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The Big and Small of Gen Con – Turn Order

I recently returned from Gen Con 2023 in Indianapolis, Indiana.  If you don’t know, this convention is the largest of its kind in the US, and one of the biggest in the world, and is so big in fact...

Danger Planet: Vagrantsong Expansion Announcement: The Best Boss Battler in the Business Just Got Even Better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCN8NThOTps Wyrd Games' Vagrantsong - the best train-based hobo-ghost boss battler of 2021 - is getting not one but two expansions: Encore and Off the Rails!  With a Kickstarter launching on September 19, don't miss out on the next chapter of...

CGE at Gen Con: An Interview with Czech Games Edition – Turn Order

I sat down with Nathan Meunier from CGE after working my way through a very long line of hopefuls trying to get a limited early copy of Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition. I wound my way through...

AEG’s Rolling Heights: The Sky’s the Limit! -Turn Order

It's hard to imagine that just over a century ago, our nation was just starting to go from mostly dirt roads and buggies to pavement and city skyscrapers. And yet looking at photographs from the modernization of America's large...

CANVAS: A Game so Beautiful You Could (Literally) Hang it on Your Shelf

Welcome, folks, to the visual feast of CANVAS by Road to Infamy Games, also known as R2i Games. It was designed by Jeff Chin and Andrew Nerger but first and foremost I have to get the required comment out...

To Sheep, Perchance to Dream: A Turn Order Review of Sheepy Time

Longtime readers of Turn Order may remember a review of a push your luck (PYL) game that I absolutely loved, Long Shot, that involved racing horses around a track and causing complete chaos at the table. Since then, I’ve...

War In the Pocket: A Turn Order Review of Buttonshy Game’s Battlecrest

  As board gaming enters what seems like a decline on the golden years of huge mega releases, I find myself turning more and more to things I can actually get to the table and also enjoy playing. In a...

Blaseball: Wild Cards – Taking Back Sportsball – Turn Order

There are two types of reviews one can write for the Blaseball: Wild Cards tactical card game (released by Wayfinder Games and co-designed by Rain Watt & Michael Fox). One is for those familiar with Blaseball, the free, low-fi, online...

Gaming In the Dark…With Kids! A Shadows in the Forest Review

Playing tabletop games in the dark is usually pretty difficult. It's one of the sacrifices we make for the joy of analog gaming. However, thanks to the inclusion of a tiny little lantern, Shadows in the Dark uses light as...

Chills and Frights Await in Don’t Go In There! – Turn Order

Halloween is my favorite holiday. As a theater geek at heart, I love dressing up, decorating my set­—uh, my yard, that is. With lights and fog I’ve made a new world, if only for a short time. Halloween parties...