link the campaign: kickstarter.com/projects/davidfalladeacebo/ashes-and-amber- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - You are the unspoken architect, the voice behind every turning point. From the first handprint pressed onto a cave wall to the code behind each digital invention, you will guide your civilisation through the great arcs of History. Which breakthroughs to embrace, which revolutions to ignite, which details to keep, which moments to cast in light... and which to leave in shadow - you will decide. This will be your version of our shared past, and our shared future. Will your choices echo through the ages?Ashes & Amber is a competitive civilisation game built around a brand-new mechanic: players build stacks of cards representing their cities.The game spans five eras — Prehistory, Antiquity, Middle Ages, Age of Discovery, and Modern Era. You will struggle through the catastrophe that strikes at the end of each era, and you will thrive by earning powerful accomplishments.Players will use five different decks, one per era, for a total of over 500 unique cards. Each player also selects a unique personal deck with asymmetric mechanics, which they will develop throughout the game.Player interaction is indirect, driven by shared objectives to complete both during the game and at its end.#review #boardgame #ashesandamber
Netherwatch: Honest & Precise Prototype Review. Co-op Horror Deduction by the HEXplore It Creators. Beastie Geeks 2025-10-10 | Link the campaign: gamefound.com/en/projects/hexploreit/netherwatch- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Netherwatch is a cooperative horror deduction game where players take on the roles of elite agents investigating supernatural disturbances, uncovering cryptic clues, and confronting a terrifying Demon. With unique agent abilities, unpredictable adversaries, and escalating tension, Netherwatch blends strategic deduction, survival horror, and tense cooperation into an intense gaming experience.Each mission unfolds in two stages: first, players must investigate and deduce the demon's identity while managing their sanity and avoiding deadly manifestations, then they must perform a high-stakes banishment ritual or escape before the Demon claims them.#review #boardgame #netherwatch
Vampire The Masquerade – Palermo Conspiracies: Honest & Precise Prototype Review. Beastie Geeks 2025-10-06 | Link the campaign: gamefound.com/en/projects/xplored/vampire-the-masquerade---palermo-conspiracies- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Vampire: The Masquerade - Palermo Conspiracies is a cooperative game for 1-4 players set in the World of Darkness, exclusive for the Teburu System.Take the role of Camarilla Archons, agents sent to investigate the disappearance of the Prince of Palermo. Impose your authority, punish the Masquerade transgressors, discover unspeakable secrets, in this narrative driven boardgame.The game comes with smart miniatures, board, dice, a free companion app, and the Teburu game system, which tracks everything on the smart board and enhances gameplay with artificial intelligence for the enemies, vivid visuals, exciting sounds, and dramatic storytelling.In this campaign game the players will explore the map, solve narrative encounters with Teburu digital connected dice, until they discover the truth and decide the fate of the city of Palermo.#review #boardgame #vampirethemasquerade
Darkest Doom: Honest & Precise Review. Merge of RPG progression, strategy and gothic fantasy. Beastie Geeks 2025-10-05 | Link the campaign: kickstarter.com/projects/gamestartedizioni/darkest-doom-ks-exclusive-reprint-new-expansion- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Darkest Doom is a competitive strategy game with RPG elements. Set in a dark fantasy world inspired by XVII century Europe and inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. Will you survive for the 8 days of the Eclipse as the Darkness tries to annihilate the region of Betel all the while competing with the other Guardians to complete one of the four paths to victory?The Darkest Doom boardgame puts you in charge of one of four formidable Guardians, each with unique abilities and traits. As you explore the areas of the region of Betel, you'll be able to take advantage of each different terrain and use its unique characteristics. You'll increase your Guardian's statistics by completing quests assigned to you by Vicar Percival, adjusting your strategy and attitude towards the game based on the stats you choose to upgrade. During your exploration, you'll also stumble onto ancient relics which will help you satisfy one of four victory conditions.Each new round is a new Dawn, and thanks to the Citadel restock you'll always have some help as you replenish the cards in your hand, choosing them from different decks: Equipment, Spells and Traps. The same card has different effects depending on the player using it and the stats they've chosen to increase.Play by yourself with the Bot Guardians mode, allowing you to play with up to three automated Guardians, or prove yourself by challenging three other players in this Dark Fantasy adventure combining elements of roleplay, exploration, handicap management and traditional boardgames.#review #boardgame #uprising
Hexes of Sygon: Prototype Preview. Move wizards, conjure buildings, and cast spells. Beastie Geeks 2025-09-28 | Link the campaign: kickstarter.com/projects/hexesofsygon/hexes-of-sygon- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Your wizards gaze across the mystical planet of Sygon. Volatile volcanoes have blazed away much of the world, except for a precious clearing of land. Here lies the various landscapes of Sygon: meadows, swamps, dunes, mountains, forests, and caves.Each landscape hosts a unique spell component crucial to developing civilization on Sygon. Collect gold and the various spell components - flower, elixir, spice, powder, mushroom, and crystal - and maneuver your wizards to conjure towns, workshops, and markets to quickly advance your civilization. Use alchemy or forage to obtain components outside your grasp.Sygon relies on you to bring prosperity to its ravaged lands. However, you are not alone. Wizards loyal to other civilizations plot to loot you and compete for control of the planet. Be wary of where you place your towns and wizards and build walls to protect them against thieving wizards and volcano eruptions. Rise from the ashes and bring glory to your civilization on Sygon.For the game setup, the players will construct the randomly generated hexagonal game board of flower, elixir, spice, powder, mushroom, and crystal hexes and randomly assign a gold value to each hex. Players will begin the game by placing 2 towns in snake draft order. Each town is placed on an unsettled hex of choice with either 1 or 2 walls in the same hex. A player places their 3 wizards in hexes with their towns on their first turn.On a player's turn, they will move their wizards, conjure buildings, and cast spells in order. Each building type (town, workshop, market, and wall) contains a unique resource combination, and a player's wizard must be in a hex for them to build there. Action spells consist of wizards foraging component cards from the various landscapes of Sygon, stealing gold from nearby opponents, and protecting from stealing. Additional spell cards (charm, fissure, vanish, blizzard, power trip, & foresight) may be added to this base 2-4 player game.The goal of Hexes of Sygon is to accumulate enough and the most sorcery points (SP) of all players at the end of a round of turns to win, where SP are awarded through buildings.#review #boardgame #uprising
Grifoni, Blades For Hire: Prototype Review. Competitive euro with branching narrative. Beastie Geeks 2025-09-28 | Link the campaign: kickstarter.com/projects/lmstudio/blades-for-hire- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Grifoni – Blades for Hire is a competitive eurogame for 2–4 players that blends worker placement, resource management, and branching narrative.Each player assumes the role of a commander in the legendary Grifoni Company, guiding their mercenary band through the bustling markets, backroom deals, and perilous missions of Renaissance Italy. Over a series of Acts, the game alternates between a story phase, using the Book of Adventures to present narrative choices that influence future events, and a management phase, where players recruit mercenaries, obtain equipment, and assign missions.A unique Glory/Supremacy system rewards different playstyles: pursue honor and prestige through noble deeds, or enforce your will through ruthless tactics, unlocking distinct objectives and rewards.At the end of the game, the commander with the most Victory Points earns renown as the most influential leader of the Company — but their choices will determine whether they are remembered as a hero or feared as a tyrant.#review #boardgame #uprising
