ODDBODS GO-KARDS REVIEW

No of Players: 2+
Playtime: 20 to 60 minutes depending on track build
Genre: Card Game, Racing, Party Game
Website: http://www.playwarestudios.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoKards/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playwarehobbies/

Disclaimer: The game we played was still in it’s early stages so rules/designs might change by the time it goes out to retail

Update: Playware has added many Social Media goals that includes new cards and racers as well. And if the game gets funded, they’re also looking to have a miniatures option. Currently they’ve unlocked asphalt tracks that will be printed on the reverse of tiles to give the game a more ‘race’ feel. Help them unlock more goals now!

Oddbods Go-Kards is Playware Studios’ 2^nd Kickstarter game after their successful Avertigos – South China Sky campaign. Funding now on Kickstarter till Dec 12 2018, you can find their project here.

What’s It About?

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Verge of War Review

No of Players: 2+
Playtime: 30 to 90 minutes depending on army size
Genre: Sci-fi, Tabletop Wargame
Website: http://www.vergeofwar.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VERGEbyIFG
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/verge_of_war/

Disclaimer: The game we played was still in it’s early stages so rules/designs/miniatures might change by the time it goes out to retail

UPDATE: Their Kickstarter is now live!

Funding on Kickstarter from 21 August 2018 to 14 September 2018, Verge of War is a Sci-Fi Skirmish Wargame where various factions fight over territory in the Milky Way far in the future. Eventually featuring 10 different factions with their own unique way of playing, the Kickstarter will be focusing on the opening campaign where the forces of Humanity clashes with the forces of the Seit, a powerful race of insidious psykers.

Boardgame Review: Cryptocurrency

No of Players: 2 – 4
Playtime: 60 mins
Ages: 14+
Genre: Strategy/Puzzle
Website: https://www.capitalgainsgroup.com/cryptocurrency
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capitalgainsstudio/

UPDATE: Their Kickstarter is now live till 11 Sept! Click here to back it now.

Cryptocurrencies have become a recent hot topic, and as news spread of the many overnight millionaires that have resulted, many ordinary citizens have rushed to get in on the action, often with little or no clue of what they are doing. The 5th game in their series of Financial Education games, Capital Gains Studio’s Cryptocurrency hopes to arm their players with some basic knowledge about the topic so they have a sense of what they may be getting into.

What you get in the box

The Impregnable Fortress – A WWII Strategy Boardgame on the Battle of Singapore

No of Players: 2
Playtime: 30-60 mins
Ages: 8+
Genre: Strategy Boardgame
Website: https://www.fallingpianogames.com/ 
Social Media: Facebook

A simple 2-player boardgame, Impregnable Fortress has the players control the Commonwealth and the Japanese as they wage war during the Battle of Singapore that took place in January 1942, with the end goal of capturing the enemy HQ.

DEBTZILLA – WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT DEBT

Disclaimer: The game we played was a prototype so rules/designs might change by launch. The review is based on our first game.

No of Players: 2-4
Playtime: 60-90 mins
Ages: 14+
Genre: Strategic DeckBuilding

Now being funded on Kickstarter (ends Wed 18 Oct), Debtzilla is a strategic deckbuilding game designed by Singapore-based Capital Gains Studio where 2 – 4 players have to work together to beat monsters of mass financial destruction. In Debtzilla, players take on the roles of superheroes such as Angie Merkling, otherwise known as Iron Girl, to work and earn enough to help fight villains and monsters.

Avertigos – A 3D Boardgame with Flying Ships

 

Disclaimer: The game we played was still a prototype so rules/designs/miniatures might change by launch

Now being funded on Kickstarter (ends Sun Sept 24), Avertigos is a tabletop miniature and board game hybrid that involves some 3D elements. 2-5 players are inserted into an alternate history of our world where 2 factions, the Dynastic naval armada and the Singasari League, fight for control of the South China sky using ships. The game is being done by Playware Hobbies, a local Singapore company. Currently, the game has two game modes: Skirmish and Strategy.