Have you ever wanted to play an old-school, RPG beat-em-up with a deep story and branching storyline? How about one of Treasure’s classic Sega Saturn games? Well, soon enough you’ll get a chance to do both, as Guardian Heroes is being re-released on Xbox Live Arcade later this year. READ MORE
If you’ve been waiting for Natsume to radically change up the Harvest Moon formula, you’ll probably be waiting for a long while. While you’re waiting, you should probably check out the newest changes in Harvest Moon: A Tale of Two Towns! READ MORE
Ascension: Return of the Fallen is the first expansion to my Unplugged Game of the Year for 2010, Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer. Unlike most other game expansions, however, Return is also playable as a stand-alone game for two players right out of the box. It includes two sets of ten-card starter decks as well as an assortment of Mystics, Heavy Infantry, and a Cultist plus honor stones. In addition to making this expansion stand on its own, this also allows games of Ascension for up to six players. Rules for solitaire play are also included for those interested. READ MORE
Snackbar Games’ resident unplugged writer, Chris Ingersoll, talked to Gary Games founder Justin Gary about Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer‘s development, expansion and future plans.
Snackbar Games: First off I wanted to say that Ascension was my Unplugged Game of the Year last year, and it wasn’t even close. I haven’t taken to a game like this since Race for the Galaxy.
Justin Gary: Thanks a lot man, I appreciate that. That’s really awesome. We’ve been really stoked by the response Ascension has received.
SBG: What about this deck-building style of game made it interesting to you?
JG: The genre really fascinated me as soon as I saw Dominion. As you know, we all have experience with collectible/trading card games like Magic: the Gathering. The experience of trading card games like Magic is fun, challenging, and rewarding, but a huge expense. The deck-building genre let me put that experience in a compact format, in one box as opposed to my entire life savings. It’s the best intersection of the traditional board game world and the collectible gaming world. READ MORE
Everyone’s got that friend. You know the one. Whenever you go to his house you peruse his entertainment center and repeatedly ask yourself, “What the hell is this?” Movies from faraway lands, books that were printed once before the publishing company burned down and games that were released for a console you’ve never even heard of. If you didn’t have that friend before, you certainly do now. My name is Matthew Jay, and I favor the obscure. Please like me?
