The world's most popular tabletop trading card game is now embracing the digital world and looking to be a major player in the esports space.

House of Cronies is a well-crafted game that ingeniously captures the humour of South Africa's political landscape. It is more than just an opportunity for satire though, because at its core it remains a seriously strategic game with many viable ways of playing it. It’s the kind of game though where it doesn’t really matter how you play it, as long as you do.

A new politcally inspired boardgame is launching across South Africa and Critical Hit got the exclusive opportunity to sit down with its creator and talk about how this exciting new product came together.

  Magic the Gathering is difficult, and frankly terrifying, to get into. I am sure there are many players just starting getting the hang of Magic and want to play at an actual event. A non-intimidating place to play before having to deal with the complexity of the stack, or layers. Everyone needs a starting point in this game, and …

If there is one thing that is even bigger than the release of an exciting new sci-fi movie, its the release of the merchandise and games that come out alongside it. With Dune, this has already started long before the movie is even due to come out.

If you're a D&D and Magic the Gathering fan then Christmas is going to be coming early for you, because both worlds are about to converge in an exciting new crossover from Wizards of the Coast.

Do you like singing and dancing around as your comrades let out wails of agony? Do you like avoiding all conflict through your melodic voice and wit? How about flinging fireballs because you play the lute well? Then the Bard is the class for you, my friend. The charismatic heart of any party in the world of Dungeon and Dragons, the …

South Africa’s East Coast gaming and geek lifestyle convention, ICON Durban, is happening 27 to 29 July. This year, e-gaming joins the tabletop mix, and we've got con tickets up for grabs.