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Road to Gen Con 2016: Mythic Battles: Pantheon to Make its North American Debut

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Mythic Battles PantheonMythic Games, the new game studio from co-creators of the Conan Board Game, has announced the company’s highly anticipated first release, miniatures board game Mythic Battles: Pantheon, will make its North American debut at Gen Con August 4 – 7, 2016 in Indianapolis, IN.

Gen Con attendees will be the first gamers in North America to play as a famous god of Greek mythology, assemble warriors, lead troops into battle, create their own Pantheon and become the new ruler of Olympus in Mythic Battles: Pantheon. Learn-to-play games of Mythic Battle: Pantheon are scheduled in the Event Hall from 10am – 8pm each day and tickets are available on gencon.com for $4 each. Players will also receive an exclusive set of four collectible buttons of iconic Olympic gods.

The mighty Titans of Greek lore awoke and unleashed a massive attack on Olympus. While the Titans were ultimately defeated, the world is ravaged and the surviving Olympians now mere mortals. As the former Gods awake to a broken world, Mythic Battles: Pantheon begins their adventure through Olympus, Styx and the Labyrinth of Minos to regain the glory left decimated by the wrath of the Titans. Playing as Zeus, Athena or any number of Greek gods alongside an army of heroes such as Achilles and Hercules and monsters such as the Hydra, Cerberus and Medusa, in victory players will be a god.

Mythic Battles: Pantheon launches on Kickstarter autumn 2016 with an anticipated release date for hobby gaming stores worldwide summer 2017.

Big Trouble in Little China the Game!

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On the Road to San Diego, BOOM! Studios‘ latest announcement will get you rolling (dice). BOOM! along with Everything Epic, Flipside Design Studio, and 20th Century Fox Consumer Products will design and produce Big Trouble in Little China the Game, coming in 2017!

The game is a cooperative, cinematic game with miniatures. You play as Jack Burton or one of his brave friends on the mysterious quest to rescue the green-eyed beauty, defeat Lo Pan’s ancient magic, and save Chinatown from his evil minions.Up to six players will venture through the iconic locations in Chinatown saving the helpless and thwarting evil plans, all the while discovering weapons and rare magics to use to their benefit.

The game will be for up to six players and will seen them venture through the iconic locations in Chinatown saving the helpless and thwarting evil plans, all the while discovering weapons and rare magics to use to their benefit.

More details are to come at Gen Con Indy in August (just a few short weeks), so stay tuned!

Big Trouble in Little China the Game

Evil Dead 2 the Board Game Kickstarter!

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Board games are about to get a lot more groovy–and gory–with The Official Evil Dead 2 Board Game. The game is a tile- and miniature-based survival-horror game that has launched on Kickstarter, produced by Space Goat Play (a division of Space Goat Productions) in conjunction with Studiocanal. And it’s Certified Groovy.

The game is designed with both casual and veteran board game fans in mind. Depicting the terrifying and iconic characters, monsters, and locales from Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi cult classic, the official Evil Dead 2 Board Game is the definitive tabletop experience for Evil Dead 2 fans. 2-6 players will work together in 90-120 minute sessions to gather pages of the Ex-Mortis while trying to survive demon attacks, supernatural events, and avoid turning into evil deadites themselves.

The game contains 8 figures which includes Ash, Annie, Jake, Ed, Bobby Jo, and Linda as well as Deadites and, naturally, Ash’s severed hand. The board game also includes custom Evil Dead 2 dice, a fully illustrated tile based board featuring the iconic cabin and the prequel mini-comic.

Space Goat has partnered with Kickstarter veterans Backerkit in order to process and execute the Kickstarter campaign.

The campaign also offers a standard and deluxe edition for donors to select from. The deluxe edition features exclusive figures of Ash Williams, Deadite Henrietta, and a box based on the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, the Book of the Dead. More figures and features will be added as the campaign goes on, as well as retailer pledge levels. Six lucky fans will also get a chance to get their likenesses drawn into either the game or a future Evil Dead 2 comic book. The Kickstarter campaign will run 30 days.

Unboxing: Board Game Bento “Party”

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The folks behind the top notch Comic Bento have launched a new service geared towards fans of board games, Board Game Bento.

We open up the eighth box of the service and give our thoughts on what’s inside. The theme is “Party” so think of games you can enjoy in a party setting with a group of people.

For a breakdown of prices to see if the box is worth it:
Emotional IQ – $20 retail
Loud About – $14.99 retail
Sutakku – $24.84 retail / $16.64 Amazon
Deer Lord – ~$24.99

Value: at least $76.62

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Unboxing: Battle Bin “Welcome to the Orient!” June 2016

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Battle Bin is one of the monthly geek boxes focused on board games. This month’s theme is “Welcome to the Orient!.” There’s two games that’ll have you doing battle.

