The Japanese are a growing force in global tabletop game design. While the association with Japan and video games is long and deep, traditionally we haven’t embraced too many of their tabletop games (classic or modern). This is partly because many of the best were never localised, and partly because…
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I had no idea that there was a Shin Megami Tensei tabletop RPG, but there is indeed one, and a press release just landed in my inbox today to say that it was being localised into English for the first time. The tabletop game is called Tokyo Conception, and is…
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Dokapon Kingdom: Connect is a clever little attempt to take the board game format, and apply it to an RPG. Just go in with the expectation that it’s the latter that only looks like the former, and you’ll be well placed to have a good time of it. Related reading:…
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Catan’s trajectory has been incredible, given that it’s only 28 years old. Initially, it was something of a disruptor, helping the “Eurogame” become a dominant approach to board games. From there it became a Monopoly-like thing – a game that absolutely everyone owns a copy of and is aware of…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Who doesn’t like a good board game? We certainly do here at DDNet, and the Nintendo Switch has been inundated with them recently. For this video we take a look at three of the newer releases that you absolutely should not miss out on. The Switch…
Read MoreWe’re back for 2022! And we’ve got a great podcast to kick things off! This week, we’re chatting about emulation consoles – what they are, why they’re great, and what we can expect from them in 2022. When it comes to archiving and accessing the otherwise lost games of yesteryear,…
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