HOOD Troubles in Sherwood: Prototype Review. Welcome to twisted Sherwood. Beastie Geeks 2025-09-15 | Link the campaign: gamefound.com/pl/projects/phalanx/hood- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Step into a twisted version of medieval England, where Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham aren’t the only ones with an axe to grind. In this 2–4 player strategy game, four different factions clash for control over Sherwood and its riches.Play as the rebellious Outlaws, the ruthless Sheriff, the corrupt Bishop, or the scheming French Nobles — each with a unique playstyle, asymmetrical abilities, and their own path to victory. One robs the rich to give to the poor, another builds a monument to vanity, and yet another spreads titles and corruption like wildfire.Each round, players take three actions to maneuver, attack, capture enemies, or expand their influence. The map evolves during play, unlocking new possibilities, and strategic options — but growth comes at a price! Developing your faction gives you new tools but also opens up new possibilities for your opponents.Interaction is constant. Progress requires conflict. Victory demands control.With faction-specific upgrades, and dynamic tension from start to finish, HOOD: Troubles in Sherwood is a rich game of clever plays and brutal choices.#review #boardgame #hood
Uprising Curse of the Last Emperor: Prototype Preview. Big Box & True Solo Mode is coming! Beastie Geeks 2025-09-14 | Link the campaign: gamefound.com/en/projects/nemesisgames/uprising-big-box-true-solo- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Uprising: Curse of the Last Emperor is a strategically challenging and fully cooperative board game for 1 to 4 players set in a deeply immersive post-apocalyptic dark fantasy setting. As the known world is about to end, the players take over the role of a great hero to lead their faction through these dark times.Uprising is a 4X cooperative game played against two asymmetric enemy factions controlled by the game itself: Chaos and the Empire. Explore the wasteland, expand your dominion, exploit the resources of the liberated territories, and exterminate the Legions and Hordes around you.Every game tells a completely different story due to a modular board, asymmetric factions and a huge variety of different events. The game ends after four chapters. If you have not collected more victory points than Chaos and the Empire, the world will truly end.#review #boardgame #uprising
Grendel The Game of Crime and Mayhem: Prototype Review. Fully asymmetric area control. Beastie Geeks 2025-07-16 | Link the campaign: kickstarter.com/projects/mindmgmt/grendel-the-game-of-crime-and-mayhem?ref=82xuo1- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Leaving a trail of blood and corpses, Grendel has executed the leaders of the 23 most powerful crime families in the US. While Grendel now dominates the criminal underworld, the assassin’s series of coordinated attacks has also, predictably, created a power vacuum. Now, some upstarts think that New York City–the crown jewel of the East Coast–is up for grabs. Grendel needs to set things straight but wherever he goes, the werewolf, Argent, is soon to follow.Will the cold and calculating Grendel secure his grip after the so-called “Seaboard Massacre” or will the Mob rise up and take back what was theirs? Will Argent, the tireless hunter, finally corner his prey or will the Police put an end to this rampant crime spree?Fight for control of the city as one of the four factions, each playing differently than the other. Focus your aggression, knowing that power and, ultimately, victory hang in the balance. Weigh your decisions carefully as each one could tip the scales in your favor.#review #boardgame #grendel
Teburu Dungeon: Sword and Sorcery: Prototype Review. New S&S adventure powered by Teburu. Beastie Geeks 2025-07-15 | Link the campaign: gamefound.com/en/projects/xplored/teburu-dungeon-sword--sorcery?refcode=dKQqFeO2wkGVMRxi70owkw- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Teburu Dungeon: Sword and Sorcery is an adaptation of the beloved fantasy game for the Teburu System. This co-op dungeon crawler for 1-5 players features the return of the original cast of Immortal Souls characters in a brand new, specifically designed campaign.Explore the world of Sword & Sorcery like never before. The Teburu System guides you through gameplay, narrates the story, and delivers surprising twists and unexpected events - all while managing the bookkeeping and rules seamlessly.#review #boardgame #teburu
Black Rose Wars Revised Edition: Prototype Review. The legend is back. Beastie Geeks 2025-06-09 | Link the campaign: gamefound.com/en/projects/lms/blackrosewars-re- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Black Rose Wars is a competitive fantasy game of deck-building, strategy, and combat set in the hectic universe of Nova Aetas in Italy. Each player is one of powerful mages of the Black Rose Order who aspires to become the new Supreme Magister in order to acquire the mighty power of the Black Rose Artifact and the Forgotten Magic. Mages must fight, fulfill Black Rose desires, and gain strength with their spells until their power reaches the containment threshold of the prison where they are exiled, finally freeing themselves. Each mage has at their disposal six schools of magic, each one with its own strategy to annihilate their opponents and increase their power.At the start of the battle, mages start with a grimoire of six cards; as mages study more spells during play, their grimoire will increase. Every spell in Black Rose Wars has two different effects, increasing a player's adaptability during a fight.Mages fight each other in a modular arena of hexagons called "rooms". They summon powerful creatures, cast destructive spells, or devise dark deceptions with their enchantments. The game system is divided into different phases. Each turn, after choosing new spells from the six schools of magic, players plan their strategy in advance, placing cards face down. Later, they reveal the played cards to kill each other, solve missions, summon creatures, or destroy the prison rooms, one against each other and against the Black Rose (the playing system).After being killed, mages are reborn immediately, allowing them to re-enter the fight without delay — although their death still fed energy to those mages who caused it.The mage with the most power at the end of the battle will be crowned Supreme Magister of the Order by the Black Rose itself.#review #boardgame #blackrosewarsrevised
Vampire The Masquerade Milan Uprising: Honest & Precise Review. Beastie Geeks 2025-06-02 | - Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Vampire: The Masquerade – Milan Uprising is a co-operative miniature boardgame experience set in the World of Darkness that will be available solely on the Teburu System.In this narrative driven board game, you play as the Anarch vampires of Milan, struggling for autonomy against the oppression of the ruling vampire sect — the Camarilla. The game features custom roleplay elements, personal goals, and hidden information. The game comes with smart miniatures, board, dice, a free companion app, and the new Teburu game system, which tracks everything on the smart board and enhances gameplay with artificial intelligence for the enemies, vivid visuals, exciting sounds, and dramatic storytelling. Encounter unique storytelling events, surprising moments, and epic cinematic events all brought to life with Teburu.#review #boardgame #milanuprising
Tomb Raider The Crypt of Chronos: Prototype Review. This is how to translate famous IP to the table. Beastie Geeks 2025-05-26 | Link the campaign: kickstarter.com/projects/1708218446/tomb-raider-the-crypt-of-chronos?ref=571ul3- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Tomb Raider: The Crypt of Chronos is more than just a board game: this is a full Tomb Raider experience!Lara Croft must embark on a journey to the elusive island of Kairos in search of an artifact said to hold the reins of time. She will have to navigate treacherous terrain, evade cunning traps, and confront an enemy from her past.Everything you expect from a Tomb Raider game is here! From exploration to puzzle-solving and tense combat. You’ll need to race against time to find the resources you need and stop the enemy invasion.#review #boardgame #tombraider #cryptofchronos
Conquest of Paradaise: Prototype Review. A new 4X set in the hear of the Polynesian Triangle, Beastie Geeks 2025-05-22 | Link the campaign: gamefound.com/pl/projects/phalanx/conquest-of-paradise- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Welcome to Conquest of Paradise, a game of discovery, expansion, and ambition set in the sweeping blue of the Polynesian Triangle. Two to four players take command of seafaring cultures, navigating uncharted waters in search of fertile islands to settle, shape, and defend.#review #boardgame #conquestofparadise
