Cyberpunk 2077 - The Board Game Crowdfunding Campaign is Live

CD PROJEKT RED and board game developer Go On Board proudly announce that Cyberpunk 2077 - The Board Game, a unique adaptation of the hit video game, has now begun crowdfunding on Gamefound.

Made in close cooperation between CD PROJEKT RED and Go On Board, the tabletop adaptation brings to life the experience of Cyberpunk 2077 and features key characters from the video game, including V, Judy, Panam, and Jackie. The cooperative story-driven tactical action game gives 1–4 players the ability to explore a “what if?” scenario which alters a crucial event from the video game, branching out into a new story told throughout 13 diverse missions.

Invincible: The Hero-Building Game Swoops Into Action This Summer

Skybound Tabletop, in partnership with Dire Wolf, announced today that a new strategy board game, Invincible: The Hero-Building Game, will be available from Friendly Local Game Stores everywhere on July 11th. Pre-orders are available now!

Invincible: The Hero-Building Game lets players team up as Invincible, Atom Eve, Rex Splode and Robot in story-driven co-op battles to unlock unique powers and kick some villain ass. 

The Guardians of the Globe are dead. So the fate of the world rests with you – a team of teenage newbs still trying to figure out how their powers work. You’re gonna need to learn some moves, and fast, or a whole lot of people are going to die.

PAX Unplugged 2023: Exhibitors Revealed

PAX co-show organizers ReedPop and Penny Arcade have revealed the first list of exhibitors for PAX Unplugged 2023, returning to the Pennsylvania Convention Center from Friday, Dec. 1, through Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023.

The forces behind some of the biggest names in tabletop gaming will set up shop on the expansive expo hall, including Ravensburger (Disney Lorcana), Games Workshop (Warhammer 40,000), R.Talsorian Games (Cyberpunk franchise) Magpie (Avatar: The Last Airbender RPG), and Cephalofair (Gloomhaven RPG). 

Toy Fair 2023: University Games’ Party Game Celebrates The 50th Anniversary of the Rocky Horror Show

It’s just a jump to the left… and a step to the right… to stop by the University Games Booth #1665 at the New York Toy Fair to play the new Rocky Horror Show Game (MSRP $24.99 for 2-6 players, ages 12+).

The experiential new party game hits store shelves this year in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the cult-classic show. Players choose a favorite character and try to escape the castle to win the game. Along the way, you will rock to song lyrics, hear familiar lines, and perform the Time Warp (again) as you build alliances and navigate the lab.

Toy Fair 2020: Prepare Your Bodies for Anchorman: The Game - Improper Teleprompter

Live on Kickstarter.com, and being shown for the first time at New York Toy Fair, Anchorman: The Game - Improper Teleprompter is an adult party game from Barry & Jason Games and Entertainment based on Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's hit comedy, which also stars Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Christina Applegate, David Koechner, and a host of other comedians.

The game is inspired by Ron Burgundy's susceptibility to read whatever is written on the teleprompter, no matter how strange or inappropriate. Players compete by sabotaging other anchors' news stories with ridiculous magnetic words and phrases to try and get them to laugh while reading the news.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Board Games for 2019

IDW Games are excited to announce the next tabletop adventure for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures. Expanding on the system of TMNT: Shadows of the Past, this tabletop miniatures game will be coming to Kickstarter in January and will be action-packed with new miniatures, tiles, and Adventure Comics for both TMNT fans and miniature game players.

Cryptozoic Bringing Games from Rick and Morty, DC Comics & More to Gencon 2018

Cryptozoic Entertainment, leading creator of board games, trading cards, and physical and digital collectibles, today announced that it will showcase current and upcoming games at Gen Con, August 2-5 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.

At Booth #601, Cryptozoic will demo and sell limited pre-release quantities of several of its highly anticipated upcoming games, including Rick and Morty: The Pickle Rick Game, Pantone: The Game, DC Spyfall, DC Deck-Building Game: Crisis Expansion Pack 4, and Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: Panic at the Pleasure Palace. In addition, it will sell Million Dollars, But… The Game before its release in partnership with Rooster Teeth on August 8. The company will feature many of its recent releases as well, such as Rick and Morty: The Ricks Must Be Crazy Multiverse Game and Wallet. Finally, it will conduct several tournaments and preview releases for later this year, like Cult: Choose Your God Wisely.

