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Tales of Xadia RPG Review

Tales of Xadia RPG Review

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The Dragon Prince is a Netflix original series, released in 2018 and has an impressive five seasons under its belt. The popularity has led to books, comics and an RPG. Today’s post is for a comprehensive Tales of Xadia RPG review. The game released on March 29, 2022, and as someone who never watched the TV show before, it flew under my radar.  I watched some of the Dragon Prince for this review, and I rather enjoyed it. The game is set in the same world, and takes place alongside the events of the show, where exactly, is up to the Narrator. Xadia is a magical fantasy realm, the denizens of Xadia have a long history of not getting along with one another. The setting features two primary races, Humans and Elves. It is the usual trope, where humans are spreading and “polluting” the old magic, and elves seek to retain their own ways. Not super original, but not poor in its execution. Players take control of a character from

Gem Blenders at Play NYC | Mix and match gems in lo-fi Trading Card Game

Gem Blenders at Play NYC | Mix and match gems in lo-fi Trading Card Game

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We recently hit Play NYC, a New York based convention that highlights local video game and tabletop game developers. We spoke with Sam Lebryk, of the Gem Blenders team. Gem Blenders is a lo-fi TCG where you mix and match gems, explore blend synergies, and command your heroes to outwit your opponent. Sam Lebryk: There are different combinations that you can do. So if you look at these two for example, they share a Gem. Which means you can conceivably build a deck with them pretty easily. Whereas this plant has completely different gems so it would be hard to have a synergy there. So you can see it as a game where you are trying to find the overlaps and strategies. It’s a deck builder. PopGeeks: How is Gem Blenders the remedy for getting offline? Sam Lebryk: This game in particular, Gem Blenders, is a nostalgic feeling game. I think it hearkens back a lot to 90s early internet era. You can see from among the design for example it

The Reality of Life at Play NYC | Real Life Lessons in a Monopoly-inspired Tabletop Board Game

The Reality of Life at Play NYC | Real Life Lessons in a Monopoly-inspired Tabletop Board Game

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We recently hit Play NYC, a New York-based convention that highlights local video game and tabletop game developers. We spoke with Lloyd Williams, creator of the tabletop game The Reality of Life. The Reality of Life is inspired loosely by Monopoly. It adds real-life challenges and pitfalls, like addiction, which stand between you and your success. PopGeeks: What is The Reality of Life Tabletop Board Game about? Lloyd Williams on The Reality of Life: When you start the game, you get an employment card. The employment card will tell you what job you have, what you make a year, how much money you make a month, your rent, and your utilities. When you get this card, you get your monthly salary. But you have to pay your rent and your utilities automatically. This teaches you that just because you have money does not mean that you don’t have responsibilities.  You’ve got to stay away from this right here. This is a drug addiction card. They land on his card. [Valium] It’s the #15 drug

Dragonbane TTRPG Adventure Book Review

Dragonbane TTRPG Adventure Book Review

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Dragonbane from Free League Publishing, is set for release later this year. I have already reviewed the Core Set of the Dragonbane TTRPG and gave it a huge recommendation. In that review, I left out details of the Adventure Book that comes with that box. I did this on purpose; because I wanted to give the Dragonbane TTRPG Adventure Book its own review. As the Game Master in our plays of Dragonbane I have no idea what it is like to play Dragonbane as a player. So, I collected feedback from my friends, so you can get a player’s point of view of this adventure. What is The Dragonbane TTRPG Adventure Book? One thing before I proceed with this review of the Dragonbane adventure book. Rest assured, there will be no spoilers for the story or locations in the book. The Adventure Book is a 112-page campaign guide, that consists of 11 short adventures. These adventures can be stand-alone or, as the book suggests, linked together to run a decent

Dragonbane TTRPG Review – Core Set

Dragonbane TTRPG Review – Core Set

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When asked to review the Dragonbane TTRPG, I’m ashamed to admit I was a little disappointed. Another generic fantasy Dungeons and Dragons clone? Oh, the joy. All that anguish disappeared in a flash, once I began to browse the PDF. The image of a Darkwing Duck character leaping through the air, brandishing two mean-looking knives, was the first thing I saw. With that one image, Dragonbane had suckered me in. With my disappointment forgotten, I wasted no time in devouring the rule book. For this review, I only received the PDF version of the Core Set. So while I cannot review the physical version of the Dragonbane TTRPG, I can offer that this is a Free League Publishing product, and they are historically high quality in nature. In 1982, Scandinavia saw the rise of its first-ever tabletop RPG; Drakar och Demoner which is Swedish for Dragons and Demons. Fast-forward to 2021, Free League Publishing bought the rights to Drakar och Demoner. During the game’s 40th anniversary in 2022, Free League

Kids on Brooms Available for Pre-Order

Kids on Brooms Available for Pre-Order

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Renegade Studios has made Kids on Brooms available for pre-order for $25.00. Those who pre-order the rulebook are also entitled to a PDF copy. The anticipated ship date for the collaborative tabletop game is August 2020. Kids on Brooms is a role-playing game where players each take on the identity of a wizard or witch where they all attend a magic school. It’s a place full of danger, mystery, and adventure. Players will deal with strict professors, wave wands, brew potions, ride brooms, stare down beasts of myth, and cast magic, all while they discover the secrets of the school and its community. Built using the Kids on Bikes framework, Kids on Brooms is a narrative-first storytelling game, with light rules, that’s intended for both new players and veterans of tabletop alive. The game is for two to six players, ages 12 and up. It includes a 100-page full-color softcover rule book. The tabletop RPG was designed by Jonathan Gilmour, Doug Levandowski, and Spenser Starke, with Art by Heather Vaughan.