Inis Big Box: Prototype Review. The legend is back with a new expansion and components! Beastie Geeks 2025-05-16 | Link the campaign: kickstarter.com/projects/matagot/inis-big-box-featuring-nemed-expansion- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Inis is a game deeply rooted in Celtic history and lore in which players win by being elected King of the Island (Inis).Careful drafting, hand management, bluffing (especially once players understand the importance of passing their turn), good timing, and a precise understanding of the balance of power are the keys to victory. After a discovery game, you'll be ready for a full and epic game, where an undisputed player will be king by the Assembly for his merit and wisdom.Inis: Big Box, contains both Inis and Inis: Seasons of Inis.#review #boardgame #inis
The Elder Scrolls Betrayal of the Second Era: Honest & Precise Review. Beastie Geeks 2025-04-27 | - Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era is a 1-4 player cooperative tabletop adventure set during Tamriel's Second Era – specifically during the events of the Planemeld, as the Order of the Black Worm plots to secure the Amulet of Kings. As the dark cult schemes, however, one of its members is planning an even darker betrayal, one that will tie Tamriel in with Oblivion forever. Adventurers work to uncover her machinations and stop her plot amid a bevy of endlessly replayable content. As in The Elder Scrolls video games, players will travel on an epic journey, balancing exploration, character building, dungeon diving and close quarters combat.Each adventure in the game takes place over the course of three gameplay sessions, with sessions being roughly two hours plus an additional half hour per player in length. Players customize and control a single hero throughout all three sessions of an adventure as they manage multiple skill lines, classes and experience the many regions of Tamriel, each with their own unique flavor and mechanics. Experience points are handed out generously, allowing players to build interesting and unique characters in the consolidated timespan required in a tabletop experience. Session to session progression is meaningful, but players are not required to remember complex narrative points or play with the same group forever.#review #boardgame #elderscrolls
Eden The New World: Prototype Review. Beastie Geeks 2025-04-27 | Link the campaign: gamefound.com/en/projects/eden-the-new-world/eden-the-new-world- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Eden The New World is a miniatures game for 2 to 4 players that immerses you in a dark and mature post-apocalyptic universe. It is a game of deep tactical richness that combines a strong requirement in the placement of your fighters and the multiple combinatorial possibilities of combat systems and special abilities. Thanks to a unique and original movement system and the resources you will have to collect on the field, the game is not only fast (1 hour per game on average) but also particularly immersive.#review #boardgame #edentheneworld
Hollow Pact: Prototype Preview. New game in Beast Universe by Studio Midhall. Beastie Geeks 2025-04-11 | Link the campaign: kickstarter.com/projects/327718895/hollow-pact- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Welcome to the Northern Expanse, a place where nature is still unexplored, mystical and dangerous. When the humans first arrived, they thought they found an unspoiled paradise, filled with bountiful forests, lakes swimming with fish and cold freshwater flowing from the mountains. But as their settlements expanded and the surrounding forests grew thinner, nature itself pushed back. Great creatures known as Beasts emerged, and with their fangs, claws and mystical powers, they proved an incredible threat to the humans. In order to protect the settlements, humans enlisted specialised hunters, tasked with tracking and killing the Beasts before too many of their kin perish.The Beast uses a deck of direction cards to move over forests, swamps and caverns, using guile and deceit to hide its track from the hunters. However, whenever a hunter moves over a location where the Beast has previously been, a trail appears. Only when a hunter searches a location or the Beast itself attacks an unsuspecting target is the Beast's actual position revealed. More so, each hunter has but one chance of searching each round, making it a tense and difficult decision. Hunters seldom have full information whether the trail they’re pursuing contains the Beast’s actual location, or if the trail has already gone cold.Each action you perform in this game is done by playing a card from your hand (up to a maximum of two cards per turn). This means that if a player wants to search, attack or move, they need to have a card in their hand that lets them do that. Before each round, both hunters and Beast participate in a draft for the most important cards. All action cards can be used by both Beast and hunters alike.In order to win this game, you either need to cooperate every step of the way if you play as a hunter, or skillfully outmaneuver your opponents if you play as Beast. On their own, hunters are never stronger than the Beast. Only when hunters communicate, strategize and combine their actions can they bring down the Beast before it’s too late.#review #boardgame #hollowpact
Nanty Narking The Rise of Cthulhu: Prototype Preview. Top hidden roles game is back. Beastie Geeks 2025-02-26 | Link the campaign: gamefound.com/en/projects/phalanx/nanty-narking-cthulhu- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Nanty Narking: Rise of the Cthulhu is a dynamic expansion for Nanty Narking that allows 2-4 players to become a Great Old One of myths. Summon lesser gods and entities to do your bidding, help you achieve your secret goal, and battle with other powerful Great Old Ones, equally as hell-bent on total domination and destruction.The expansion introduces new components – including Great Ones' giant miniatures – and a slew of new mechanisms. You'll take on the personalities of Great Old Ones, and use new card abilities: Insanity, to ramp up the madness level, and Summon, to beckon lesser entities to join you. Each such Great One is a unique agent with powerful ability, difficult to eliminate and eager to sow destruction, now easier and more fun than ever. But beware – if you overdo it and the Doomsday track is filled, you all lose!#review #boardgame #nantynarking
Bonesawy: Luminis Refuge, Prototype Preview. Coop in a truly unique setting. Beastie Geeks 2025-02-22 | Link the campaign: gamefound.com/en/projects/red-kingdom-games/bonesway-luminis-refuge- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - BONESWAY: Luminis Refuge is an American-style board game, offering the perfect blend of gamebook and strategy. In this dystopian future, only an outstanding combination of wits and skill will ensure your survival. Join the Bones' Way!#review #boardgame #bonesway
Blasphemous: Prototype Preview. Perfectly translates original IP to the table. Beastie Geeks 2025-02-16 | Link the campaign: bit.ly/Blasphemous_boardgame- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Blasphemous: the board game is a competitive adventure game. One to four Penitents will be sent by the Brotherhood of the Silent Sorrow on one of many available Pilgrimages. Each Pilgrimage deeply changes the land of Cvstodia through which the Penitents venture to solve quests, take down enemies, and unravel the plots hatched by the Miracle.On their journey, the Penitents must work together to overcome deadly obstacles and mortal adversaries, but only one of them will be able to complete the Pilgrimage and achieve redemption (and victory) in the eyes of the Brotherhood of the Silent Sorrow.Using an innovative dice evolution system, and with a powerful narrative component created by our friends at The Game Kitchen, Blasphemous: the board game lets you immerse yourself in the dark and fantastic world of Cvstodia, facing the most iconic bosses in the game, and meeting and interacting with all the characters that dwell within it.#review #boardgame #blasphemous
