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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   -   Mar 03, 2023 Orichalcum review—you’ve got to spend boys to make boys
Orichalcum review—you’ve got to spend boys to make boys

Orichalcum is a game having an identity crisis. Its production, from artwork to components, suggests that it’s a family weight game. But then you play it and see the opportunity for players who grasp the mechanics to totally embarrass those that don’t, so maybe it’s a lightweight

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Reviews   -   Feb 28, 2023 Rebuilding Seattle review—use lakes to decrease population
Rebuilding Seattle review—use lakes to decrease population

What makes a board game great? You’d think that as a game reviewer, I’d have a clever, and concise answer to that question. The truth is however, that answer changes from person to person. For people whose collections span multiple sets of shelves, Brass is an excellent game.

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Reviews   -   Feb 08, 2023 Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes! review—abstracted areas
Caesar!: Seize Rome in 20 Minutes! review—abstracted areas

Caesar places its two players in the sandals of Caesar and Pompey, vying for influence in the final days of the Roman republic before the transition to empire. It isn’t particularly innovative, nor will it blow anyone’s mind. What it is is area control honed down to its

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Reviews   -   Jan 12, 2023 Shapers of Gaia review— We built this engine in a biome
Shapers of Gaia review— We built this engine in a biome

I love games with a good arc, so a well-done engine builder that takes you from barely having enough to do anything in the beginning to swimming in a bounty of resources by the end is going to usually be up my alley. Add in quality production and interesting tactical

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Previews   -   Jan 04, 2023 An Age Contrived looks gorgeous and promises a solid game⏤PAX U preview
An Age Contrived looks gorgeous and promises a solid game⏤PAX U preview

Heading into PAXU, An Age Contrived was on my short list of upcoming titles to check out, based almost entirely upon its innovative conveyor belt styled action programming mechanic. Our overview with Chris Matthews of Bellows Intent was more along the lines of big-picture game feel than the nuts and

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Reviews   -   Dec 28, 2022 SPECTRE: The Board Game review— no, Mr. Bond, I expect you to sigh
SPECTRE: The Board Game review— no, Mr. Bond, I expect you to sigh

Every now and then, a game comes around that is so mechanically unique and interesting that I have to make room for it in my collection regardless of how good it actually winds up, if only to just show it off to other hobbyists. SPECTRE is such a game, with

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Reviews   -   Nov 29, 2022 Catherine: The Cities of the Tsarina review—activating aristocrats
Catherine: The Cities of the Tsarina review—activating aristocrats

In my continuing quest to collect games that work with both my non-gaming family and my gaming friends, finding Catherine was a resounding success. Most of these games work by laser-focusing on one mechanic and doing it well, and Catherine’s is hand management. The rules are rather straightforward: each

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Previews   -   Nov 23, 2022 Dungeons & Dragons: Onslaught preview— it’s okay to be a murder hobo
Dungeons & Dragons: Onslaught preview— it’s okay to be a murder hobo

There is a well-known subset of TTRPG players who are primarily interested in combat and acquiring loot colloquially known as murder hobos. Next year, Dungeons & Dragons: Onslaught will hit shelves, and it’ll be time for you and a friend to get ready to do some delving. Onslaught has

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