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It’s Halloween month! Okay so technically there’s no such thing as a “Halloween month”, but any gamer worth their salt would definitely be breaking out their favourite horror-themed games, as we inch towards the last day of the month. For me, the fact that Wizards of the Coast’s iconic trading card game (TCG) Magic the […]
Some weeks ago I blogged about the new Fantasy Flight Games (FFG in short) Blood Bowl: Team Manager – The Card Game. You might, at this point of time, groan and go, no, not another card game! Well, fear not my bloodthirsty Humans, Orcs, Dwarves, Wood Elves, Chaotic fellas and Rat, err, Skavens, for the […]
Those who are familiar with the Boardgamecafe.net boardgames group would know that they used to rotate around the Cheras area, with the focus on a certain branch of a very famous kopitiam franchise most Friday nights. Well, the good news is now they have a permanent home! Called OTK Cheras (OTK standing for Old Town […]
So what did everyone get from their packs of Magic: the Gathering’s latest expansion set, Innistrad? Available for roughly two weekends now (counting the pre-release), this set looks like a pretty nifty one that will tide us neatly in the coming months. The deckbuilders in ya’ll would no doubt be picking apart the various […]
Trust everyone had a fabulous weekend cracking packs and packs of Magic: the Gathering’s latest expansion set, Innistrad, in the various prerelease events. It will be available nationwide by this Friday. In case you missed out, the expansion kicks off a new block that’s entirely horror-themed. Perfect for Halloween next month, as it’s got […]
Looks like the latest Talisman expansion, the Dragon expansion, is shipping internationally! No word yet on when it’ll reach us, but man do the contents look sweet. Check out the three new Draconic Lords, Varthrax, Cadorus, and Grilipus, and the new miniatures. Oooh, really nice. The new dual-sided Inner Region makes a nice […]
Imagine Games, a leading local importer of some of the finest boardgames, LCGs (living card games) and its related games, has more new games for all you gamesmeisters. Kudos to the Imagine lads for keeping me in the loop with a personal email. Here’s a short list of what’s already in: Fantasy Flight […]
By CHEE YIH YANG Battleship was one board game that I never received when I was growing up. There was Scrabble and Monopoly at home, but my family somehow skipped Battleship, and it never dawned on me to ever save up for one. Unwittingly, though, I’ve actually played it in school using the grid-filled […]
Who would have thought that the humble game of Battleship, would become one helluva impressive franchise? There’s the boardgame, which has seen plenty of variants, with the latest being released last year. Updated to include islands and even “prisoners” of sorts, they’ve managed to make it look pretty cool too! Then there’s the […]
Magic: the Gathering fans will be excited over the weekend’s Pro Tour Philadelphia, which marks the first major Modern format competition. Wizards.com has the full coverage, so do check out who won big, decklists, cards to look out for, and more. The top eight lists features a diverse range of decks indeed – combo type […]