Tabletop Games
Gift Ideas for the 2022 Holiday Season
The year is winding down and the Holidays are quickly approaching. This time of year, many are rushing out to find last-minute gifts for that special someone. 2022 has had plenty of exciting releases, many of which make great gift options. For those struggling to find the perfect present, Marooners’ Rock has your back! Our staff has compiled some great gift ideas for the geeks and gamers in your l...[Read More]
Interview with Rollacrit CEO Erin Zipperle and COO Conrad Pflumm
Who doesn’t love board games and being able to spend time with friends? For me, I will admit I’m an avid backer of board games when it comes to Kickstarter. So much so, a few years ago I learned about Heroes of Barcadia on Kickstarter, created by Rollacrit. During that time I had the chance to learn many of the crew came from what many of us knew as ThinkGeek. This was before, in my pe...[Read More]
Dustbiters Interview – Prepare for a Dust-topian Future
Ladies, Gentlemen, and all Rockers in between, the world as we knew it is coming to an end. In the next one hundred years, we could see the Earth on fire, global conquest, or a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Yes, these are all very dramatic examples but you never know what might happen. One day can be sunshine and picnics and the next could be foggy and overcast with radiation being emitted from a gi...[Read More]
Interview: James Hudson of Skybound Entertainment
We at Marooners Rock love talking about all sorts of games. So, when we were granted the opportunity to interview Skybound Entertainment’s Senior Director of Tabletop Games, James Hudson, we were so excited to hear all about this project BloodStone now live on Kickstarter. While Skybound is well-known for Founder Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead and Invincible, it was great to learn a...[Read More]
Home Is Where You Can Play D&D
I just came back from a year of working in Tokyo. While that might sound like a great, interesting experience, it was also an isolating one. See, my Japanese is mediocre at best and Tokyo is much like New York City; busy, impersonal, unfriendly, and sometimes hostile, though in a more passive-aggressive way than NYC. Between the language barrier, Japanese shyness, and a fairly prevalent distrust o...[Read More]
Seven Questions for Millennial Manatees Creators
Not too long ago, I wrote up a post announcing Jason and Zach’s project over at Kickstarter. What is it you ask? It’s a new and crazy card game called Millennial Manatees. I will state now if you watch the video below you will have the song stuck in your head. This all thanks to Parry Gripp. You may remember some of Parry Gripp’s songs like Space Unicorn, Raining Tacos, Oh Potato...[Read More]
Top 5 Releases from Gen Con 2016
In a little less than a month, more than 60,000 gamers from around the world will gather for Gen Con 2016, billed as “The best 4 Days in Gaming”. Held in Indianapolis, Gen Con is the largest gaming convention in North America, and is celebrating its 49th year. Attendees will be treated to new releases, hosted tabletop and role-playing games and a huge exhibitor floor.