It seems like a golden age of revival for old classics like Age of Empires II, with yet another new expansion announced, this time bringing us to South-East Asia.
New civilisations added include the Burmese, Vietnamese, Malay, and the much-requested Khmer. The expansion will also feature four fully-voiced campaigns.
This hexagonal-shaped beauty gives plenty of gaming space, some optional shelves and LED lighting, and even seals up nicely to work as a standard piece of furnishing (just in case you want to hide your gaming addiction).
One of our favourite games is Arcadia Quest by CMON, followed swiftly after by Super Dungeon Explore, so when we saw Yōkai Quest on Kickstarter, we just couldn't resist. It's already chock full of content with over 100 miniatures, and lots more up for grabs with great Stretch Goals.
Our new favourite miniatures game on Kickstarter is Mythic Battles: Pantheon, a new skirmish game featuring the gods and heroes of Greek mythology.
We've watched and backed a lot of Kickstarters over the years, and this has to be one of the best-run, if not the best. Great communication with constant updates and novel use of the new live video stream feature (kudos to Leo for his hard work on this).
What sold us on the gameplay was the playthrough video by Beasts of War, which makes the game look like great fun indeed!
And, of course, scale is a big thing in this game, with gods towering over men, and the mighty titans even taller still. Maybe "miniatures" wasn't the right word...
New on the tabletop gaming block, Diemension Games (sinister name, eh?) seems to have taken a leaf out of CMON's book to orchestrate a highly successful Kickstarter campaign for its debut miniatures board game Deep Madness.
The game follows the premise of investigators locked inside an underwater facility where things have gone wrong. They'll have to tackle the monstrosities beneath, their own mounting madness, and even wrestle with water in drowned chambers. This one is just dripping with theme.
Endless Space 2, Amplitude Studio's next great 4X game, is nearly ready for Early Access. The sequal to its wonderful turn-based space strategy game seeks to merge the best of ES1 with some of the new and fresh features of Endless Legend, its fantasy Civ-style spin-off.
But Amplitude always does things with a unique twist. Consider, for example, the faction known as the Vodyani, best described as "space vampires."
Check out the launch trailer for Beamdog's new entry in the Baldur's Gate franchise, Siege of Dragonspear. Hopefully they do it justice and decide to do an expansion for BG2. Those high-level heroes are so much fun to play!