Kneep Deep in Hexes: Honest & Precise Review. Perfect Tabletop RTS? Beastie Geeks 2025-02-01 | Link to the late PM: kneedeepinhexes.backerkit.com/survey_stores- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Knee Deep in Hexes is like deck building meets all your favorite 90's RTS games combined - but this time it's a board game.Knee Deep in Hexes is a 2-player strategy skirmisher. After the exodus from Earth, you fight on a distant desert planet for scarce resources, build extractors, factories and units - from fast construction vehicles to frightening Paloozas.Get knee-deep into intergalactic warfare: Choose your companions with their set of game-breaking skills, build your deck out of unique strategy cards and outsmart your enemy: Win by either destroying their headquarter or by sending their most valuable units to the scrapyard as quickly as possible.Each player chooses a faction first. Every faction consists of four companions - the General, who oversees the battlefield from the planetary orbit, the Commander, who draws on many years of experience in combat and adjusts tactics rapidly, the Tech, who supports the troops by steady innovations and the Trickster who is outsmarting the enemy. Each companion comes with a unique deck of action and war cards. Players can either use these predefined decks or, if they are advanced, engage in deckbuilding in search of ever unique combos.The same high variability applies to the map: Here you can either use a predefined casual variant for a quick match or build a world before the game starts by drafting planetary cards. We are already designing and playtesting new factions, companions and decks as well as worlds.In this action-packed game, you'll have very little time to secure your basic supplies - that is, build the first construction vehicles and build the first extractors to harvest materials and energy - before clashing with your opponent on the tight map.Play action cards during your turn to gain unique strategic advantages and take the initiative on the battlefield. Gather your tanks, carefully plan the use of your war cards, which will give you powerful bonuses in battle - and declare the war zone you want to attack. But beware, here comes the big twist: the battle in the war zone you declare will not take place directly at the end of your turn, but at the end of the turn of your opponent. Your enemies have a whole turn to react, to redeploy troops or to suddenly stab you in the back somewhere else. So be one hundred percent sure before you act!#boardgame #kneedeepinhexes
Shattered Lands: Prototype Preview. Fast-paced skirmish with 3D multilevel board. Beastie Geeks 2025-01-31 | Link to the campaign here: gamefound.com/en/projects/czacha-games/shattered-lands-deluxe- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- GF description - The world shattered. The primal magic that used to bind the lands has been freed. Now everyone can drain from it. The era of heroes and necessary alliances has begun. Enter the ruins of a once glorious world, where magic flows freely and the lands are scattered across the skies.Be the first faction to get the maximum Victory Points.You can trade your VP for cards. Use cards to create epic combos. The more VP you get, the stronger your spells become.Collect VP for claiming lands (each board level is 1 point) or eliminating opponents (5 points).Players fight using teams of two characters with unique abilities. Each turn players can use action points to: move, cast spells, claim land, use character ability or meditate (swap/draw card).Plan your moves wisely as the higher you go, the lower you fell, and it hurts! Mind the position on the board of your and opponent's minis. It matters if you are hidden under an island or if you are on the verge of land. Someone can push you easily. Some spells cover wider areas or damage everything in the straight lines. Have fun.#boardgame #shatteredlands
Malediction: Prototype Preview. A New Standard for skirmish games is here. Beastie Geeks 2025-01-21 | Link to the campaign here: links.malediction.gg/beastie-gamefound- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- GF description - Face your opponents in this unique blend of miniatures and competitive card game, and prove your mastery in a battle for the control of powerful relics!In the game, players control heroes called Seekers who summon allies to the board and cast potent spells. Using their customized deck, players duel against their opponent, deploying new units to the board, maneuvering to the best position, and using terrain to their advantage. If a player manages to be near a husk, they can reach in a pull forth a relic of immense power!Players gain points for defeating enemy units and for holding onto relics. If any player has 40 or more points at the end of a round, they win the match!#boardgame #malediction
Enormity: Honest & Precise Prototype Review. AT:O meets Event Horizon, and we love it. Beastie Geeks 2024-12-01 | Link to the campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/kingdomsforlorn/enormity- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- GF description - Enormity is a 1-4 player extraction dungeon crawler that offers epic boss battles and can be enjoyed in one-shot sessions or as interconnected modular campaigns, boasting virtually infinite replayability. Set in an immersive, reactive, and seamless science fiction open world, players explore the vast NASF ship, The Shepherd, scavenging for loot and knowledge while avoiding or confronting terrifying intruder enemies, including powerful boss-type alien lifeforms.The game is steeped in rich lore, with players uncovering The Shepherd's enigmatic past through engaging narratives contained within the Mythos Book.To enhance exploration, Location Books provide players with maps that unfold as they traverse the ship, resembling metroidvania-style gameplay.Players can choose established characters or create their own, developing them through branching progression trees. They gather engrams to convert into resources, weaponize their findings, and develop technology while uncovering alien lore. Crafting new weapons, gear, and suits, and customizing loadouts becomes essential for survival in this adventure.#boardgame #enormity
World Order: Preview. Area-control game from the creators of Hegemony, Beastie Geeks 2024-11-05 | Link to the campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/hegemony/world-order- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - The year is 2010, and the world is drastically changing. While the once-unrivaled influence of the United States is beginning to wane, other major powers are eagerly stepping onto the stage, ready to claim their piece of the geopolitical pie. In the East, Beijing is rising to become a global powerhouse. Simultaneously, Moscow is entangled in an intricate chess game with Washington, ready to counter its every move. And amidst these tumultuous waters, the European Union is trying to carve out its identity and role in the international stage.The world is undergoing a drastic shift, while power is being redistributed on a global scale — but who will take the lead in this rapidly changing world order?The board game World Order simulates modern international relations, with players taking control of one of the four dominant global powers of the 2010s: the United States of America, the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and the European Union. Utilize your diplomatic power, economic strength, and military might to expand your influence across the globe. Form regional alliances, entice other nations through clever economic dependencies, or become the military juggernaut no one dares to mess with.World Order blends academic theories with thrilling gameplay, creating a never-before-seen experience of international relations! Join the fight and show the other powers that a new era is dawning!#boardgame #worldorder
The Maniac: Preview. High tension and insane table presence all the time. Beastie Geeks 2024-10-19 | Link to the campaign here: gamefound.com/en/projects/escapestudios/the-maniac- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - The Maniac is a hidden movement horror board game for 1 to 6 Survivors in which you will have to survive the murderous rampage of a psychopath, but you could also be the murderous Maniac! A group of college students decide to reopen the old Black Pine Lodge in the mountains of Crystal Country. A place closed several times due to various misfortunes that have occurred over the years, but as soon as they arrive they realize that the place actually seems contaminated by something ancient and evil. They decide to explore the place, but it will only be when one of them finds a cursed mask that the real nightmare will begin! In The Maniac at the beginning of the game everyone is a "Survivor" but the real game begins when one of them finds the cursed mask. From that moment on he will become "The Maniac" and will have the goal of eliminating everyone else. The Survivors instead will have to try to escape from Black Pine Lodge by activating one or more endings. The Maniac is a hidden movement game where no one will ever know exactly where the other is.#boardgame #themaniac
The Bad Karmas and the Curse of Cthulhu: Preview. Honestly about the game and Teburu system. Beastie Geeks 2024-10-09 | Link to the campaign here: gamefound.com/en/projects/xplored/the-bad-karmas-and-the-curse-of-cthulhu?refcode=BOW0sKvju02lC9xJ3SkAUwNote from the publisher: "Ithaqua’s battle begins with the titan being indifferent, or apathetic to the presence of The Bad Karmas at first, but that the fight becomes challenging the further into the battle you get."- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - The Bad Karmas and The Curse of Cthulhu is the new installment in The Bad Karmas series.Once again the fate of humanity is at stake but this time the fight is against Cthulhu and many other Great Old Ones.In this new chapter our beloved heroes find themselves in the 1920s, a world where obscure cults and cosmic horrors are spreading, and ancient, otherworldly powers are awakening. The Bad Karmas must face huge monsters as usual but with an additional challenge this time. The Great Old Ones are monsters so powerful and terrifying that they can drive people crazy with just a look. Will The Bad Karmas defeat these monsters before falling into madness?#boardgame #badkarmas #teburu
