2022 Year End Wrap Up
Another Year come and gone. We played a lot of games and did a lot of board game reviews. Some of them were good, some of them not so good, and some of them were pretty great. We went over every new board game that we played this year and decided on the six board […]
NAMIJI
This week we review the latest board game from Funforge; Namiji. Namij is a great boardgame in the tradition of Funforges other well-known board game; Tokaido. Mechanics are supremely important to a great game, but mechanics are not the only thing that makes a game great. Story, theme, and art are clearly very important as […]
Marvel Zombies Heroes Resistance
Zombicide is pretty much what got us into modern board gaming, so we are always exited to see a new version, and man do they every have a lot of versions. There is modern, medieval, sci-fi, western, a role and write and more. The latest version that we have had the chance to play […]
Kickstarter Board Game Round-Up October 2022
In this episode of Hot Game Magnet we review our favourite board games which are currently available to back on kickstarter. PLUS Justin confesses what number backer he is on the latest CMON Kickstarter Cthulhu: Death May Die- Fear of the unknown. What’s more fun than playing your favorite boardgame? Maybe nothing, but a close […]
CMON Presents: The Animation Collection: Teen Titans, Looney Tunes
In this episode we review the latest board game we have got in the post from CMON. It is from their Animation Collection, and we back the Teen Titans and Looney Tunes editions. We get to check out the Mayhem Games system from CMON with our kickstarter copies. Despite being called the Mayhem system I […]
So You’ve Been Eaten
In March 2021 we had the pleasure of backing this great boardgame on Kickstarter from Ludicreations: So You’ve Been Eaten. So You’ve Been Eaten has to be one of the funniest premises for a boardgame that we’ve come across. It also helps that the game has fun mechanics, great art, and is for 2 players. […]
2 Minute Dino Deal
The hardest part about getting kids into board-games is probably dealing with their often very short attention spans. In this world of YouTube, TikTok and Instagram influencers, kids don’t really have a lot of patience for games with a lot of set up and gameplay. That’s why we love it when we find a […]
February 2021 Kickstarter Round-up podcast
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/hotgamemagnet/077_kickstarter_roundup_Feb_2021.mp3 It’s time to round up all our favorite games coming out on kickstarter! This month we talk about cowboy Zombies, warring factions of woodland critters, a monster cafe, aliens invading mars, and a game about racing up a mountain to get to a public toilet! (we’re a little partial to that last one. LOL!)\ […]
Raiders of Scythia
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/hotgamemagnet/076_raiders_of_scythia.mp3 Ah Raiders of Scythia. Who knew that doing math and learning about history could be so much fun? I guess everyone that already played Raiders of the North Sea knew. Are we late to the party, or is Raiders of Scythia the perfect game to jump onto the renegade game studios with? I certainly […]
Bush Poo
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/hotgamemagnet/075_BushPoo.mp3 This week is a huge episode! We talk about our Game BushPoo! It will be launching on kickstarter on March 1st. Click the link below to be notified on launch! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hotgamemagnet/bush-poo?ref=clipboard-prelaunch