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Nick Dubs

Nick plays and reviews board games to kill time while it cultivates the requisite mystique to become a cryptid that warns small towns of impending doom.

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Reviews   -   Jul 06, 2022 Free Ride review— no free ticket
Free Ride review— no free ticket

If you’re reading this, I feel comfortable assuming that you’ve played the introductory route-building game Ticket to Ride. It’s certainly fun enough that I don’t hate playing it with friends and family that are newer to the hobby, but I don’t think anyone would argue

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Reviews   -   Jun 27, 2022 Old London Bridge review—a study in table presence
Old London Bridge review—a study in table presence

As players of Cthulhu Wars can tell you, a strong table presence can make even a lightweight game hit like a truck.  The game by itself is certainly fun, but when every action involves moving a pound of plastic around a map the size of your whole table, you instinctively

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Reviews   -   Jun 27, 2022 Cult of the Deep review— STAB! the dice game
Cult of the Deep review— STAB! the dice game

It’s been several years since I last played the classic cowboy social deduction game BANG!. Although it did a few things rather well, its faults shone harder as the years went on, and with the advent of more polished social deductions like Secret Hitler, I just never really saw

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Reviews   -   Jun 27, 2022 Castles of Tuscany review— belissimo
Castles of Tuscany review— belissimo

My family isn’t exactly chock-full of avid board gamers. While it’s never hard to get something simple enough to the table, the later episodes of My City where things get a bit more complex were bordering on too much for them. I have played Azul and Quacks of

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Reviews   -   Jun 13, 2022 Founders of Teotihuacan review— scheme your pyramid
Founders of Teotihuacan review— scheme your pyramid

Similarly to Meeples and Monsters, I was able to quickly tell that Founders of Teotihuacan isn’t for me, but I was also able to see the things that it does that makes it good for other people. I’m personally averse to multiplayer solitaire games, but I totally understand

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Reviews   -   May 31, 2022 Batman: Everybody Lies review— get a clue
Batman: Everybody Lies review— get a clue

If you asked me to summarize the experience of playing Batman: Everybody Lies, I would tell you it felt like someone wrote a mystery set in Gotham City and made it a multimedia  multiplayer choose your own adventure with board game elements. You may counter that that is pretty lengthy

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Reviews   -   May 19, 2022 Genesis: Battle of Champions- Jaelara Second Edition Idiris Vs. Ra’Ha Two-Player Starter set review— memories of an old friend
Genesis: Battle of Champions- Jaelara Second Edition  Idiris Vs. Ra’Ha Two-Player Starter set review— memories of an old friend

A little over two years ago, my favorite card game ever died. Oversimplified by one of my friends as “Hearthstone on a grid,” Duelyst’s servers were shut down, and its unique level of tactical combat was gone from my life. I tried to scratch the itch with Plaid Hat’

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Reviews   -   May 19, 2022 Unmatched: Jurassic Park- Dr. Sattler vs T. Rex review—awakening my inner five year old
Unmatched: Jurassic Park- Dr. Sattler vs T. Rex review—awakening my inner five year old

The first thing I did when I got home with my copy of Unmatched: Jurassic Park- Dr. Sattler vs. T. Rex was run around the house with the T. Rex mini and have it mock bite everyone. I don’t care how old you are or where you land on

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