Story of Many: Preview. Passion and immersion meet unrivaled character growth system. Beastie Geeks 2024-10-03 | Link to the campaign here: gamefound.com/en/projects/george-pissas/story-of-many- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Story of Many is a cooperative fantasy adventure board game for 1-4 players about exploring a vast land, combating deadly foes, and delving into mysterious adventure sites.With over 400,000 words of adventure text, and limitless possibilities for creating and advancing your own character, brave a world filled with profound lore and hard choices.Story of Many emphasizes exploration, storytelling and challenging combat, making it an engaging experience for all board game and table-top RPG fans.Open-world exploration is a core element of Story of Many designed to capture the sense of freedom and discovery. The world map represents the expansive and interconnected regions of Varda - each with its unique landscape, challenges, and opportunities. These regions include dense rainforests, uncharted islands, desolate ruins, sprawling eldritch cities, and treacherous dungeons. As players progress, they will uncover the game's intricate lore, and influence the unfolding story. Their choices will lead to different branching paths and outcomes.Combat is fast, unforgiving, and delivers a fresh experience every time, as the players will pit against more than 200 unique enemies. Combat is resolved using dice and beautifully sculpted miniatures. By defeating enemies and exploring, characters gain experience to develop their abilities. Character development is achieved through a massive, interconnected web of nodes encompassing passive traits, abilities, spells, trigger actions, setting it apart from any other game of the genre. No fighter will ever be the same!#boardgame #storyofmany
Biohazard: Preview. Protect the world from a spreading biological pathogen. Beastie Geeks 2024-09-19 | Link to the campaign here: gamefound.com/en/projects/toribio-boardgames/biohazard- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Biohazard is a competitive strategy game for 1 to 4 players.During the game, players need to manage resources to protect the world from a spreading biological pathogen. Players are assigned different areas and objectives at the beginning of the game and, by turns, perform different actions to create synergies and score points.Easy to learn but hard to master, Biohazard brings some innovative mechanics to the euro genre by adding a discrete level of randomness that forces you to collaborate with your opponents and adapt your strategy as the game evolves.#boardgame #kur-nu-gi#biohazard7residentevil
Kur-Nu-Gi: Preview. Turn back from the Path of the Dead and escape to the World of the Living. Beastie Geeks 2024-08-08 | Link to the campaign here: gamefound.com/en/projects/redimp/kur-nu-gi- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Journey back to 1431 AD, Ming China, and stand alongside Admiral Zheng He in the grand expeditions that once enforced the Ming tributary system. The seas have been silent for nearly a decade, dissent whispers through the court, but can you seize this last opportunity to craft the most captivating tale of your travels?Ultimate Voyage is a thematic exploration game where players sail, trade, negotiate in diplomacy, combat, build, and explore on the final voyage of the greatest explorer from East Asia, Zheng He.Distinct Features of the GameRich Historical Theme - Explore 16 historical ports across 7 distinct regions, through authentic monsoon wind patterns and historical events. Each port has its own iconic landmark and offers unique trade goods, knowledge, encounters, and changing affiliations with the Ming Empire.Asymmetric Player Powers - Players choose from one of six characters, each with a unique backstory, abilities, and starting resources, encouraging diverse strategies and interactions.Friend or Foe - Players are captains of the same fleet. Negotiate sailing routes, decide whether to collaborate against mighty adversaries, or would you sabotage others for personal gain?Random Setups - Customize each game with randomized events, knowledge, and starting locations to ensure that no two games are the same.Equitable Dice Mechanics - Every round, three deity dice, symbolizing the diverse faiths of the crew, are rolled. Casting fate across all players uniformly, balancing risk and strategy for everyone.Risk Management - Do you forge ahead to explore, cautiously observe from behind, or strategically return to Nanjing early to contribute to the Porcelain Tower’s construction?Multiple End Game Triggers - Game lasts for 7-9 rounds (21-27 actions) for the full game. Players must stay vigilant for opponents' moves and unpredictable events that could precipitate the end.Multiple Paths to Victory - Earn Victory Points through amassing prestige and profit, achieving objectives, crafting the best travelogs in each region, and building the Porcelain Tower. Success requires delicate balancing of intricate demands within the royal court.Quick Game and Solo Mode - Enjoy a shorter game (4 round, 12 actions), or a solo challenge in which you assume the role of Admiral Zheng He himself, competing against an automated European explorer, Niccolò de' Conti.#boardgame #kur-nu-gi
Havoc Gen Zero: Preview. Card battler with stunning graphics and strong theme. Beastie Geeks 2024-07-28 | Link to the campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/enterhavoc/havoc-1?ref=discovery- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - HAVOC is a tactical card battler set in the perilous world of Port Terminus. In this game, you will compete against other players in one-on-one or two-on-two turn-based matches. Both players will deploy powerful combatants and utilise surreal alien technologies to gain the upper hand.The game is a battle of both resources and position, featuring a dynamic board controlled by Reactors which, upon activation, grant the ability to play devastating Biome cards. Embrace strategy and maximize the advantages of the unique 6x6 card placement and streamlined combat-movement systems, providing players with an extraordinary degree of freedom.#boardgame #havoc #havicgenzero
Ultimate Voyage: Preview. Sail, Trade, Combat, Build, Explore with Zheng Hes Treasure Fleet. Beastie Geeks 2024-07-25 | Link to the campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/littlemonks/ultimate-voyage-final-quest-of-the-treasure-fleetSmall corrections to the video above (you can switch to klingon to see them when watching the video):@5:30 and @22:25: The depot doesn't generate resources but gives you a +2 action strength for anything you do at or from the port. It is building the kiln and the training center (on the character mat) that gives you porcelain and troops instead.@14:24: The health marker only moves right, so no matter if it is +2 or -2, it moves 2 spaces to the right. You only consider the number, not the sign.@21:58: Those are not the strength of the ports, but merely their numbers (from 1-15). The port strength is represented by the number of spaces for knowledge tokens, so Champa is 2, and Mecca is 6.- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Journey back to 1431 AD, Ming China, and stand alongside Admiral Zheng He in the grand expeditions that once enforced the Ming tributary system. The seas have been silent for nearly a decade, dissent whispers through the court, but can you seize this last opportunity to craft the most captivating tale of your travels?Ultimate Voyage is a thematic exploration game where players sail, trade, negotiate in diplomacy, combat, build, and explore on the final voyage of the greatest explorer from East Asia, Zheng He.Distinct Features of the GameRich Historical Theme - Explore 16 historical ports across 7 distinct regions, through authentic monsoon wind patterns and historical events. Each port has its own iconic landmark and offers unique trade goods, knowledge, encounters, and changing affiliations with the Ming Empire.Asymmetric Player Powers - Players choose from one of six characters, each with a unique backstory, abilities, and starting resources, encouraging diverse strategies and interactions.Friend or Foe - Players are captains of the same fleet. Negotiate sailing routes, decide whether to collaborate against mighty adversaries, or would you sabotage others for personal gain?Random Setups - Customize each game with randomized events, knowledge, and starting locations to ensure that no two games are the same.Equitable Dice Mechanics - Every round, three deity dice, symbolizing the diverse faiths of the crew, are rolled. Casting fate across all players uniformly, balancing risk and strategy for everyone.Risk Management - Do you forge ahead to explore, cautiously observe from behind, or strategically return to Nanjing early to contribute to the Porcelain Tower’s construction?Multiple End Game Triggers - Game lasts for 7-9 rounds (21-27 actions) for the full game. Players must stay vigilant for opponents' moves and unpredictable events that could precipitate the end.Multiple Paths to Victory - Earn Victory Points through amassing prestige and profit, achieving objectives, crafting the best travelogs in each region, and building the Porcelain Tower. Success requires delicate balancing of intricate demands within the royal court.Quick Game and Solo Mode - Enjoy a shorter game (4 round, 12 actions), or a solo challenge in which you assume the role of Admiral Zheng He himself, competing against an automated European explorer, Niccolò de' Conti.#boardgame #ultimatevoyage
