"If we just did a perfect translation of the physical game, it could work, until it doesn't," studio head of Fantasy Flight Interactive Tim Gerritsen told me in a phone interview. "We're inspired by the tabletop edition of The Lor...

It's been out for roughly six years, but in the past six months or so, 7 Wonders became my tabletop group's board game of choice -- either for warmups for heavier games or a cool down afterward ("dessert," as it's called). Our gro...

As I've communicated in the past, I'm not big on blind box items, whether they're in games or in physical form. That includes collectible card games (CCG), which often rely on pricey randomized booster packs that can dictate how well your d...

Being the new person in town is tough. Moving away from family and friends means starting fresh. Breaking into social circles and putting yourself out there is no small task, especially when your new neighbors are monsters. At least that's ...

Superhot was slick as heck last year. The stark red-on-white low-poly models were one part of that, but the real draw was its unique "time only moves when you do" mechanic, allowing for careful planning and some Matrix-esque bullet-dodging....

Thronebreaker, the single-player campaign for Witcher-based card game Gwent, has been delayed into 2018. The announcement was made by studio CD Projekt Red on the game's website.In the post, studio co-founder Marcin Iwiński points to t...

Although it has live in its native Japan for less than a month, Square Enix' card-fighting mobile game Dragon Quest Rivals has already amassed a whopping ten million downloads.The collectible strategy title, similar to other digital card-fi...

Hearthstone will be expanding once again later this year, and the collectible card game is taking some cues from Dungeons and Dragons.  The next expansion will focus on the rat-like Kobolds and their underground lair. Every ...

Much like their previous anime marathons in the past, and my personal favorite, the time they streamed the entire Power Rangers series, Twitch is at it again with Yu-Gi-Oh! The Animated Series.  From today until November 7, Twitch will...

[Taterchimp has been working on a card game called Five Hit Fighters, and he’d like to hear some feedback from the Destructoid community. It’s a really cool concept, and I’d love to give it a shot some day! It's ...

The card dealing action-RPG Hand of Fate 2 is coming early next month. According to developer Defiant Development, the game will be available on November 7 for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. In addition to the announcement, Defiant Development also...

A recent change to Arena mode made alongside the release of Hearthstone's latest expansion, Knights of the Frozen Throne, is to be rescinded after negative feedback.The new Synergy rulings, implemented in the latest update, limited the firs...

Another digital card game is entering the fray. Wizards of the Coast has unveiled Magic: The Gathering Arena, a free-to-play title in production at the company's in-house Digital Games Studio. Sign-ups are open for a closed beta, and while ...

Sunless Sea and its predecessor Fallen London were very niche games that fit right into all my little nooks and crannies so nicely. The world was creepy, the writing dark but humorous, and most of all for me it was immensely original. So wh...

Gwent is finally ready to make an impact on the lore of the Witcher universe. Originally just a card game within The Witcher 3, it eventually spun off to become its own competitive standalone game. Now, developer CD Projekt Red has re...

Digital card-game warriors are sharpening up their screen-stabbing fingers. Knights of the Frozen Throne, the latest expansion to popular Blizzard strategy game Hearthstone, is out now.This latest addition brings some new solo-content to th...

There's no shortage of projects Valve fans would like to see the company pursue, whether it be a follow-up to Half-Life, another Left 4 Dead, more Team Fortress, or something new altogether. Instead of any of those ideas, we're getting Arti...

Gearbox Software's next revealed project isn't any of the usual suspects. It's not Borderlands and it's not Duke Nukem and it's not Brothers in Arms. Instead, it's a secret something-or-other that's currently codenamed "Project 1v...

Blizzard has settled on Thursday, August 10 for Knights of the Frozen Throne. This latest Hearthstone expansion contains 135 new cards, including hero cards, which transform your heroes into Death Knights with modified powers. There are als...

Somehow, someway, Fable is still alive. You too can be chasing chickens all evening long in Fable Fortune, which just hit the PC and Xbox One platforms via Early Access. Yes it's a card game, one that sports six heroes with their own abilit...

I didn't think I'd ever be reviewing a solitaire card game literally about sheep fucking in alternate dimensions where plague doctors roam in packs, but here we are and there is no going back now. It gets weirder, I promise.

Fable Fortune, the collectible card game set in the Fable universe was expected to drop into early access this Tuesday, July 11, on PC and Xbox One. Well, Fable fans will have to wait just a bit longer as that date has been pushed to J...

As officially announced on-stream at HCT Shanghai, Blizzard's next Hearthstone expansion is Knights of the Frozen Throne, complete with an ascent up Icecrown Citadel, 135 new cards, Death Knights (as you'd hope and expect), and Lifeste...

With the departure of cards from Hearthstone's standard gameplay modes, those cards have also been removed from the store. This made it tough for new players wanting to play old Adventures, or simply collect Wild cards. For quite awhile now...

During the PS2 days, the Culdcept franchise was one those things that caught my eye, since the idea of having a board game with creature cards sounded interesting. Unfortunately, other titles grabbed my attention so I missed out on playing ...