Nick Dubs

I haven’t really gotten deep into the Marvel sets of Unmatched. It’s not that I’m necessarily against them in theory, I just found public domain characters and dinosaurs fighting much more interesting than the twenty thousandth iteration of superheroes on a board in my lifetime. That said,

Artisans of Splendent Vale is one of those strange amalgams that is just different enough from anything else you’ve seen that it defies categorization. The majority of the time you spend with it, it’s an asymmetrical choose your own adventure book collection that you and up to three

When you first look at the sheer volume of mechanics in Skymines, you’d probably think it’s overwrought and busy. There’s programming, hand management, area control, worker placement, and six different tracks to advance on. As with any game with this much going on that doesn’t last

For those of you who’ve been living under a cardstock rock, Disney Lorcana has been one of the more prolific TCG releases of 2023, and earlier today, publisher Ravensburger dropped some huge news about its plans going forward this year: SEATTLE, Jan. 17, 2024 – Today Ravensburger, the acclaimed publisher

I love Brass: Birmingham. The high interactivity combined with how well it rewards tweezing out every last mote of efficiency is crazy fun. However, it’s also opaque to the point that it’s nigh unapproachable for new players. Learning the nuances of each action and its requirements alongside the

Credit where it’s due, Trials of Tempus is certainly an ambitious title. For his debut, lead designer Thor Knai tossed Dungeons & Dragons, MOBAs, and skirmish miniatures games into a blender, which resulted in some really cool ideas. The finished product is a 3v3 or 4v4 team board game

Ever since I bought my first Unmatched set back when Battle of Legends dropped, I’ve been screaming from the rooftops about how good the game is, and with a couple exceptions, every set has been top-shelf. It’s made my job since I started reviewing them pretty easy, so

Many board games are designed from the floor up to ape other media and end up being mediocre at best. Nemesis is the Alien franchise in a box, but couldn’t decide which of the movies it was, tried to do them all and wound up feeling incoherent and being