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Mark Julian

Family man. Growing my own game group one kid at a time.

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Reviews   -   Jan 29, 2023 Flotsam Float review — A dexterity game for the whole family
Flotsam Float review — A dexterity game for the whole family

As a father, I am always on the lookout for games I can introduce to my kids so I jumped at the chance to check out Flotsam Float from Haba. Flotsam Float is a 2-5 player dexterity game rated for ages 6-99. Like some of you, I too have been

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Reviews   -   Jan 29, 2023 Forest Friends review — A game for 2
Forest Friends review — A game for 2

When you go into your local big box store and walk over to the tabletop game section, the options have improved dramatically in the past few years. Big box retailers have awakened to the booming tabletop industry and stepped up their offerings in a big way. While you won’t

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Editorials   -   Aug 19, 2022 Does it Solo? — Dead Reckoning
Does it Solo?  —  Dead Reckoning

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

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Reviews   -   Aug 10, 2022 Khora Rise of an Empire review — Greece reduced to a spreadsheet
Khora Rise of an Empire review — Greece reduced to a spreadsheet

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

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Reviews   -   Aug 06, 2022 Godtear review — Is it God Tier?
Godtear review — Is it God Tier?

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

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Previews   -   Aug 06, 2022 Dune: Spice Wars preview — The Spice is right?
Dune: Spice Wars preview — The Spice is right?

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

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Reviews   -   Apr 21, 2022 Echoes review — As good as it sounds?
Echoes review — As good as it sounds?

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

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Reviews   -   Apr 08, 2022 World of Tanks Miniatures Game review — Vroom vroom BOOM
World of Tanks Miniatures Game review — Vroom vroom BOOM

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

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