If you’ve read my previous guide to Cthulhu: Death May Die and all its expansions, then you’ll already be aware of what a big fan I am of the series. It should be no surprise then to hear that I’ve already jumped at the chance to review the retail version of Cthulhu: Fear of the […]
CMON have a funny habit of releasing games we weren’t expecting with little or no warning – often at inexplicable moments in time. Designed by the master of remasters and campaign games himself (Rob Daviau), Stranger Things: Upside Down breaks the mould slightly by being neither a remake nor a campaign game – but nonetheless […]
When I first saw Army of the Dead: A Zombicide Game, I was a bit shocked. Not only is this a Zombicide game that took me completely by surprise, but I also noticed Netflix branding on the box, and the obvious likeness of Dave Bautista as a leading character. Not only did I not know […]
In Dune: War for Arrakis two to four players will control the opposing forces of House Atreides and House Harkonnen as they do battle to control the desert planet. Played over a series of rounds and lasting about 3 or 4 hours, Dune: War for Arrakis is actually best played by just two people. This […]
The end result of yet another gigantic CMON Kickstarter, Zombicide: Undead or Alive represents something like the tenth variant/setting that the game has taken place in, and critically, this is the first spin-off to be based on the updated Zombicide: Second Edition ruleset. Many people are now familiar with the Zombicide formula, and for them […]
Well, I am sure you all know that here at Nerdly we love a good zombie movie, and at the same time we’re also fans of CMON’s Zombicide game series. Having already covered both Zombicide: Green Horde and Zombicide: Invader, I often wonder what new ideas CMON will come up with next, besides a simple […]
Whilst I often think that I play an awful lot of miniatures games, one that has always eluded me is Arcadia Quest, the long-running and much expanded series from CMON Games and legendary designer, Eric Laing. Whilst I still haven’t played this seminal title, I have spent the last couple of weeks enjoying the campaign […]
Walls of York is by no means unique in its depiction of a medieval wall being used as a way to ringfence resources or to claim an area, and in fact, by doing so, it goes up against one of the most popular heavyweights in modern board gaming history; Carcasonne. Unfortunately, where Carcasonne is an […]
Anytime you hear of a game that has been designed in tandem by two great minds like those of Eric Lang and Antoine Bauza, with a production from CMON, it’s time to setup and pay attention. In this case, the game is Victorian Masterminds. The theme? Steampunk villains, diabolical machines and, erm, stealing buildings. Yes, Victorian […]
In Newton, two to four players will travel Europe’s greatest universities, study and send their students out to work in order to score points. In doing so, they’ll prove themselves to be among the greatest minds of the 17th Century. Newton is a fast-paced, mid-weight eurogame for one to four players designed Simone Luciani and Nestore […]
Despite the sad decline of Warhammer: Fantasy Battles, fans of rank-and-file miniatures combat have perhaps never been better served. Aside from the more serious tabletop wargaming systems like Bolt Action that allow the use of custom sets of miniatures, there are now more complete, boxed battle games than ever before. Only last year, we reviewed […]
Rising Sun, just in case you’ve missed it, is the latest big-money Kickstarter from Eric Lang and CMON Games. Where Blood Rage was inspired by Risk, Rising Sun allegedly draws its inspiration from Diplomacy, the classic game of empire building and well timed betrayal. Like all of CMON’s headline games, Rising Sun features incredible components and offers […]
