Category: Big Box Games

Banana Bandits, Gang Rush: Breakout, Godfather: Corleone's Empire, Modern Art, and Sherlook

A Fistful of Games

CMON has started off Q3 by punching it right in the mouth.  As if invading SDCC and rocking Kickstarter Gold with A Song of Ice and Fire weren’t enough, they’ve just released some of their most anticipated titles of the year.  As of today, you can head down to your FLGS for some offers you can’t refuse. In The Godfather: Corleone’s […]

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Watch It Played: A Song of Ice & Fire

Watch It Played: A Song of Ice & Fire

Released in tandem with the launch of the Kickstarter campaign, Rodney and Pep from Watch It Played give us the low-down on how to play A Song of Ice and Fire.

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Metallic finish Robb Stark and a red metallic finish Jaime Lannister

Invading SDCC

CMON is attending SDCC this year and is bringing a couple of surprises with them.  For folks lucky enough to be attending, there are 1,000 of the above SDCC promo sets for their new miniatures game: A Song of Ice & Fire.  Fear not, if you aren’t one of those lucky few, these figures are the same as will be […]

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A Song of Ice & Fire Kickstarter Announcement

The Call to Gold

I must admit, when the announcement was originally made that this would be a Q3 campaign, I had assumed it would be much later due to the previous Kickstarter, Zombicide: Green Horde, having ended in June.  However, CMON has answered the challenge and made this part of Kickstarter Gold, a month-long event celebrating 65 of their most successful creators. The […]

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The Others: Dice Tower Awards 2016 Results

The Others: Dice Tower Awards 2016 Results

Today, at the 10th annual Dice Tower Awards ceremony, the winners were announced for each of the 14 categories.  Game of the Year ended up going to a very deserving game: Scythe. As previously mentioned, The Others: 7 Sins was nominated for the Best Board Game Production award.  The competition was steep this year and unfortunately, it losing to a […]

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The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire – Preview

The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire – Preview

Continuing their coverage of CMON Expo 2017, the Dice Tower crew takes a look at Eric Lang’s newest: The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire.

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Board Game Replay – The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire

Board Game Replay – The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire

On the final day of the first Tabletop Showcase event, the folks at Board Game Replay evaluate how playing The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire varies with different amounts of players.

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Pair of Dice Paradise – The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire

Pair of Dice Paradise – The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire

On day 5 of the first Tabletop Showcase event, Chaz Marler of Pair of Dice Paradise muses on whether or not players have to enjoy the movie in order to enjoy The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire.

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Rolling Dice & Taking Names – The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire

Rolling Dice & Taking Names – The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire

RDTN Episode 121: Tabletop Showcase – Interview with Eric Lang, Designer of The Godfather   On day 4 of the first Tabletop Showcase event, Marty and Tony of Rolling Dice & Taking Names sit down with Eric Lang to ask him about the process of designing The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire.

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Zombicide: Green Horde Massive Darkness Crossover Kit

The Horde Is Massive

Backers have been begging for a Green Horde / Massive Darkness crossover since this campaign began.  Fortunately, their cries have not gone unanswered and today a new add-on was announced. For $13 this Optional Buy brings all of the retail characters introduced in the Zombicide: Green Horde Kickstarter campaign into Massive Darkness. It contains 64 cards converting 17 Heroes, 5 […]

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