Kemet Rise of the Gods: Preview. Legendary area control game comes back... even greater. Beastie Geeks 2024-07-11 | Link to the campaign here: gamefound.com/en/projects/matagot/kemet-rise-of-the-gods- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Kemet: Rise of the Gods brings various new and long-awaited features to Matagot's 2020 strategy boardgame Kemet: Blood and Sand.These modules includes, amongst other things, a 6 player mode, a solo mode and two new tile colors, Amber and Amethyst, with various other modules, content and quality-of-life components to be announced soon. Rise of the Gods is the culmination of the effort of Kemet's design duo formed of Jacques Bariot and Guillaume Montiage. The french designers took the opportunity to bring new features to Blood and Sand, while drawing inspirations from the Ta-Seti and Seth expansions of the first edition of Kemet to imagine the two tile colors.#boardgame #kemet
Blood: Preview. Boss Battler set in the world of Vlad Dracula. Beastie Geeks 2024-06-17 | Link to the campaign here: gamefound.com/en/projects/lms/blood_lms- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Blood is a Boss Battler game for 1 to 4 players. You will control a group of unusual monster hunters, each featuring their own customizable set of cards. Blood uses an innovative dice and card system to allow you to face the horrors of Vlad's Castle until you reach its powerful Master.Each Raid will bring you face to face with one of Vlad's Champions, ready to confront you by deploying unique strategies varying based on the location where you encounter them, creating ever-changing combinations and situations.At the end of each Raid, you will return to the village of Bran to build new epic weapons and learn new fighting techniques, to prepare for the final confrontation with the Prince of the Night himself!#boardgame #blood
HEXplore It The Mountains of Godai: Honest & Precise Review of the prototype. Beastie Geeks 2024-06-04 | Link to the campaign here: gamefound.com/pl/projects/hexploreit/mog?refcode=Kn82a6ZCIU2WNNtCpOVwEQ- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- GF description - For too long we have angered the gods and lived our lives with reckless abandon! For those mistakes, the whole of existence is on the brink of collapse. Jaethi, the great plumed serpent of the wind has returned and brought with her countless elemental armies. She is one of the five great Titans and her power has kept the Wellspring flowing since time immemorial. For reasons only known to the gods, she returns to destroy the fabric of our reality, disassembling the Patterns of all things. If she succeeds, our universe will collapse and all that we are will be gone — scoured clean and rebalanced by her wind.Gather Resources and Elements, build and equip Towers and Fortresses, survive devastating Cataclysms, and watch as Floating Mountains lift away from the earth. Choose from numerous strategies to bring balance back to your world.Product Features:A double-sided world map depicting two regions based loosely on Japanese and Mesoamerican mythologies.A 3D game board with SkyTiles that lift off from the earth and drift into the Void.Two distinct Game Stages -- Harvest: Collect Resources and prepare for the upcoming Siege. Siege: Attempt to survive the sweeping waves of attack from Jaethi and her Elemental opponents.Visit Temples and Dedicate your heroes to demigods to win their favor and gain their help during the Siege Stages.Multiple play styles featuring a sandbox of content to explore. All new Heroes, Bosses, Encounters, and a new type of opponent: Siege Opponents.Hundreds of unique cards that change the game in a myriad of ways. Elemental Augmentations for your heroes.3D Tower and Fortress tokens as well as SkyTile Risers (the game box is designed to hold all assembled 3D components).#boardgame #hexploreit
Teraphobia: Preview. Hunt down humans and conquer their souls. Beastie Geeks 2024-05-24 | - Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - 'In Teraphobia you take on the role of the monsters and hunt down the humans and their precious souls. But hurry, the other monsters are not sleeping.With the help of your attack cards, you intimidate the poor souls and take away their courage. Each soul card that you controlhas soul points on the back. With these points you can conquer territories for yourself.Each monster requires 3 special territoriesand as soon as it owns these, it is considered to be home.The first player to home two monsters wins.#boardgame #teraphobia
Tsukuyumi Amaterasu Rising: Preview. New edition, factions and expansions. Beastie Geeks 2024-05-24 | Campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/kingracoongames/tsukuyumi-amaterasu-rising?ref=discovery- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - STORYThe future:Slowly but steadily, the Moon has been approaching the Earth. It has touched the surface and ripped a deep rift across continents, mountain ranges and oceans. It has come to a halt in the now dried-out Pacific Ocean. Chaos and devastation wrecked the Earth and its inhabitants. That chaos grew greater when the Moon revealed itself to be a "kami" (a Japanese God of old) - the white dragon TSUKUYUMI. Exiled into the night sky eons ago, TSUKUYUMI has been roused by Japanese warriors, who tried to rid themselves of their godly creators. TSUKUYUMI'S time for revenge has finally come...In the post-apocalyptic world, humankind is on the verge of extinction, whereas animal species mutated under the influence of TSUKUYUMI and grew bigger and stronger than ever. All those different factions are now fighting fiercely for survival, as well as for world domination.TSUKUYUMI is a no-luck boardgame that demands specific strategic skills of its players. Its particular appeal lies in the clash of multifarious, asymmetrical factions. At the beginning, each player picks one of the five factions. The factions bring their own respective abilities, units and strategies. Therefore the game changes depending on what factions meet on the battlefield.Values and abilities of the factions still don’t guarantee victory. Numerous test matches have shown: it’s the players who find new combinations and the right moments to use specific faction features, who notice their fellow players’ weaknesses and use them to their own advantages. This way, they shape their faction and bring the creatures and their stories to life.FACTIONSTHE NOMADS are the former soldiers who were stationed on the USS Nomad, an aircraft carrier that stranded in the wastelands. Armed, agile and patriotic as they are, the NOMADS try to claim the remains of the moon in the name of their (former) nation.THE BOARLORDS are a nation of strong and intelligent boars, who enter the pacific region from the former Korean peninsula. They aim to replace the human race as dominant species - claiming more and more land by terraforming it into their rampart-like homes.THE CYBERSAMURAI use satellites, supercomputers and artificial intelligence once developed in old Japan to control an army of drones, fighting bots and even an orbital laser system, threatening anyone who tries to plant their flag on the moon.THE DARK SEED'S nest grew in the wastelands as roaches and other insects became bigger and more intelligent under TSUKUYUMI'S influence. Their swarm grows rapidly - and thus they fight relentlessly to overwhelm adversarial units and territories by their sheer number.GAMEPLAYEach faction has its own units, its own strengths and special abilities - therefore requiring a very adjusted strategy to win.After the gameboard is set up, every player chooses a faction respectively. The faction boards explain in detail all special abilities and how to use them. It also specifies the factions' start set-up.According to the descending initiative order marked on the board, the players install their "Homezones", pick three start-areas and place their units.Prior to the first round, they also choose a white action card - a combination of actions they can use before the beginning of each round.Then, the players gather their resources according to what their areas offer. They may use these resources to bid on the blue, green and red action cards. Every phase is represented by six of those action cards marked from A to F. Every card displays a different combination of the actions that can be taken during its respective phase. The highest bid is awarded with the A-card, the next one with the B-card, and so on.Each round consists of the following phases:White Phase: Players use the white action card they chose to emphasize their strategy.Blue Phase: Players can rise in the initiative order and/or draw an Impact Card.Green Phase: New units are generated and resources collected.Red Phase: Units are moved, adversarial areas and units may be attacked. Onis are placed, moved, and used for attacks.GOALThe player who gains the most Victory Points wins the game. Victory Points are earned by conquering and occupying areas, and by fulfilling goals and/or the faction's respective mission.ENDThe game ends after the number of rounds determined by the players beforehand - usually 3-4 rounds#boardgame #tsukuyumi
