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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   -   Apr 24, 2024 My Shelfie review — Don’t be a square, put the squares in the square
My Shelfie review — Don’t be a square, put the squares in the square

As much as my collection has exploded since I started reviewing and didn’t stop buying my own games, there’s been a niche I haven’t quite filled to my satisfaction. I’ve been trying to find a conversation game- something that’s light enough that my family can

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Reviews   -   Apr 05, 2024 Tribes of the Wind review —Nausicaä of the valley of the windriders
Tribes of the Wind review —Nausicaä of the valley of the windriders

Rebuilding civilization after its collapse has become a popular theme in board games recently, and it makes sense that climate anxiety has finally taken ahold of the of the collective consciousness- as I write this review, it’s snowing in the mountain town I live in and a wildfire has

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Reviews   -   Apr 05, 2024 Virtual Revolution review — Servers temporarily offline
Virtual Revolution review — Servers temporarily offline

Have you ever picked up a weird indie game as part of a humble bundle, gotten around to playing it, and been oddly impressed? I’m not going to try to find the German compound word I’m sure exists, but your mind isn’t blown, and you’re probably

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Reviews   -   Mar 04, 2024 AQUA review— Don’t submerge the tiles, I tried.
AQUA review— Don’t submerge the tiles, I tried.

Spatial puzzle games have become intrinsic to the hobby. Ever since polyominoes caught fire with Patchwork, NMBR 9, and Feast for Odin, designers have been finding new ways to make our brains melt by putting cardboard bits together. Two years ago, Akropolis introduced stacking hexes, and now, Aqua has my

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Reviews   -   Feb 29, 2024 Space Lion: Divide and Conquer review — Give me space, I need to lie down
Space Lion: Divide and Conquer review — Give me space, I need to lie down

It’s hard to not love Air, Land & Sea and its mobile counterpart, Marvel Snap. Both have expanded upon the 2 player card game format in a way that inherently promotes a crunchy experience that self-balances despite extremely powerful and unbalanced effects. At first glance, I was intrigued by

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Previews   -   Feb 21, 2024 Rebuilding Chicago preview — New city, same old fire
Rebuilding Chicago preview — New city, same old fire

Easily my favorite part of attending cons is the off chance of running into the people behind my favorite stuff. At PAXU ‘22, I got to have a brief chat with Quinn Brander about the then-upcoming Rebuilding Seattle, which I promptly gave a 100 in my review. It was obviously

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Reviews   -   Feb 21, 2024 Ark Nova: Marine Worlds review— Waterworlds
Ark Nova: Marine Worlds review— Waterworlds

In my opinion, there are three things that a good expansion can do: be a physical game patch to fix some issues that play testing hadn’t revealed before printing, add modality to make the game more versatile, or simply add content for those that have played the base game

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Reviews   -   Feb 21, 2024 Fangs review — Blood for the teeth god
Fangs review — Blood for the teeth god

Fangs is Kosmos’ reprint of Shadow Hunters, one of my favorite social deduction games from the olden times that I never got around to getting a copy of. There’s a couple minor tweaks here and there, but the real change is the retheme, so it’s already time for

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