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

It’s been a couple of years now since the roll & write explosion, with seemingly every popular game getting a new version to take advantage of the momentum. As someone who loves roll & write games, I’m not complaining, just pointing out that there are a lot of
by Mark Julian
Windblown is the latest roguelike offering from Motion Twin, the creators of the wildly popular Dead Cells. We had the chance to check out Windblown in Early Access on Steam to see if Motion Twin could capture lightning again. Rather than a side scroller like its predecessor, Windblown is a
by Mark Julian
Expeditions: Around the World, designed by Wolfgang Kramer, published by Super Meeple, and brought to the US by Hachette Boardgames is a route-building game with a twist. Everyone is engaged in a tug of war to guide the three shared global expeditions to reach their secret objective locations. At the
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Age of Mythology: Retold is more than just an update to a nostalgic classic; it’s a reimagining of the heyday of RTS games when civilizations could rise and fall in an evening and LAN parties were a tangle of chords, pizza, and Mountain Dew. A graphics update likely would
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I haven’t had the opportunity to play the original Paranoia TTRPG but the idea of a competitive TTRPG rather than a cooperative experience is definitely interesting. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the award winning game, our friends at Modiphius have announced a board game set in the world
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Set 5 of Disney Lorcana is here. Shimmering Skies brings our favorite characters back for the Great Illuminary’s party and introduces some new ones. Like previous sets, we have two starter decks to choose from. The Emerald-Steel deck features the villainous Scar and misguided Kronk while the Amethyst-Ruby deck
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Our friends over at Rollacrit have a big announcement for fans of the popular Heroes of Barcadia tabletop game. Not only are they releasing new characters and content, but they have partnered with none other than the most popular IPA in the US, Voodoo Ranger, to bring the Voodoo Ranger
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The race for the best home 3D printer is on. Advances and upgrades are coming so fast now that it is hard to keep up. Into the fray emerges FLSUN with the T1 delta-style FDM printer. It’s big, it’s fast, and it’s LOUD. Let’s get into
by Mark Julian