This episode of the FatCast was recorded by Engineer Al at the lake house, yeah that's right, a fucking lake house. We cover Mage Wars, Merchant of Venus, ConnCon, D&D Next, Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG, Classic SciFi books and a bunch of other nonsense nerds are into. Josh hates women, Matt hates podcasts and special guest Jeff Luce hates ConSimWorld. Plus, Who's the hottest Avenger & a Hobbit sing-a-long!   *

The Johktari tribes of Kumanjaro have thrived for hundreds of years. Now the peace of a century has turned to conflict as the forces of Westlock carve out their own territories for the good of the crown and the glory of Asyra. Players can wage their own matches as a Priest of the Order of Malakai, or as a Beastmaster of the Johktari, using new ability cards for each, and a trove of new spells from all the spell schools. Join the fantasy phenomenon that pits mage against mage. The conquest begins with you!

Writing about wargames for the Shut Up Show made me think a bit about my opinions on this particular section of the hobby. Strangely, perhaps, for someone who doesn’t identify exclusively as a wargamer and indeed finds the concept of simulation in games often leads to excessive baggage, I have some pretty strong opinions on the genre. The first of these is that, unlike any other classification, I have a cast-iron definition of what makes a wargame. If it’s based in history or near-history and attempts a passable stab at realism, it’s a wargame. If it...

MoaM (Mummies on a Map) at its best.

Crowdfunding is a blessing to the gaming community. We the gamers are now in complete control of what we will play. Take a browse through the Games section on Kickstarter.  People out there are waiting for backers for games that they spent countless hours dreaming over. Their entire future rests in fingers typing up credit card numbers and PayPal accounts.   It is absolutely stunning to look at the numbers. 85 cents of every dollar funded has gone to a successful game. However, one game out of every three that gets posted meets their quota. That means that...

Watchtower Games is proud to announce its new card and dice game Fallen. Adventure deep within a dungeon and battle the forces of darkness. Find magical treasures in your quest to slay the evil overlord waiting at the bottom of the labyrinth. Or bind creatures to your will and send them hunting through the corridors as the Dungeon Lord. Fallen features a unique story mechanic where the Hero chooses their path through the adventure in the ultimate goal to defeat the Dungeon Lord. The game is packed with characters, skills, power...

Readers who have met me in real life know that I live for social interaction in games. It doesn’t even need to be an element of the mechanics, just present at the table in some form. If you’re the table that’s laughing and cutting up, that’s where I want to be. So I didn’t understand why so many gamers were so taken with playing games solo. On some level it defeats the entire purpose of playing games, which is to spend time with friends.

Battle rages through the halls of Subterra Bravo as unearthly creatures and human military fight over control of the underground facility. Amid the turmoil, a few desperate prisoners have managed to escape this hellish place. You were not so lucky. Subterra Bravo is now locked down, its exits sealed - and with them, perhaps, your fate! Level 7 [ESCAPE]: Lockdown is a death-defying expansion for Level 7 [ESCAPE] that adds new enemies, room tiles, and rules, along with five new scenarios that will put your will to survive to the ultimate test!

Pax, I'm told is latin for peace. I'm not sure why its so popular for titling games about war though. I don't know anything about the Con Pax east, thats not what I'm yattering about there. No its games with the word Pax in them Pax Porfiriana, and Pax Baltica, two reviews below;