Bossy Sausage Games

Voidfighter opens with an immediate smash-cut to Star Wars-esque action, a short and punchy story depicting the kind of exciting space dogfighting action promised by the ruleset. It's a fantastic introduction to the game by Casey Garske. The short story is followed by a fourth-wall break from the author, who speaks directly to the reader and provides some background to the development of the game. I said that the introductory story was Star Wars-esque and Casey confirms it, stating that the Death Star 2 battle from Return of the Jedi and the classic Lucasarts X-Wing and Tie Fighter games were childhood favourites - the inspirations are clear, and should be enough to inform the reader as to whether or not Voidfighter is for them. To Infinity, and Beyond! But what is Voidfighter you might ask? (I doubt you will, as the game has been out for some time now, but you never know...) The author describes it as a space skirmish game , and the game's subtitle calls it a science fiction...

Hide, Stone and Bone   is a prehistoric skirmish war game by Austin Hunt that places players into the fur loincloths of humanity's palaeolithic ancestors to hunt, gather and fight for the survival of their tribe. Controlling groups of either early humans or Neanderthals (the catch-all term 'hominids' is used to cover both) players seek to guide their tribes through a series of scenarios to grow, prosper and ultimately avoid extinction.  As a caveat (i.e. to get my excuses in early), I have yet to play an actual game of Hide, Stone and Bone,   so all thoughts and reflections are based solely on reading the rulebook. The game unashamedly puts a narrative experience at the forefront, with tribe (or 'band', as referred to in-game) creation, post-game and campaign activity bordering on RPG-lite. In this respect I think the game achieves the author's intended experience, and is better off for it, but the narrative-heavy approach does place a fairly hefty burden on pla...