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Brrrrrrrrrrrring! Rang out the alarm as Rhino crashed through the wall of the Midtown Bank building. The nefarious villain was all set to he

Roll Player is a dice placement game in which players compete to build a roleplaying character by completing their strength, dexterity, cons

Iron Man with the Aggression Aspect can be a powerhouse of damage but with just enough threat control to make a meaningful contribution to

Incan Gold is a great way to start or end an evenings gaming.

Ms Marvel is great solo hero, a good all rounder who can beat almost all the scenarios straight out of the box

Century Spice Road or Golem Edition is really a perfect entry for this series. Works for gamers and non-gamers, has very few rules that are

If you want to play as Captain America this pack allows you to do that. If you want a straightforward, no nonsense hero that you could give

Thor, as built, is a great hero for two player, he’ll mop up minions and take the fight to the villain, so long as someone else plays threat

If you want a zombicide title Invader is a good one, it adds a bit more depth and few more rules, but overall makes you feel like a hero

Imperial Assault offers any Star Wars fan the opportunity to roleplay their way through the galaxy dispatching stormtroopers and even facing

Nick Fury sighed and looked at his roster of heroes, "b-listers at best" and he had a Loki sized problem brewing on the horizon.

Arkham, 1929, you pull up your weather worn macintosh around your ears, hoping to shelter your neck from the worst of the elements. This gra

Overall I like Dungeons Deep and Caverns Dim the most of the Over Hill and Under Hill expansion but possibly of the whole Saga. I like the f

Cartographers A Roll Player Tale is a map drawing game set in the universe of Keith Matejka’s #RollPlayer. The game plays quickly, with all

Having escaped the Trolls last week things have gone from bad to worse as we face off with Stone Giants and get ambushed by Goblins. A Sh...

It’s hard not to recommend Inns and Cathedrals to anyone who enjoys the base game of Carcassonne.

When #FantasyFlight announced they were producing a Lord of the Rings Living Card Game it had as everything the Tolkien fan in my belly c...

The two storey walk-up had shuttered windows that barely blocked out the pink neon glow from the bustling Hong Kong streets. I could smel...

Every little boy likes to play with toy guns and when we can’t get toy guns we’ll happily use our fingers to shoot our friends, in jest a...

The 100 Club is a series of articles about games which I have played 100 times or more. For a game to reach this vaunted status they will...