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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   -   Jan 27, 2025 Lunar Rush review— Moon gold futures to the moon!
Lunar Rush review— Moon gold futures to the moon!

I’m absolutely obsessed with economic games. Turns out, as much as capitalism is a deeply flawed system that humanity will either abandon or be destroyed by, it’s a great foundation for a collection of cardboard with no stakes. Problem is, most of them live in the hellscape of

by Nick Dubs
Reviews   -   Jan 21, 2025 An Age Contrived review— Fit for the gods
An Age Contrived review— Fit for the gods

I’m garbage at baking. It probably doesn’t help that I never dabbled until I lived at altitude, making the learning curve that much steeper, but as much as I’m enchanted by the idea of expanding my cooking skills, my style is more going with my gut and

by Nick Dubs
Reviews   -   Dec 06, 2024 Pagan: Fate of Roanoke review— Does Mayor Biggs float?
Pagan: Fate of Roanoke review—  Does Mayor Biggs float?

I have rather stringent rules for when I choose to sleeve one of my games, and as a result, I can count on one hand the number of games in my 80+ game collection that are sleeved. Pretty much, a game’s got to require a lot of shuffling decks

by Nick Dubs
Reviews   -   Nov 30, 2024 Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era review — Neoprene, Skyrim’s final frontier
Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era review  — Neoprene, Skyrim’s final frontier

Making a dungeon crawler that both appeals to and is actually viable for everyone is the game design philosopher’s stone: a hypothetical ideal to strive for, accepting you’ll probably never attain. Of course, I’m not suggesting that Chip Theory’s Elder Scrolls has attained that mark; at

by Nick Dubs
Editorials   -   Nov 20, 2024 Best of Gen Con 2024- Better late than never edition
Best of Gen Con 2024- Better late than never edition

Convention season was very intense in 2024, with GamingTrend attending more tabletop cons than any other year prior. In fact, we went to so many conventions this year we still have content to publish on our Youtube channel from Origins and Gen Con (so keep your eyes peeled!). Needless to

by Mike Dunn & Chris Hinkes & Chris Wyman & Mike Case & Mark Julian & Nick Dubs & Eric Deutsch
Reviews   -   Nov 17, 2024 River of Gold review — Rollin’ on a golden river
River of Gold review — Rollin’ on a golden river

You know how sometimes you sit down to a new game not expecting too much, only to be blown away by every little thing put in front of you? That was my experience with Keith Piggott’s River of Gold, a surprise masterpiece of delivering resources, sailing down, and building

by Nick Dubs
Reviews   -   Oct 30, 2024 Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict & Fair Folk expansion review — Cube tower of terror
Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict & Fair Folk expansion review — Cube tower of terror

To me, “thematic” is a borderline dirty word. Playing too many early American designs that favored turning you into the DiCaprio pointing meme over fun or interesting gameplay has given me cardboard PTSD, so I generally shy away from games that are labeled as such. Harrow County, based on the

by Nick Dubs
Reviews   -   Oct 04, 2024 Root review — A perspective after five years in the woods
Root review — A perspective after five years in the woods

It used to be that asymmetrical wargames were a niche part of the hobby, a subcategory of weird kids right next to those that played 18xx train games. To some extent that’s still the case, but on the other hand, one of the heaviest games you can find in

by Nick Dubs
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