Fallout Tabletop Game Coming Soon

Modiphius Entertainment, publisher of the Star Trek, Achtung! Cthulhu, Mutant Chronicles, Conan, Infinity and John Carter of Mars roleplaying games, is thrilled to announce today that Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, the first tabletop miniatures game based on the Fallout universe, is currently in development and is set to release November 2017.

In Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, players will build their own crew from a wide range of factions, allies and iconic characters from the Fallout series, and play in apocalyptic games of 3 - 30 high quality 32mm scale resin miniatures through a huge variety of iconic scenery and settlement buildings, from the Red Rocket to Sanctuary Hills, Nuka- Cola vending machines and wrecked vehicles. Settlements will include buildings, defenses and resources that impact the crew’s army list and abilities in the wasteland.

Wet Hot American Summer: The Roleplaying Game

Put on your cut-off shorts, wail on your acoustic guitar, and make sure you've got your 20-sided die, because The Devastator, America’s only all-humor press, is launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund an officially licensed role playing game (RPG) based on the classic comedy film WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER.

Approved by WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER co-writer and director David Wain, WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER: FANTASY CAMP is an old school tabletop RPG that allows fans to play as a camper, counselor or staffer, such as Coop, Beth or Gene, and experience one insane day at Camp Firewood. Hump a fridge, end up at a secret pizza party, or save the camp from a renegade piece of Skylab, just like in the original film!

IDW Games Adapting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Into a Board Game

Today, IDW Games announced a big box Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles adventure game complete with sculpted miniatures that is going to shell shock gamers. Debuting in early 2016, the game will let players step into the roles of their favorite Turtle or ultimate villain, Shredder. Designed by Kevin Wilson with input from IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creative team, franchise co-creator Kevin Eastman, Bobby Curnow, and Tom Waltz, the game will be available in a standard and special limited-edition format, featuring artwork by Eastman.

“I'm so excited to participate in this game!” said TMNT co-creator, Kevin Eastman. “Working with IDW on their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics has been amazing, and now to get the chance to go even deeper into the story and have fans play out key moments from the series for themselves is something that's really going to blow people away."

Walker Wednesdays: The Walking Dead Risk: Survival Edition

We continue our newest tradition here at Idle Hands, showing you the finest in zombie products, collectibles...and basically anything we might get our hands on that screams BRAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNSSS from inside the box. Today, we check out an exclusive release from Diamond Distributors in a special edition of the board game Risk, dedeco'd and redesigned in a Walking Dead comic book theme!

Mega Man: The Board Game!

Here's an instant success story! With 36 days to go, Jasco Games has collected over 181 thousand dollars for their licensed Kickstarter...which is a tiny bit more than the 70k they were shooting for!

In the year 20XX, Jasco Games created Mega Man™ the Board Game. Destined to grace tabletops everywhere, the board game takes the classic formula that made the original Blue Bomber so memorable and transfers it to a whole new arena. This officially licensed board game brings gamers and board game enthusiasts everything they love about Mega Man: iconic robot masters, sinister villains, incredible power ups, and polished game play.

Toy Fair 2012 : Avengers Movie Aliens...Revealed??

SPOILERS AHEAD...MAYBE!!

Toy Fair is a tricky beast. You look at hundreds of toys every day, and as you struggle to get them in focus and not blast them into the white zone with your flash, you barely have the opportunity to enjoy them. It is an enormous effort to do this, remember to ask questions WHILE you are doing this, and make sure you didn't forget or miss anything. That said, it should come as no surprise that I conducted 4 interviews, walked the 10 blocks to the train...got on the NJ transit train back to NJ and was 75% of the way home before I made a realization.




I shot an Avengers Movie Board Game....and I shot the aliens that were in it.

After 20 minutes of maniacal laughter I got home, whipped out the CF card and sure enough, there were my new best lil purple friends...and they sure do look like Skrulls. Hell, even the symbol on the dice looks like one. All I can say is THANK GOD I didn't look at the odd little plastic bits from across the room and say..naa..it's junk.
















Now my JAKKS rep who had been giving me the tour said the game was something they were just testing, like many other things on the floor that day. They display these things for buyers to gauge an interest. If it's a thumbs up, it gets made. She expressed to me this was not likely getting the thumbs up.

