Casual Games

There are games aplenty which offer players an experience intended to transport them to fantastical, futuristic, or even horrifying settings, but there is also another type of game which tries to perfectly encapsulate feeling grounded in reality. In this particular instance we’re talking about a game called Sweet Spot which attempts to replicate the act of playing a professional game of tennis through the medium of a simple card game. Sweet Spot is a 2-4 player game which pits participants against each other in a deeply strategic game of tennis.

Rather Dashing Games has announced Element, Fireside Games has a sneak peak of Castle Panic: Engines of War, and Z-Man Games posts a preview of their Essen games.

Hyperbole Games has a new game available for pre-order, Asmodee has announced a new game in the Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective game line, and BoardGameGeek is running a survey for its front page redesign.

From gods battling it out through rock and roll, to a game that only costs a dollar, this month’s Kickstarters have a little something of everything.

Codenames: Pictures has a release month, Gen Con gets recapped, and Asmodee iis n talks with F2Z Entertainment.

Win fans and power as you compete for the right to rule the universe in the battle of the bands as a pantheon of gods. Now on Kickstarter.

Politics. In this heated election season, it's easy to make enemies. But Andrew Nerger and the rest of the team at Road to Infamy Games have turned political debates upside down.

The Spiel des Jahres winner has been announced, and both Fireside Games and Gamelyn Games has announced new expansions.

There’s a wide range of card games this month, each with clever and unique themes such as secret communication, mischievous cats, and final judgement.