Archive for October, 2012

Wil Wheaton Plays Last Night on Earth

Friday, October 19th, 2012

Check out Wil Wheaton’s latest video on geekandsundry.com. Guests Felicia Day, Riki Lindhome, and Kate Micucci join him to play Last Night on Earth, a zombie themed board game from Flying Frog Productions. This game has long been a favorite among Battleground regulars and it’s available at both the Abington and Plainville locations.

 

There are also a good number of expansions that you can add to the main game to enhance your experience after you’ve played through the main game a few times. The game is for 2 – 6 players and lasts for about 90 minutes. Suggested ages are for 12 and up. It was originally published in 2007.

 

Last Night on Earth is a survival horror board game that pits small-town heroes head-to-head against a limitless horde of zombies. Players can play as the hero team or as the zombies. A modular board randomly determines the layout of the town at the start of each game and there are several different scenarios to play, making the replay value of the game very high. It’s fast paced with easy to learn rules that allow you to jump right into the action, while strategic depth and strong cooperative play keep the game interesting. The artwork for the game is photographic to help produce a horror movie feel. It also comes with a CD soundtrack of original music.

 

This is a great Halloween party game!

 

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This Week in D&D

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012

Mike Mearls has added a new article in his Legends & Lore column over at the Wizards of the Coast D&D site. He gives a few more interesting insights into where things are headed. It sounds like they are pretty close to wrapping up what will comprise the Basic Game (another Red Box maybe?) and are beginning to move on to some of the more advanced game areas. The constant usage of certain words being used by lead designers at Wizards makes me wonder if we are headed for a return to the moniker “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.” I think I’d be alright with that.

 

Some other interesting news I’ve come across is regarding future reprints Wizards plans to do for D&D. They’ve obviously decided to fill the space between the demise of 4th edition and D&D Next with a host of throwback books and adventures. We’ve already seen reprints of the 1st edition books and the 3.5 edition books. It now looks like they’ll be releasing the 2nd edition core books and several classic adventure modules, including the Scourge of the Slavelords series and the “S” series classics. The “S” series contained what is arguably the best adventures every written for Dungeons & Dragons. They consist of S1: The Tomb of Horrors, S2: White Plume Mountain (my personal favorite), S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, and S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. Both series will be released as hardcover books. For those of you too young to remember these adventures, I strongly urge you to run them, or beg your Dungeon Master to run them for you!

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Ascension Game Day

Monday, October 8th, 2012

On September 22nd in Plainville, Battleground hosted Ascension Game Day. Ascension is a fast paced deckbuilding game designed by Magic Pro Tour champions Justin Gary, Rob Dougherty, and Brian Kibler.

 

Gameplay is similar to other deckbuilding games, with the player adding cards to their deck by purchasing them from a central deck, which has the top six cards revealed and available for purchase. When cards are removed, they are replaced with a new one from the top of the deck. Victory points are earned in three ways: firstly, each card purchased is worth one or more victory points; second, victory points can be gained by defeating monsters with a power resource featured on several of the cards; finally, some cards give victory points directly each time they are played.
Ascension first released in August of 2010 to great reviews and has since added two expansions to the main game and some accessories. It is designed for 2-4 players and games last for approximately 30 minutes once the rules have been digested. It is suggested for players 13 and up and the base set costs $39.99.

 

The accompanying video is a demo of the game by Jennifer Brady, recorded on Ascension Game Day in Plainville. The video is also featured on Jenn’s blog site: A Gamer’s Life.  Ascension is available for purchase at both Battleground locations!

 

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