SO...are the aliens in The Avengers Movie SKRULLS after all? You tell me! Why make a board game based on the movie and just randomly throw Skrulls in there? Does this mean they are absolutely in the movie? Of course not..but this is pretty convincing. I do think there are also Frost Giants in the film, as the evidence from the Super Bowl spot is undeniable, so why no Frost Giants in the game as well? Little angry blue people! The mystery continues....

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Toy Fair 2012 : Star Wars Scene It

Today, Screenlife®, creators of the popular Scene It?® entertainment trivia games announced its 2012 retail lineup, which will be previewed at the upcoming NY International Toy Fair, booth #2931. In conjunction with the Scene It? brand’s 10th anniversary, for the first time ever, Screenlife will be launching a title based on one of the most iconic film series in history, with Scene It? Star Wars. Featuring stunning movie clips and engaging trivia across all six Star WarsTM films, the game extends the classic Scene It? experience with new Stars Wars-specific challenges, and new puzzle types that offer a rare look at behind-the-scenes materials that will delight as well as inform fans. Also previewing at Toy Fair in the Screenlife 2012 lineup, Scene It? Movie Night, which features blockbuster films of past and present, spanning hits from comedy, action, drama and beyond. Both of these Fall 2012 releases will introduce a new streaming capability to the Scene It? experience, offering players the option to stream gameplay on a variety of devices, as well as play from the patented Scene It? DVD.

“It’s a delight to bring Star Wars, one of the most popular and beloved film franchises of all time, to the Scene It? galaxy of rich entertainment trivia,” said Barry Watts, CEO of Screenlife. “2012 is shaping up to be a great year for movie fans, as we are bringing not only fantastic new titles like Star Wars and Movie Night to our lineup, we are giving players new ways to play with convenient streaming gameplay.”

Scene It? Star Wars

From the Battle of Naboo to the birth of Luke Skywalker, from the rise of Darth Vader to the fall of the Galactic Empire - Scene It? Star Wars delivers hours of fun spanning the complete Star Wars film saga. As one of the engaging new puzzle types introduced in this landmark title, the “Jedi Archives” challenges players to solve puzzles utilizing behind-the- scenes film assets, from storyboards, production stills, concept art and more. The Force will need to be with fans as they try to solve the “Finish the Line” puzzles, which task Star Wars devotees to complete key dialogue from the films. The “Imperial Listening Post” incorporates the fantastic sound effects of Star Wars, as players endeavor to identify the iconic hum of lightsabers, or the inspiration of Chewbacca’s signature voice. Emulating R2-D2’s famous projector, “Holonet Disruptions” presents clues in holographic projections, as first depicted in the original Star Wars. Available Fall 2012, ages 13+.

Scene It? Movie Night : This crowd-pleasing entertainment trivia game challenges player knowledge of the silver screen with all-new amazing clips, captivating trivia, and the most popular on-screen puzzles from the biggest Hollywood blockbusters of the past 20 years. From comedy classics like Wayne’s World and The Naked Gun, to edge-of-your-seat thrillers including Cloverfield and Paranormal Activity - to recent Oscar nominated films like True Grit and Bridesmaids, the fast-paced, star-powered fun makes Scene It? Movie Night THE party starter for both casual movie buffs and diehard film fanatics. Pass the popcorn, gather friends and family, and get ready to play Scene It? Movie Night! Available Fall 2012, ages 13+.

New Streaming Gameplay : With Scene It? Star Wars and Scene It? Movie Night, Scene It? proudly introduces a groundbreaking way to play. Players can choose to play using the included DVD or simply stream the content via their favorite web-enabled device, including laptops, tablets, and connected TVs. The streaming option offers added convenience while providing access to bonus content not found on the disc. It’s the best of both worlds for Scene It? fans!

For more information on Scene It? Star Wars, Scene It? Movie Night, or any other Scene It? game, visit www.screenlifegames.com.

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LEGO Board Games: Don't Build Drunk

LEGO Systems, Inc., the North American division of the world's leading construction toy brand, announced today that it will take its play pattern and values into a new toy category with 10 premium constructible board games. Each of the 10 LEGO Games leverages classic board game play of guessing, strategy, memory, logic and chance to offer a new way to play with the construction toy brand. The first five LEGO Games are due to release online on March 1, and all 10 will be available August 1 in the board game aisle at retail.

