Strange Assembly covers and reviews every sort of tabletop gaming - board games, card games, and RPGs.
Chris finally talks about their activities at Gen Con 2023.
Chris takes a look at the glorious return of Planescape to DnD.
Chris takes a look at DnD adventure book Keys to the Golden Vault, plus board games Starship Captains and Marvel Age of Heroes.
Chris takes a look at the new Dungeons and Dragons campaign setting/adventure - Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen.
Chris takes a belated look at the games from Gen Con 2022 that we haven't already covered.
Chris takes a look at the new Dungeons and Dragons Starter Set, Dragons of Stormwreck Isle.
Chris takes a look at the Spelljammer: Adventures in Space box set.
Legend of the Five Rings comes to 5E. Chris looks at the new Adventures in Rokugan book from the perspective of players new to Rokugan.
Legend of the Five Rings comes to 5E. Chris looks at the new Adventures in Rokugan book from the perspective of an enfranchised Legend of the Five Rings player.
Chris delivers a spoiler-free review of Dungeons and Dragons adventure book Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel.
Hunter: The Reckoning expands the "V5" era World of Darkness.
Avatar Legends brings the Avatarverse to tabletop roleplaying in a fantastic way.
Likely the final Onyx Path Vampire: The Masquerade supplement, Forbidden Religions presents Storyteller-focused cult options.
Chris looks at the a massive tome deidcated to Absalom, the City at the Center of the World.
For those who don't like their Sabbat restricted to being antagonists, Chris takes a look at a The Black Hand: Playing the Sabbat, a Storyteller's Vault option for using them as protagonists.
Chris delivers a spoiler-free review of the Critical Role Dungeons and Dragon 5E supplement Call of the Netherdeep.
Chris looks at the latest Starfinder Supplement, Galactic Magic.
Chris looks at the latest Vampire: The Masquerade supplement, Second Inquisition.
Chris looks at their favorite games in the shallow sports-themed games category. Games discussed include Baseball Highlights 2045, Winner's Circle, Formula D, Flamme Rouge, and Blood Bowl.
Chris compares two 2020 Back to the Future board game releases - Dice Through Time and Back in Time.
Chris discusses their PAX Unplugged highlights, and discusses our game-of-the-year awards for Lost Ruins of Arnak (2020) and Furance (2021 Preliminary).
Chris reviews the Dungeons and Dragon 5E supplement Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos.
In honor of the recent Renegade reprint, Chris takes a fresh look at the classic Vampire: The Masquerade supplement, The Book of Nod.
Chris reviews Fizban's Treasury of Dragons for Dungeons and Dragons 5E.
In Vampire: The Masquerade, the Sabbat are the monster's monsters - the vampires who scare the other vampires. With V5, the sect is used purely as antagonists, to the dismay of some fans. I look at the new Sabbat: The Black Hand and ask what the book offers to different kinds players.
Chris talks about their experiences at Gen Con 2021. Games discussed include VtM Rivals, Maglev Metro, Furnace, Picture Perfect, Wild Space, Heroes of Barcadia, Khora, Unfathomable, Equinox, Galaxy Trucker, and Lost Ruins of Arnak.
Chris reviews The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, the latest Dungeons and Dragons book.
Chris reviews Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, the latest Magic: The Gathering expansion, from a Dungeons and Dragons perspective.
Chris reviews Cults of the Blood Gods, the latest release for Vampire: The Masquerade.
Chris reviews Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, the latest Dungeons and Dragons supplement.
Chris and Mike discuss Strixhaven: School of Mages, the latest expansion for Magic: The Gathering.
We ruminate on the end of Legend of the Five Rings: The Card Game.
A spoiler-free look at Candlekeep Mysteres for the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons.
Chris and Mike examine Kaldheim, the Norse-themed expansion for Magic the Gathering.
Chris hands out the Strange Assembly game of the year award for 2019, and explains why we aren't handing out a preliminary GotY for 2020.
Chris looks at Dungeons and Dragons supplement Tasha's Cauldron of Everything.
Chris looks at the finale of the Pandemic Legacy trilogy, as Season Zero takes the game back to the Cold War, with spycraft taking center stage in the game.
Chris looks at three recent board games - Santa Monica, Tapestry: Plans and Ploys, and Tellstones: King's Gambit.
Chris and Mike look at Zendikar Rising, the latest expansion for Magic the Gathering.
Chris looks at Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, the latest official adventure for Dungeons and Dragnos fifth edition.
Chris and Mike discuss Magic the Gathering's 2021 lineup - Kaldheim, Strixhaven, Forgotten Realms, Innistrad, Time Spiral Remastered, and Modern Horizons 2.
Chris gives their take on all 19 of the Mansions of Madness scenarios tied to physical products, including which ones are the best.
Chris, Mike, and Jay discuss Gen Con Online. Games mentioned include Monster of the Week, Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, True Dungeon, Legends of Avallen, the Root RPG, Vampire the Masquerade Rivals, and Artemis Settlement.
Chris and Mike talk about Jumpstart, the most recent expansion for Magic: the Gathering.
Chris reviews the Scooby-Doo re-imagining of Betrayal at House on the Hill.
Chris and Mike take a casual look at Core Set 2021 for Magic: the Gathering.
Chris reviews Pie in the Sky, the new expansion for My Little Scythe.
Chris and Mike discuss take a look at Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths, the latest expansion for Magic: the Gathering.
Chris and Jay discuss Wingspan's wild success in the 2019 Golden Geek awards and whether there is any problem with the breadth of the games wins across multiple categories.
Still under a stay-at-home order, Chris finally got the chance to play through a campaign of Gen7, and talks about how the game held up over seven plays.
With the third Kickstater materials recently arrived, Chris takes a look at The Pursuit of Happiness and all of the expansion content.
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