Nick Dubs

Sandbox games are a genre I’ve never hit it off with- I’ve had enough jobs that amounted to running around and doing various tasks that when that’s the entirety of a game, it feels like work to me. It certainly doesn’t help that the vast majority

Since I was educated in America, my world history knowledge is embarrassingly eurocentric. I’ve attempted to correct that as an adult, but since I’m out of school, I just don’t have the free time to dedicate to it and unwind enough to keep myself sane. All that

I knew Air Land and Sea was an awesome game, but it never made its way into my collection. Why? Well, I’ve got plenty of stodgy WWII themed games that I struggle to get to the table. In my heart, I’m a eurogamer that usually finds theme secondary

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