LEGO Games cater to a wide range of purchase and play occasions, ages, play types and price points. Each game provides everything needed to start building and playing right out of the box, including a customizable LEGO dice and separate building and game play instructions. LEGO Games are designed to be a new game every time they are played, encouraging children of all ages to build the game differently or change the rules and dice to keep game play fresh and exciting.

"The strong momentum we have in our U.S. business allows us to expand beyond the construction category to bring a decidedly LEGO twist to board games," said Soren Torp Laursen, president, LEGO Systems. "When we look for ways to reinterpret the LEGO play experience, they must be obviously LEGO brand but never seen before, which LEGO Games delivers in a big way. We believe we will introduce our passionate fans to a new way to play with the brand while also recruiting new fans ? and families ? to LEGO play."

"The fusion of a trusted brand with compelling game play is a winning combination for a category that traditionally sees little innovation," says renowned strategy game developer Reiner Knizia, who consulted with the company on development of the games. "With a variety of game types, buildable game boards and changeable rules, no two LEGO Games experiences are ever the same."

Beginning in March, five LEGO Games will be available for sale in select toy, discount merchandise and specialty online stores, including:


* Monster 4 - The first player to get four of their monsters in a row wins. Every roll of the LEGO dice brings a chance to move a monster, displace another player's monsters or send the giant spider in to clear some space. SRP $14.99



* Lava Dragon - Players must prove they are the bravest knight by being the first to climb the volcano and summon the mighty dragon. Along the way, each roll of the LEGO dice helps players to climb, block opponents, avoid lava or knock opponents off the volcano! This exciting game of strategy and luck is never the same game twice. SRP $14.99



* Pirate Code - Players must be the first to guess their opponents' secret treasure codes before theirs is revealed to take the title of pirate captain. In this game of logic, luck, secrets and treasures, players can set their own code of jewels in their treasure chest so the game is different every time. SRP $19.99





* Minotaurus - Players must be the first to lead their three heroes to the temple, avoiding the Minotaur and cleverly placing walls to block their opponents. By changing the LEGO dice, players can jump hedges, and by re-building the maze, every game is a new adventure. This game of chance and strategy is great fun for the whole family. SRP $24.99

* Creationary - Players roll the LEGO dice to select one of four exciting building categories: vehicles, buildings, nature or things. Three levels of difficulty give players a chance to show off their creative building skills so that others can guess what is being created. A great game for family and friends to test their imagination, creativity, building and guessing skills. SRP $34.99


All LEGO Games will be widely available in the board game aisles of toy, discount merchandise and specialty stores nationwide. Joining the five launching in March are:

* Robo Champ - The first player to build a robot with all the correct color parts will win the trophy and be named Robo Champ! Each roll of the LEGO dice brings a chance to collect the parts needed or grab them from other players to finish the bot and take the trophy! SRP $9.99

* Magikus - With the help of the owl, players race to be the first to collect the four special ingredients to cast the magical spell. Each roll of the LEGO dice brings a new chance to collect new ingredients or grab the ones needed from opponents to win. SRP $9.99

* Race 3000 - Players must show that they have what it takes to cross the finish line first and take the trophy! Along the way, players must use shortcuts, overtake or turbo boost past their opponents and change lanes to avoid oil slicks. Players can build a new track and change the LEGO dice each time they play so no two races are ever the same! SRP $19.99

* Hogwarts? - Between the moving staircase & secret passages at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it can be tricky for players to find their way around Harry Potter's school. The first player to successfully navigate the magical castle to collect all of their homework from their classes and get back to the common area is the winning wizard. SRP $29.99

* Ramses Pyramid - Players must unlock the crystal coded layers to climb to the top of the pyramid and defeat the Mummy King Ramses before he takes over Egypt, taking his crown and the treasures buried deep within. In this family game of memory, skill and cunning, players can compete against each other or team up to dethrone King Ramses! Created in cooperation with renowned strategy game developer, Reiner Knizia. SRP $29.99


For more information, visit http://games.lego.com or follow LEGO Games on Facebook at facebook.com/legogames.