James Van tonningen

In 2019, Stonemeier Games released Wingspan. Wingspan was an event in board gaming, selling over 1.4 million copies over the course of its first 3 years, meaning most people in the board game scene have at least heard of the game. More and more have played it, dropped its chunky food dice into the bird […]

Something not of this world arrived.  Initially, it was the size of a city, but it quickly shrank, and shrank, and shrank, until it was no more than a small cube with cryptic symbols floating in space.  Scientists the world over gathered to study it, but soon realized that there

In 1972, one of the nation’s greatest scandals occurred. A sitting president was accused of illegally wiretapping and spying on his political rivals, looking for dirt to win the next election. That president? Richard Nixon. And the ones that broke the scandal? The press! Watergate is a 2 player game about power, conspiracy, and the […]

In 1972, one of the nation’s greatest scandals occurred. A sitting president was accused of illegally wiretapping and spying on his political rivals, looking for dirt to win the next election. That president? Richard Nixon. And the ones that broke the scandal? The press! Watergate is a 2 player

Cars roar across the blasted wasteland and broken highways. The retort of heavy calibur gunfire rings across the salt-wastes. The greatest, and only, entertainment in the post apocalypse is the Thunder Road Rally, a last man standing race across the blasted desert. If you wanna win this thing, you gotta

Cars roar across the blasted wasteland and broken highways. The retort of heavy calibur gunfire rings across the salt-wastes. The greatest, and only, entertainment in the post apocalypse is the Thunder Road Rally, a last man standing race across the blasted desert. If you wanna win this thing, you gotta have a team, and you […]

In the sheer amount of stuff available to see at a major board game convention like Origins, it’s easy to overlook the little guy. That’s where the unpub section of the con comes into play.  In it, intrepid independent board game developers all sit eager to show off

Magneterra sleeps in the darkest reaches of the cosmos.  A rocky, rugged world, Magneterra possesses a unique attribute in the many worlds: its extreme magnetism and rare elements.  This has given rise to mystical Tochon Magnets, natural artifacts infused with magical energies.  Now, wizards from across the cosmos descend upon

Let me set the scene.  GamingTrend’s Origins interview booth was set up in the back-right corner of the convention.  About 5 spaces away from us was a booth with inviting pastel colors from a brand new team with a little gem of a game called Power Well. On a

The upcoming Kinfire Council pits players against each other and an evil cult in a fantasy city suffering from a calamity.