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.
When Arrakis was first announced a few months ago as a reskin/redesign of an ’80s area control game named Borderlands, I was pretty optimistic. Say what you will (and
As a kid, I cut my board gaming teeth on American designs like Axis & Allies and various roll and moves, games that revel in their luck factors and random
At first look, Wormholes appears unassuming, but its svelte box comes jam-packed with my favorite pickup and deliver game on the market. In my experience, the genre trends towards a
Dead Alive’s Bernie Lin initially pitched Omicron Protocol to me as the perfect introduction to the minis wargaming hobby, and boy was he right. Through a combination of inspired
Seems like everyone’s publishing traditional card games with modern game design additions nowadays, and SCOUT is Oink! throwing its hat in the ring, this time riffing off the rummy
When Bernie of Dead Alive first pitched Omicron Protocol to me, it was as an entry point for the minis hobby, complete with design choices and innovations to make it
Terra Mystica is inarguably a monolith of a board game. Personally, it was the first heavyweight euro I encountered without the same appeal as an agricultural history textbook. However, it’
A few years ago, Photosynthesis came on the scene with a unique idea that ultimately fell short for a lot of people.
Well, this Gem Con, Horrible Guild brought it
Back in my Space Station Phoenix review, I patted myself on the back for being more discerning about what winds up in my collection. Confession time, that was a bit
Last year, WizKids released Ramp It Up, the follow-up to their wildly popular roll and write Super Skill Pinball. I was extremely impressed at how the box fleshed out the
