Preview: The Return of Netrunner

by Moss Scheurkogel

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The new link for this article is:  http://gameshop.com.au/blog/thegamesshopper/2012/06/14/the-return-of-netrunner/

Thanks for your patience.
~Moss

Gamers the world over have cause to rejoice this year, as the classic card game Netrunner is slated for a hard reboot. Personally, I have another reason to celebrate, since the previously discontinued game is being resurrected under the banner of one of my favourite ridiculously overdeveloped, more-of-a-life-experience/therapy-session-than-a-game games, Android. As I implied in my previous discussion of this beautiful monstrosity, Android has enough theme for ten games squeezed into its bulging, brittle husk; so it’s no surprise that Fantasy Flight has positioned a few other games beneath Android to catch the spill-over before it dribbles all over the carpet. With the recently released Infiltration and the upcoming Netrunner, Android is becoming the franchise that film nerds all wish Blade Runner had become.

Preview: Komodo

by Moss Scheurkogel

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The new link for this article is:  http://gameshop.com.au/blog/thegameshopper/2012/06/01/schilmil-games-komodo/

Thanks for your patience.
~Moss

It’s always inspiring to see a new team of board game designers break onto the scene with their own self-published games. It’s even more inspiring when their games are actually good!

SchilMil Games is an independent production company run out of Auckland, New Zealand and founded by its two designers, the eponymous Julia Schiller and Amanda Milne. After their inception in 2011, SchilMil’s first two games have just now hit the shelves in the spring of 2012. In the card game category, SchilMil offers “Raid the Pantry,” a tactical collection game about cooking exotic meals. For board games, they bring “Komodo” to the table. And the table is better for it.