Year: 2015
![Happy Valley Derby Darlins – Season Opener](/uploads/exclusives/9610-bloody%202shoes-crop-396x288.jpg)
Happy Valley Derby Darlins – Season Opener
Approximately 40 miles south of downtown Salt Lake City is Utah County, home to the Happy Valley Derby Darlins (HVDD). HVDD is a WFTDA Member League with one travel team, the Molly Morbids, and three home teams: Daughters of Anarchy, Rollin Rebellion, and Sirens of Steel. … read more
![SaltCon 2015: Artemis](/uploads/exclusives/9611-maxresdefault-crop-396x288.jpg)
SaltCon 2015: Artemis
Artemis was unlike any game I’ve ever played before. It wasn’t a tabletop game, but it definitely catered to that small niche in the gaming community. … read more
![SaltCon 2015: Eight-Minute Empire](/uploads/exclusives/9612-pic1443212-_1_converted-crop-396x288.jpg)
SaltCon 2015: Eight-Minute Empire
This wonderful board game both designed and illustrated by Ryan Laukat is a quick strategy game that is as challenging as it is beautiful. … read more
![SaltCon 2015: Villages](/uploads/exclusives/9613-671969c6c23773757129a444727ae24f0344a2f1_converted-crop-396x288.jpg)
SaltCon 2015: Villages
I have a personal weakness for board games with pixellated video game art, and Villages capitalized on that weakness immediately. … read more
![SaltCon 2015: Cthulhu Wars](/uploads/exclusives/9614-dvm-crop-396x288.jpg)
SaltCon 2015: Cthulhu Wars
As a game, Cthulhu Wars follows the Risk template of conquering the world bit by bit, except instead of raising armies to fight nobly on the field of battle, you’re summoning Elder Gods and their wretched spawn to corrupt and conquer the Earth. … read more
![SaltCon 2015: EAE Showcase](/uploads/exclusives/9615-1555512_745507092195475_1873713598142333373_n-crop-396x288.jpg)
SaltCon 2015: EAE Showcase
At the far end of the exhibit hall, a couple of student teams from the University of Utah’s EAE program had set up game demos. … read more
![SaltCon 2015: Flash Point: Fire Rescue](/uploads/exclusives/9617-flashpoint-crop-396x288.jpg)
SaltCon 2015: Flash Point: Fire Rescue
Flash Point: Fire Rescue is a delightfully elegant cooperative board gaming experience. The players take on the role of a specialist in a team of firefighters who must save as many people as possible from being burned to death in a house fire. … read more
![SaltCon 2015: Castles of Mad King Ludwig](/uploads/exclusives/9618-pic1961827-crop-396x288.jpg)
SaltCon 2015: Castles of Mad King Ludwig
In this competitive eurogame, you compete to build a castle that will win you the most victory points at the end of the game. Trouble is, you have to satisfy a whole host of conditions for each room in your castle and compete for choice room types and sizes. … read more
![SaltCon 2015: Dungeons & Dragons – Ruins of Thundertree](/uploads/exclusives/9619-todkeyart1-crop-396x288.jpg)
SaltCon 2015: Dungeons & Dragons – Ruins of Thundertree
At every single gaming convention I’ve ever gone to, I have always tried to squeeze in a game of Dungeons & Dragons, and virtually every time, I walk away disappointed. Most of the time, it’s because of an overworked Dungeon Master who runs us through an introductory adventure with zero drama, excitement or roleplaying. … read more
![SaltCon 2015: Smiling Pines](/uploads/exclusives/9620-bejinx12-crop-396x288.jpg)
SaltCon 2015: Smiling Pines
I came across the Smiling Pines booth, drawn in by the brilliant branding of Bejinx: The Game Changer. Kristy and John Oglivie have designed and created one of the most innovative, multifaceted concepts for repurposing old games that I have ever observed. … read more