[Games] Fortune and Glory: The Cliffhanger Game

We've come to appreciate the campy gaming style of Flying Frog Productions after we invested in Last Night on Earth and a few of its expansions. But we were a little hesitant to venture beyond the zombie genre given it was the main game that was pretty stable.

But then we saw Fortune and Glory box sitting on the shelf at a local game shop, and we kinda fell in love. Tobie and I are fans of the pulp era - primarily because of things like Tom Strong and RPGs like Adventure! that really made the pulp genre pop for us. And given this was a game that promised to capture some of that with the magic of a board game good for up to 8 players? Oh yeah, we were all over it.

Plus the box is huge.

[Games] Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game

I have to admit that Geek & Sundry's web show Tabletop has done a world of good for the geeky world of gaming. It's become a great vehicle for introducing more people to gaming and it has helped veteran gamers discover other games that they might not normally try. Sure, watching a full episode is a bit of an investment of time, but watching a game played out remains to be one of the best ways to understand the mechanics and determine for yourself if it's something that you'd want to play.

This is how we came across Last Night on Earth: The Zombie Game. As much as it has been generating its own share of buzz among geek circles, the local board game market has only been rather limited to smaller gatherings and thus news doesn't travel all that fast. So it wasn't only until this particular episode of Tabletop that I came to better appreciate what this game was about. And then I snatched it up to add to our game nights.

After all, everyone loves zombies, right?