Backpack Panda: Preview. Forge alliances and unveil the identity of the elusive Dark panda. Beastie Geeks 2024-05-07 | Campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/bpkgames/backpack-panda- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - 'Backpack Panda' is a strategic deduction board game designed for 4-8 players where deception is key in the battle between the Light Panda and Dark Panda factions.Roles are secretly assigned to each player at the beginning of the game setting the stage for intense bluffing and alliances as players aim to trade resources. The player who successfully collects the target resources for their faction secures victory.As a Dark Panda, earn the trust of your opponents while subtly collecting dark resources, secretly infect another player and survive until the end of the 6 rounds.As a Light Panda, collect light resources while forging trusted alliances to withstand potential betrayals from the Dark Panda faction and unleash the power of bamboo elements to eliminate your enemies.#boardgame #backpackpanda
Guns of the Old West: Preview. Cinematic experience & endless replayability. Beastie Geeks 2024-04-24 | Campaign here: gamefound.com/en/projects/wolf-storm-entertainment/guns-of-the-old-west?gad_source=1- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Players compete as a team with over 100 campaign paths. Each playthrough is a unique cinematic experience offering endless replayability. Players make strategic decisions and interact with each other to achieve their group and secret individual objectives, some of which involve betrayal, making for an unpredictable gameplay experience.#boardgame #gunsoftheoldwest
Corps of Discovery: Preview. Off The Page Games comes back with another unique, solid game. Beastie Geeks 2024-04-19 | Campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/mindmgmt/corps-of-discovery- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Lewis and Clark are tasked not only with exploring America, but with ridding the land of numerous invasive monsters that have appeared.Corps of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny is a co-operative deduction game in which players each take the role of one of the crew on the expedition and set out to explore the land. The game board allows for different maps to be inserted into it, so you have many adventures ahead of you.In addition to finding and killing monsters, you must also complete numerous daily challenges that require specific resources that you can find on the board. You have to use logic and deduction to reason out where the resources you need are located. Ally yourselves with Sacajawea and the indigenous people of the area to help you on your quest.The game comes with two chapters: Fauna and Flora. Each has new mechanisms, a different goal, and new components to give each chapter a different feel.Four expansions will be released separately, with each having more varied ways to play the game! One chapter has you chasing a flying beast called the Vameter around the board, shooting it with your crew. Another has one player secretly acting as a traitor while under the influence of a ghost named Maldonado. The loyalists are trying to save their crew while the traitor is trying to kill them off. And finally, if you want a challenge, the Fog chapter mixes up the rules on how you find terrain, which adds a new level of deduction to the game.#boardgame #corpsofdiscovery
ICE Second Edition. Good game comes back even better than before. Beastie Geeks 2024-04-16 | Campaign here: gamefound.com/en/projects/thisway/i-c-e-unlimited#/section/project-story- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Ice as far as the eye can see ...In this frozen world, swept by blizzards, a lone city clings to life.Every year during the summer season, the City's guilds organize expeditions.Their destination: the Valley of the Nuuka, where vestiges of an antediluvian civilization might be buried. Looking for answers, prestige or riches, every guild has its own motivations.Players are archeologists exploring tiles that they can remove. There are 3 levels of tiles in the game. The first one corresponds to the ice sheet level. The second and third represent surface and deep artifact levels. The bottom layer level is the City of Azulia...I·C·E is a game of Exploration - 3D tile mining - CollectionThe goal is to validate Requests and score Decrees from the City to get the highest number of Renown points when the fourth Day is over.#boardgame #icesecondedition
Dark Omen: Preview. One of our top crowdfunding projects of 2024 is here and its awesome. Beastie Geeks 2024-04-16 | Campaign here: gamefound.com/en/projects/dark-omen/dark-omen- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Dark Omen is a unique role playing board game. It brings together elements of your favourite games growing up, with game mechanics which the industry has never seen. Dark Omen immerses players in a tangible world with an enthralling story, epic characters, and stunning artwork.We call it an Adventure/Roll Playing game, but it is much more. Players set forth in a lost Nordic time, and are faced with strategic decision making, resources management, epic battles, and puzzle solving.It is a 2-4 player cooperative game, explored campaign style through a variety of quests.What makes Dark Omen special?Well, there are several mechanics, which are not found in any other game.The Unique Obstacle System:The Dark Omen board has several transparent, moveable layers underneath the main (top) board. These layers move independently. Each layers has markings on it which represent the obstacles, or maze-like walls, which dictate how players can move around the board. From the view of the top board, the Obstacles (or walls), move underneath. In essence, this means that the board state changes throughout the game, and no two play throughs are similar.The Rune Throw system:At intervals during the game, players reach into a bag of Runes (4 sided tokens), take 5 pieces (of 16 total), and drop them on the board. Since there are 64 total possible sides of Runes, no two Rune Throws are the same.Players then select a card from the Rune Cards, which correspond to the Runes which they have thrown.The Rune Cards are a powerful handicap system which effect players in significant ways. These effect movement, battle, resources management, and much more.The Rune effects stay in play for several Omens, so players need to adjust their strategies accordingly. Sometimes this can be a real pain, sometimes it makes things much easier.This is a very dynamic system, and is individual for each Rune Throw, Omen, and play-through.Action Points:Players have 6 Action points each per turn, which they can use to move on the board, for battle, and most other game activities. Players don't need to use all of their AP at once and can choose to alternate spending AP during the same turn.Morale Points:In addition, each player has a number of Morale Points, which are tracked on their character board. Morale Points are heavily integrated into battle, overcoming board obstacles, and solving puzzles.Battle:Battle in Dark Omen is done by dice rolling, and incorporating weapon and armor buffs. Battle has two stages: 1) Attack Roll, where players roll their dice against the dice of the enemy. The outcome of the Attack Roll leads to the Damage Roll, where the winning player (or enemy) rolls for damage against the other. Ties normally lead to no Damage Roll, however many game elements lead to advantages for ties, and other battle situations.Win and Lose conditions:Dark Omen has 4 chapters, each with 5-6 Omens (Quests). The goal of the game is play through all of these adventures, without losing to the Darkness. Each failed or succeeded Omen affects the Darkness meter. If the players lose too many Omens, then the Darkness vanquished, and the game is lost. By completing Omens, players hold the Darkness at bay, and can even move the meter to the light.#boardgame #darkomen
