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Game Spotlights Jan 24, 2022 Devin

Board Games and Emotional Intelligence

Board games and emotional intelligence seem like two totally separate topics, but your tabletop can be a training ground for your mental health! Teach your brain healthy habits while you move your meeple! … Read More

Game Spotlights Jan 20, 2022 Devin

Traveller RPG & Adventures in Space

Freshly into its second edition from Mongoose Publishing, Traveller has come a long way from its humble beginnings in the late 70s. Create spacecraft, visit alien worlds, and adventure across the universe in this sci-fi roleplaying game. … Read More

Game Spotlights Jan 19, 2022 Devin

New Twilight 2000 Edition

Twilight 2000, the classic apocalyptic roleplaying game, returns with a new edition set during the third World War—this time, in an alternate year 2000 timeline. The Moscow Coup of 1991 has succeeded in this universe and the Soviet Union has not fallen. Will you survive in this retro-apocalyptic sandbox? … Read More

Just For Fun Jan 13, 2022 Devin

National Blood Donor Month Games

January is great for two things: donating blood, and playing tabletop games while you eat foods rich in iron and B vitamins for recovery! Many of these games feature vampires, to whom we do NOT recommend donating blood! Red Cross good—vampires bad! … Read More

Game Spotlights Jan 12, 2022 Devin

River Battleships from Avalanche Press

River-bound gunboats get the Panzer Grenadier treatment on the wide waterways of eastern Europe. Possibly the first wargame featuring river monitors, River Battleships will have you fighting other river vessels and providing mobile artillery support. … Read More

Game Spotlights Jan 11, 2022 Devin

SpaceCorp 2025-2300AD

SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is a fast-playing board game in which one to four players explore and develop outer space over three eras. Each player controls an Earth-based enterprise seeking profit by driving the expansion of humanity into the Solar System and beyond. … Read More

Game Spotlights Jan 10, 2022 Devin

Piacenza 1746 — Austrian Succession

Recreate this crucial battle in the War of the Austrian Succession. Franco-Spanish forces clash with the Austrian army in northern Italy and the conflict marks the rise of Prussia as a major power. … Read More

Game Spotlights Jan 07, 2022 Devin

New Warhammer Elector Counts Card Game

Who among the Elector Counts is worthy of ascending to Sigmar’s throne? Fight for control of The Empire, securing your holdings with faith, steel, and gunpowder! … Read More

Just For Fun Jan 04, 2022 Devin

Roll And Write Games — the Right Way

Roll and Write games have been enjoying a renaissance in the last few years and there are regular and notable contributions to the genre. But what exactly are Roll and Write games? We pull back the curtain! … Read More

Game Spotlights Jan 04, 2022 Devin

Third World War: Designer Signature Edition

Compass Games' huge undertaking—Third World War: Designer Signature Edition— is four remastered, classic wargames in one package! This comprehensive edition contains faithfully remastered and updated versions of all four GDW games in the Third World War series originally released in the mid 1980s. … Read More

Game Spotlights Jan 03, 2022 Andrew B.

Adapting Older D&D to Modern Rules

Playing the latest version of Dungeons & Dragons doesn't mean that those out-of-print books are useless. In this article, we walk through an easy method for adapting older versions of D&D to any ruleset... no conversion required. … Read More

Events & Conventions Jan 02, 2022 Jess C.

Magic the Gathering: Kamigawa Neon Dynasty Pre-Release & Launch Events

Pre-Release the new Magic the Gathering Set before it hits shelves! Kamigawa Neon Dynasty events all Pre-Release Weekend plus Launch Day Draft! … Read More

Events & Conventions Dec 31, 2021 Jess C.

Pathfinder Society Thursdays

Join the Pathfinder Society! Organized Play for Pathfinder RPG every other Thursday at Noble Knight Games! … Read More

Game Spotlights Dec 30, 2021 Devin

Best Board Games of 2021: Top 5!

We take a look at some of the best board games that were released over the last 365 days! From prehistoric times to vibrant fantasy lands, this list shows the best that 2021 gave us! … Read More

Just For Fun Dec 28, 2021 Andrew B.

Found Your Sheet: Campaign Map

In the hundreds of trades Noble Knight Games does every week, sometimes we find some cool "extras". This time, it's a hand-drawn map from someone's Forgotten Realms campaign. … Read More

Game Spotlights Dec 28, 2021 Devin

2022 Tabletop Game Releases To Anticipate

A new year means new games! There are countless projects in-progress right now across the spectrum: board games, wargames, RPGs, and more! … Read More

Game Spotlights Dec 24, 2021 Devin

Welcome to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

Now in its fourth edition, the original dark fantasy roleplaying game Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay takes you back to the world where Chaos never sleeps. Drawing inspiration from the legendary early publications of the grimdark RPG, WFRP brings innovative twists to build on the beloved classic. … Read More

Game Spotlights Dec 22, 2021 Devin

Legacy Games to Hibernate With

January is a great time to start a Legacy game! Shake the late-winter blues by deep-diving into some of the best games that this genre has to offer. Watch the rules, characters, and components of the game change permanently as you and your friends craft your own unique adventure! … Read More

Game Spotlights Dec 20, 2021 Devin

Mysterium Park — Artistic Deduction

You're a psychic tasked with uncovering how the park's director met his untimely end in this cooperative deduction game. You do this by deciphering visions given to you by a ghost—played by you or a friend—in the form of beautifully illustrated vision cards. Guess correctly and everyone wins! But guess incorrectly and the dreams could haunt you for the rest of your days! … Read More

Game Spotlights Dec 17, 2021 Devin

Three Wargame Preorders To Reserve for 2022

Compass Games, Legion Wargames, and Worthington Publishing are three of the most recognizable publishers in wargaming. They're known for working with talented and knowledgeable designers, and these three preorders certainly fit that bill! … Read More

Game Spotlights Dec 16, 2021 Devin

A RuneQuest RPG Primer

Our RuneQuest RPG Primer is the perfect introduction to this vintage tabletop game set in Greg Stafford's mythical world of Glorantha! RuneQuest is a robust rules system informed by decades of design and playtesting. … Read More

Events & Conventions Dec 13, 2021 Devin

Miniature Painting Contest: Boneclaw!

Boneclaw, the skeletal undead! Chaotic evil in nature, Boneclaws are 8-foot-tall, bloodthirsty undead that enjoy using their extendable claws to unleash pain upon the living. Created by a powerful lich (Forgotten Realms) and Droaamite necromancers working under the daughters of Sora Kell. … Read More

Game Spotlights Dec 07, 2021 Andrew B.

Dungeons & Dragons Editions Guide (Part 4) 4th Edition

Since the 1970s, there have been a number of versions and editions of Dungeons & Dragons. Are they all the same game with different names? And what's the difference between Basic and Advanced? This series of articles will help you sort out the different flavors of D&D. In part 4, we talk about 4th Edition. … Read More

Game Spotlights Nov 19, 2021 Devin

Five Compass Wargame Preorders for 2022

Hard to believe, but we're approaching the close of 2021 already! We're ready to make our New Years Resolution, though... play more wargames! Fortunately, Compass Games has us covered. There are plenty of games set to release across 2022! We've chosen five of them to cover here—and they're all available for preorder! … Read More