Fight Your Friends Tabletop Review – Ready for this new Card-Battling Game?

Fight Your Friends Tabletop Review – Ready for this new Card-Battling Game?

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Fight Your Friends Tabletop Review – Ready for this new Card-Battling Game? Fight Your Friends is a new Tabletop One-on-One Card-Battling Game from Cold War, Inc. In Fight Your Friends, you’ll try to build the ultimate crew from a deck of cards, play them against your opponent, who is trying to do the same and then see what insanity ensues as your crew’s abilities stack. How-To-Play Fight Your Friends Fight Your Friends Casual Playthrough The very core of Fight Your Friends follows a very simple rule. The high card wins the round. Additional rules add complexity to the game to allow for layers of strategy. For instance, each card has a Friendship Bonus that may add extra conditional value to your current card’s stats or to the stats of cards you will play in subsequent rounds. If the right conditions are met, card bonuses will stack across rounds. Each card in Fight Your Friends is also assigned a Gold value. Winners of each round add gold to your pile. Whoever has the

Free League Launching the Official ALIEN RPG at PAX Unplugged and Dragonmeet

Free League Launching the Official ALIEN RPG at PAX Unplugged and Dragonmeet

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In Philadelphia, from December 6–8, Free League Publishing will be at PAX Unplugged to launch the official Alien Tabletop Roleplaying Game. There will also be a limited pre-release at Dragonmeet in London on November 30. At the Free League booth #3312 at PAX Unplugged, visitors can meet setting writer and sci-fi novelist Andrew E.C. Gaska and game director and rules designer Tomas Härenstam, have them sign their book and ask them anything they want. A week earlier, at Dragonmeet in London on November 30, a limited number of the massive 392-page core rulebook and a host of supplements will be available at the Free League booth in Trade Hall 2. Visitors can also try the game out in the “Grindbone 2183” tournament. The ALIEN RPG, officially launching on December 10, is a beautifully illustrated full-color hardcover book, both presenting the world of ALIEN in the year 2183 and a fast and effective ruleset designed specifically to enhance the ALIEN experience. In addition, the full range of Free League’s award-winning tabletop

Dawn of Madness Launches On Kickstarter

Dawn of Madness Launches On Kickstarter

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Dawn of Madness is a true horror experience in a board game. It is a 1-4 player story-driven cooperative game that takes place over a variable-length campaign. As a Wanderer who has been ripped from your old reality, you now find yourself in a nightmarish Otherworld surrounded by things that, while horrifically twisted, seem strangely… familiar. The Otherworld is closing in around you, trying to consume you and devour all that makes you who you are. If you want even the slightest chance of surviving, then you must reclaim the shattered fragments of your mind. This will not be easy, though, because your past and your secrets are hopelessly entwined with sinister paranoia and feverish nightmare. Consequently, the deeper you wander into this world, the more of your life you uncover, the deeper the terror will grow. Still, you know you must. Because there is no other way to escape the Otherworld. Set in the same universe as the breakout hit board game Deep Madness, Dawn of Madness is a

Cryptozoic To Showcase Latest Tabletop Games at BGG.CON 2019

Cryptozoic To Showcase Latest Tabletop Games at BGG.CON 2019

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Cryptozoic Entertainment, leading creator of tabletop games, trading cards, and physical and digital collectibles, has announced that it will showcase recently released tabletop games at BGG.CON 2019, November 20-24, in the Hyatt Regency Dallas. Bringing game players, designers, and publishers together, the annual convention is hosted by BoardGameGeek, the popular and influential website for tabletop gaming. At Booth #404 in the Marsalis Exhibit Hall, Cryptozoic will demo and sell Rick and Morty: The Morty Zone Dice Game, the recently released roll-and-write game based on the Season 4 premiere episode of the Adult Swim series. Moreover, the company will present the newest entries in its hugely popular DC Deck-Building Game series, Crossover Pack 8: Batman Ninja, which just arrived in stores, and Rebirth. In addition, Cryptozoic will have the first deck-building game in its acclaimed Epic Spell Wars™ series, Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: ANNIHILAGEDDON Deck-Building Game. It will also sell Spyfall: Time Travel, the latest social deduction card game in the series. “BGG.CON is one of our favorite

The Official ALIEN Tabletop Roleplaying Game Coming December 10

The Official ALIEN Tabletop Roleplaying Game Coming December 10

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The xenomorphs are coming to game night! On December 10, Free League Publishing and 20th Century Fox will launch the official ALIEN tabletop roleplaying game. The massive 392-page core rulebook will be released along with a host of supplements. Taking place shortly after the events of Aliens, the RPG will propel players into the vast possibilities of the Outer Rim Frontier. From the pioneering colonists and scientists to the ever-present Company reps and Colonial Marines, the game promises a diverse range of characters and gameplay experiences far beyond the staple cat-and-mouse suspense and survival horror of the franchise. The ALIEN RPG is a beautifully illustrated full-color hardcover book, both presenting the world of ALIEN in the year 2183 and a fast and effective ruleset designed specifically to enhance the ALIEN experience. The game can be played in two distinct game modes: Cinematic play and Campaign play. Cinematic play is based on pre-made scenarios that emulate the dramatic arc of an ALIEN film. Designed to be played in a single session,

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