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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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News   -   Jan 17, 2024 Ravensburger announces 2024 plans for Disney Lorcana
Ravensburger announces 2024 plans for Disney Lorcana

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

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Reviews   -   Jan 12, 2024 Kutnà Hora: The City of Silver review — Silver is the new brass
Kutnà Hora: The City of Silver review — Silver is the new brass

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

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Reviews   -   Jan 11, 2024 Dungeons & Dragons: Trials of Tempus review — The god of unmet potential
Dungeons & Dragons: Trials of Tempus review — The god of unmet potential

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

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Reviews   -   Jan 11, 2024 Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze review— I’m amazed
Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze review— I’m amazed

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

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Reviews   -   Jan 11, 2024 Stationfall review — Despite all my rage, I’m a telepathic rat in a cage
Stationfall review — Despite all my rage, I’m a telepathic rat in a cage

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

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Previews   -   Jan 04, 2024 Molly House PAXU Preview — My excitement won’t be mollified
Molly House PAXU Preview — My excitement won’t be mollified

To be perfectly honest, I don’t know how best to classify Molly House, Wherlegig’s latest cardboard masterpiece. I feel like I’m describing the subgenre of my favorite drummer’s metal side project; it’s an interactive queer history exhibit/ artwork crossed with a snappy semi cooperative board

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Reviews   -   Nov 10, 2023 Big Boss review — More like boredroom
Big Boss review — More like boredroom

Playing Big Boss for review has been the board game version of going to colonial Williamsburg or any other historical reenactment. I’ve been helping Mike get plays of the Renegade reprint of its ancestor Acquire in for review, so I’ve gotten to really play around with early economic

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Reviews   -   Nov 10, 2023 Micro Dojo review— Honey, I shrunk the game
Micro Dojo review— Honey, I shrunk the game

Say what you will about crowdfunding, it has really helped drag board game production out of the stone age of beige spreadsheets into something that looks professional and doesn’t immediately turn off all but the most German passerby. Nowadays, games typically aim for an impeccable presentation in order to

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