Mark Julian

Hello and welcome to the first edition of the “Does it Solo?” series. If you found your way here and have no idea what this is, check out the series introduction below. For the first edition of the series, I am looking at Dead Reckoning from AEG. Why? Because it

Khora Rise of an Empire from Iello came out in 2021 under the Iello “Expert” line. While I am aware companies can do a lot with marketing under the guise of using subjective descriptions, I’m really not sure who this game is for. Let’s get into it. The

Here we go. Yet another skirmish board game. You’d have to be pretty crazy or pretty confident to wade into the tabletop skirmish board game genre. There are a ton of them and several that I, and the gamers of the world think are pretty darn good. So how

Dune: Spice Wars is the latest offering from developer Shiro Games and is currently in Early Access on Steam. If you are familiar with Shiro Games and their previous hit Northgard, the look and feel of Dune: Spice Wars will be immediately familiar to you, but there are several aspects

Echoes, from Ravensburger, is a series of auditory mysteries that allow you to put on your detective hat and test if you can fit the pieces of a jumbled up puzzle together in the right order. It’s an opportunity for you and maybe a small group of friends to

World of Tanks the miniatures game attempts to bring the mega popular PC game of the same name to the tabletop. Players will create squads of tanks, roam around the battlefield, and attempt to blast each other to pieces. If you’re familiar with other popular tabletop skirmish games with

Abstract two player games are a dime a dozen but every once in a while one comes along that somehow recaptures the magic. Shobu, from Smirk and Laughter Games, is that game. Its rule set is extremely simple. Its components are beautiful (real rocks!). Yet despite its simplicity, I feel

You maneuver your trireme through dangerous whirlpools, dodge deadly hydras, and pick up a few god powers as you attempt to beat your opponents in a daring, fast, and thrill-filled race to the finish line. That all sounds like a great time but Greece Lightning doesn’t quite deliver on