August 2015 | Casual Game Revolution

August 2015

Hasbro is announcing a contest for a new party game, Geek and Sundry has taken a look at some of the rarest board games, and Clever Move explains the history behind ‘roll them bones’.

Mayfair has released a new Star Trek-themed board game, Meeple Pillows hit Kickstarter, and a preview of the mobile adaptation of Tiny Epic Kingdoms has been released.

There are a wide range of genres this month on Kickstarter, with casual games featuring press-your-luck mechanics, tile laying, bluffing, bidding, and more.

I consider myself an “accidental inventor.” I’ve been a tinkerer all my life, and lately I had been creating family games, but I never considered myself an inventor. Not until those unforgettable three months in early 2014 when I won BigLeap’s “Games that Make Us Smarter” challenge, and went on to sign a license agreement for a game with FoxMind.

Looney Labs has released Batman Fluxx, GeekDad recaps Gen Con, and the Geekie Awards nominees have been announced.

Are you the roughest, toughest cowboy in the Wild West? Prove it! There are bandits causing havoc in town and you can earn money and power from the townsfolk by bringing them to justice.