For only $30 a month you can get game night delivered directly to you! Each month the bin could include board, card, miniatures, and video games from some of the biggest names in gaming as well as a few you may not know. They even get exclusive items and games that you cannot get anywhere else.

Check out what’s inside this month’s box!

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Unboxing: Board Game Bento “What’s Cooking”

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The folks behind the top notch Comic Bento have launched a new service geared towards fans of board games, Board Game Bento.

We open up the seventh box of the service and give our thoughts on what’s inside. The theme is “What’s Cooking” so think of themes featuring food and cooking.

For a breakdown of prices to see if the box is worth it:

Burger Boss – $59.99 retail
Settlers of Kitchen – exclusive
Foodfighters – $14.99 ($19.99 retail)
Foodfighters: Grain Faction – $4.99 retail
Sushi Go! $10.99 ($14.99 retail)
Gingerbread Kaiju – $2.99 retail

Value: $93.95 or $102.95 retail

Burger Boss from searches is a hard to get game, and while it retails for $59.99, there’s some selling it for over $100.

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Unboxing: Battle Bin “Kingdoms” April 2016

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Battle Bin is one of the monthly geek boxes focused on board games. This month’s theme is “Kingdoms.” There’s lots of fantasy themed items inside!

For only $30 a month you can get game night delivered directly to you! Each month the bin could include board, card, miniatures, and video games from some of the biggest names in gaming as well as a few you may not know. They even get exclusive items and games that you cannot get anywhere else.

Check out what’s inside this month’s box!

You can subscribe and get your Battle Bin now!

Betrayal at House on the Hill Board Game Gets Eagerly Anticipated Expansion

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Betrayal at House on the Hill Widow's Walk - ArtHome renovations have never been so exciting. For more than a decade, the iconic, semi-cooperative board game Betrayal at House on the Hill has been terrifying explorers who dare cross its threshold. Will you be trapped in the Pentagram Chamber, transfixed by the haunting melody of a lone fiddler or unearthing a portal to Hell as the old home crumbles around you? Now this beloved board game classic gets even more treacherous as some of gaming and entertainment’s greatest minds join forces in creating its first ever expansion, Betrayal at House on the Hill: Widow’s Walk, releasing this fall.

Designed by Betrayal’s original lead developer Mike Selinker and his team at Lone Shark Games, in partnership with Wizards of the Coast, the new expansion includes:

  • 50 brand new haunts penned by an all-star cast of contributors including:
    • Max Temkin and Eli Halpern, co-creators of Cards Against Humanity
    • Pendleton Ward, Emmy Award-winning cartoonist
    • Mikey Neumann, chief creative champion for Borderlands
    • Jerry Holkins, co-creator of the Penny Arcade webcomic
    • Angela Webber, one half of the nerd pop duo The Doubleclicks
    • Justin Gary, co-designer of Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer
  • 20 new room tiles, including a never before explored new floor, the roof
  • 30 new cards, including 11 items, 11 events, and 8 omens
  • 78 new tokens including a new set of possession tokens that allow you to track your explorer’s progress

The expanded house pits explorers against a litany of terrifying horrors like the Fleshchild, the evil clown Knick-Knack, and a vengeful little girl hell-bent on playing a deadly game of hide-and-seek.

Betrayal at House on the Hill continues to be a perennial best-seller and praised as one of the best horror board games of all time. One of the most unique features of the board game is its re-playability- the story is seldom the same twice. Now with 50 additional haunts, the horrific tales spun by these daring adventurers is boundless.

Ghostbusters: The Board Game II Out Now on Kickstarter

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Ghostbusters the Board Game IICryptozoic Entertainment has launched the Kickstarter campaign for Ghostbusters: The Board Game II.

This new campaign, on Kickstarter today, is crafted with fans in mind and includes the following contents in the base game: 54 Miniatures including 4 Courtroom Ghostbusters, 4 Slime Blower Ghostbusters, The Scoleri Brothers, and Vigo the Carpathian plus 12 double-sided map tiles, custom dice and tokens; some of which can be used for advanced gameplay variants. Two expansions starring Louis Tully and Slimer as playable characters are also available for backers starting today.

Ghostbusters: The Board Game II features an original story by IDW Comics’ Ghostbusters writer Erik Burnham in which Vigo and his minions return to the city, causing rioting and earthquakes to break out all over The Big Apple! Comic book artist Dan Schoening also returns with his signature Ghostbusters style. Ghostbusters: The Board Game II’s cooperative gameplay and modular design allow for highly customizable scenarios and nearly endless re-playability. This stand-alone expansion lets players hop in the Ecto-1a for a quick half hour session, or strap on their Proton Packs for a full-fledged ghostbusting campaign, making it the perfect game for board game veterans and beginners alike.

Numerous stretch goals have already been unlocked just in the first day, and you can expect much more to come.

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