It wasn't so long ago that the idea of paying even $100 for a board game seemed a little outrageous. But at Pax Unplugged this year, I found a dozen projects that breached the $200 mark.
Like so many things during the pandemic, board games have surged online. Today, it's quite easy to have a virtual board game night either using an emulator or a publisher-produced application.
Mythic Games seems to have succeeded in recreating the entire video game in miniatures. Right down to bushes, crystals, burning pyres, and the voice that guides you through the dark.
Townsfolk Tussle is a new campaign on Kickstarter that's reminding a lot of fans of the 2017 video game Cuphead. Both games use art styles that call back to the 1920s era of "rubber hose" animation, which fell out of style after the 1930s.