Richard takes a look at Flash Point: a fully cooperative game where everyone plays on the same firefighting team – and win or lose together. Players can ride the ambulance to safety or fire the engine’s deck gun in an attempt to control the blaze. LINKS: Indie Boards and Cards Show’s Email: [email protected] Your Host(s):...

Richard is back from a long hiatus with a look at Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: Duel at Mt. Skullzfyre. This game is published by Cryptozoic Entertainment and designed by Rob Heinsoo. LINKS: Cryptozoic Entertainment Show’s Email: [email protected] Your Host(s): Richard Garfield chewieMore Posts - Website

In this extra long episode of Games With Garfield, the gang discusses the upcoming King of Tokyo expansion and the design process and philosophies around expansion creation. In addition, Richard shares his thoughts on the submission process for games to publishers. LINKS: Iello | Zman Games | The Game Inventor’s Guidebook | Show’s Email: [email protected]...

November 16, 2011: New game genres come around more often than we seem to think. The most recent trend in board gaming is the deck building game – popularized by Dominion. These game design “revolutions” often lead to evolutionary games – like Quarriors – that twist the basic premise to give it a different appeal....

June 10, 2011: On August 24th in Seattle, Pax branches out and dedicates two days to the developer community for the craft that is game making. Casey Muratori, programmer with RAD Game Tools, discusses the convention and potential topics with Jessica, Richard, and Skaff. Show’s Email:  [email protected] Your Host(s):  Richard Garfield, Skaff Elias, and Jessica...

In the first of a series of Classic Game Reviews, Richard challenges himself and his audience by tackling one of his personal favorite games. Although it’s no secret of this game’s profound effect on Richard’s design career, he continues to champion the recent innovations in its strategies and its relevance in modern culture. Show’s Email: ...

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After the four of us played a rousing game of Richard and Iello’s (a French publisher) new release King of Tokyo, the crew took some time to record their first podcast in almost 4 months. Various gaming topics are covered including politics, interaction levels, multiplayer solitaire, and passive-aggressive play. Show’s Email:  [email protected] Your Host(s):  Richard...

After the four of us played a rousing game of Richard and Iello’s (a French publisher) new release King of Tokyo, the crew took some time to record their first podcast in almost 4 months. Various gaming topics are covered...

Identify! You are a Shadow, a creature of the night, or a Hunter, a human whose job is to destroy supernatural creatures, or a civilian, a normal human just caught in the middle of this ancient battle. But your identity remains secret until someone outs you through your actions and through Hermit cards or you...

Identify! You are a Shadow, a creature of the night, or a Hunter, a human whose job is to destroy supernatural creatures, or a civilian, a normal human just caught in the middle of this ancient battle. But your identity...

Catacombs is an action/dexterity based adventure board game. One player controls the Overseer, controlling the monsters of the catacombs. The other player(s) control the four heroes who cooperatively try to defeat the monsters and eventually the Catacomb Lord. Each of the heroes have special abilities that must also be used effectively if they are to...

Crokinole is an action board game similar in various ways to pitchnut, carrom, marbles, and shove ha’penny, with elements of shuffleboard and curling reduced to table-top size. Players take turns shooting discs across the circular playing surface, trying to have their discs land in the higher-scoring regions of the board, while also attempting to knock...

This new game by Carl Chudyk is a journey through innovations from the stone age through modern times. Each player builds a civilization based on various technologies, ideas, and cultural advancements, all represented by cards. Each of these cards has a unique power which will allow further advancement, point scoring, or even attacking other civilizations....

Craits (sometimes spelled Crates or Creights) is a card game played by anywhere between two and five players. It was invented in the 1970s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is derived from Crazy Eights; in fact, the name Craits is derived from Crazy Eights itself. Craits is similar to the marketed game Uno, which has its...

It is the annual athletic festival in a fantasy world. The most popular event in this festival is the team foot race, with fantasy and mythological creatures participating in this race, such as the Siren, Witch, Centaur and many others. Who will win this year’s festival? In Magical Athlete, first you draft a team of...

Welcome to Dice Town, the city of luck and prosperity! Here, we admire the Brave and Love Winners; especially those willing to bet their future on a dice roll! Opportunities are everywhere in our proud town: you find gold nuggets knee deep in the mine, the bank has too many dollars and the mayor is...

The Hilarious Tug of Words! On each turn, one team flips over a category card. Team members frantically brainstorm words that fit the category while the opposition tries to sidetrack them. The team must agree on a word and pull each letter of that word one lane closer to their side of the street, all...

In Dixit, each player takes a turn as a storyteller. On a given player’s turn, he or she selects a picture card from his or her hand. Then, that player says aloud a sentence or a word connected to his or her picture. Every other player then selects a picture from his or her own...