Children of Morta: Preview. Great potential and smart adaptation of the video game. Beastie Geeks 2024-04-16 | Campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/roomizgames/children-of-morta-the-board-game- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Children of Morta: The Board Game is a cooperative adventure game with a unique shared bag-building mechanism, permanent character development, an emphasis on family growth, simultaneous turns, and interconnected cooperation. In this game, you take on the role of a member of the Bergson family as they try to stop the spreading corruption of evil in their beloved land of Rea. Defeat monsters and bosses to unlock upgrades for your hero, making them stronger and more prepared for what comes next.#boardgame #backpackpanda
Doomlings: Preview. Fun, full of interaction party card game. Beastie Geeks 2024-03-25 | - Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Somewhere on a doomed and distant planet, life has emerged, competing for supremacy until the world’s inevitable destruction. The object of the game is to score the most points by the time the world ends. Score points by playing Traits for your Doomlings’ species, making them more adaptable, resilient, and mischievous. As your Doomlings assert their dominance, Catastrophes will befall the planet, causing setbacks for each competing species. When the third Catastrophe inevitably strikes, the world ends, and the Doomlings with the strongest set of traits gets to look the Apocalypse in the eye and declare…“I scored the most points!”Throughout the game, players draw Trait cards from a community pile, and then play them for points. Traits can also have special abilities and bonuses, allowing players to build a wide range of winning combinations. The game is played in rounds, using Age cards, which have different rules that players must follow. But be warned, hidden in the Ages are Catastrophes: special rounds with adverse effects that force players to adapt their strategy.Doomlings adds a fun twist to hand management, by introducing the “Gene Pool” mechanic. Your Gene Pool is your hand size: it is unique to you, and it can increase or decrease through special Traits, or even Catastrophes. Doomlings includes 6 colorful Gene Pool counter cards, elegantly tracking how many cards you should hold at the end of your turn. There are opportunities to increase your Gene Pool (hand size), which can give your species a leg up by providing a larger pool of Traits to select from each turn.A lightweight card game for 2-6 players, Doomlings can be played casually amongst friends, or competitively by the gaming enthusiast family. Because there are no duplicate cards, and Age cards are chosen randomly, no two games are ever the same. While the game itself can be learned in 5 minutes or less, don’t be fooled: with 100+ unique Traits—in Red, Blue, Green, Purple and Colorless—and rare, powerful Dominant Traits, there are countless combinations of play to be discovered.A typical game takes between 20-45 minutes, depending on the number of players and sequence of events. Advanced-play expansion packs are also available, including a Hidden Objective expansion for a fun twist to the game. Doomlings requires no dice or additional pieces, just a jolly embrace of the inevitable end of the world!—description from the designer#boardgame #doomlings
I.D.E.A - Improbable Dungeons Eccentric Adventures: Rules & Mechanics Preview. Beastie Geeks 2024-03-04 | Link to the campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/industriecreative/idea-1- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - I.D.E.A. (Improbable Dungeon Eccentric Adventures) is a cooperative dungeon crawler for 1-4 players, in which you and your companions will guide four Heroes through the darkest and most sinister of dungeon locations… the corridors!In order to survive, the Heroes will have to use the Actions the dice grant them, in the most strategic way possible, overcoming every Risk and defeating all the Villains that Fate places in their path, up to the epic final Boss Fight!Each dungeon is inhabited by different foes and hides ever new dangers, thus creating a challenging and never repetitive experience.I.D.E.A. is a parodistic fantasy game, poking fun at the genre by using comic language and confronting the protagonists with absurd situations and unlikely – but still deadly – Villains.Only one certainty accompanies the Heroes’ steps as they explore the Dungeon’s corridors: Whether from violence or from laughter, defeat is always just around the corner, and it is waiting for you!#boardgame #idea
Galactic Cruise: Preview. Insanely good, complex euro we fallen in love with. Beastie Geeks 2024-02-26 | Link to the campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/kinsonkeygames/galactic-cruise- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Hello, and welcome to Galactic Cruise. Here, we offer our guests something special: the comfort of a luxury cruise with the innovation of space travel. As the first company to offer extended-stay space vacations, we are excited to have you working for us!As a supervisor of this company, you’ll be expected to not only build these shuttles and satisfy our guests, but also to help the company thrive by enhancing our company network, inventing new technologies, and growing our workforce.We are a united company, and you’ll often find that what another supervisor does will make your job easier. Let me be clear, though, this is a competition. The supervisor who comes out on top will become CEO of the company.On your turn, you will either place a worker to take two actions in the ever-expanding network, launch a shuttle and send one of your workers to space as a pilot, or recall all your earthbound workers to collect funding bonuses. Actions include acquiring blueprints, constructing shuttles, attracting guests, and building developments–connections between locations that increase action selection throughout the game. You will also be affecting resource markets that ebb and flow with the actions of all the players.When you launch a shuttle, one of your workers will accompany it as a pilot, navigating the shuttle to various destinations and “days in space,” where guests will reward you for all your hard work.Throughout the game, you will also be competing with your fellow supervisors to complete company goals, which will earn you progress cubes throughout the game. Progress cubes are also placed when you launch shuttles, and when a certain number of cubes are placed onto the company’s progress track, the game ends, and the player with the most Victory Points becomes the new CEO of Galactic Cruise.Do you still think you have what it takes to work for us?You do? Great. Let’s get started.#boardgame #galacticcruise
Requiem, Downfall of Magic: Honest & Precise Prototype Review. Adventure in Renaissance Germany. Beastie Geeks 2024-02-22 | Link to the campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/lmstudio/requiem-dawnfall-of-magic- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - Anno domini 1530, Wittenberg, Saxony.After an apparent truce between the new Protestant and Catholic doctrines, rumor has it that a group of cultists called Totentanz has begun operating in the city.It seems that these heretics are devoted to pagan rites, aimed at evoking Death in the material plane, to trigger divine judgment and cleanse the earth of the undeserving.For this reason, Pope Clement VII called for the intervention of a secret Vatican order founded by Cardinal Vincenzo Nicola Furia…Requiem: the Downfall of Magic is a cooperative map-based adventure game that will bring you to a fantastic and intriguing early 1500s Europe; asymmetrical characters will face crossroads campaigns, exploring territories and performing actions: depending on the players’ choices, successes, and decisions, the game can lead to a specific final battle and its corresponding ending.#boardgame #requiem
Ur The Royal Game: Prototype Preview. A modern interpretation of the first recorded game ever. Beastie Geeks 2024-02-11 | Link to the campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/the-game-of-ur/ur-the-royal-game?ref=discovery- Follow us around -WWW: beastiegeeks.comYoutube: youtube.com/beastiegeeksInstagram: instagram.com/beastiegeeks FB page: facebook.com/beastiegeeksOur table: rathskellers.com- BGG description - A modern interpretation of the first recorded game, inspired by archeological discoveries.The Royal Game of Ur is an epic ancient board game that has been around since 2600 BCE. It came into being as a court game in the ancient Mesopotamia.The game has a 3×8 grid board with 20 squares. The dice used are typically D4, with some alternative solutions existing.An inevitable reality surrounding the game is that due to the historical context, the full rules and the way of playing are largely unknown. Ur: The Royal Game is a project intended to re-interpret and expand upon the existing concept of the Royal Game of Ur.#boardgame #ur
