Posts By Scott Griffith
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2.7KReviewsLet’s Get Our Feet Wet – Imperial Settlers: Atlanteans
In the list of games that I forget I love, Imperial Settlers might be up at the top. Only problem is that...
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2.6KReviewsPower Overwhelming – Energy Empire
My first brush with Minion Games was with their hit: The Manhattan Project. I was immediately drawn into the game’s clever take...
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2.8KReviewsI Can Fly! – Evolution Flight
What is more terrifying: A pack hunting carnivore or a pack hunting carnivore that can fly? North Star Games has stepped up...
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3.5KReviewsWatch out for [REDACTED]! – Pandemic Legacy
Once in a while a game comes around that ends up defining a genre, setting the standard that all other games are...
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2.0KFeaturesTop Tabletop Games of 2015 — Scott’s List
With the book on 2015 freshly closed, taking a look back at the year gives a specific sense of excitement. The boardgaming...
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2.9KReviewsPlaying with Trash was Never so Fun! – Garbage Day
An almost universal childhood experience is the struggle of parents trying to get their children to clean their rooms. Whether this happens...
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1.7KFeaturesDeep Steamy Plush Barons – Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update
Hello! Welcome to Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! For info on what is going on here, check out this introduction. We are starting...
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1.4KFeaturesVacation is Over, Time for Games – Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update
Hello! Welcome to Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! For info on what is going on here, check out this introduction. Some of the...
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2.8KReviewsDo it Yourself Brewing! – Apotheca Kickstarter Review
Ever since humans started valuing gold, they have been looking for ways to get more of it. Of course the normal way...
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1.9KFeaturesTabletop Season – Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update
Hello! Welcome to Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! For info on what is going on here, check out this introduction. This is apparently...
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1.8KFeaturesEpic Mythology Rolling Kills – Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update
Hello! Welcome to Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! For info on what is going on here, check out this introduction. Just when I...
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1.7KFeaturesDragons, Dwarves and Mobsters – Friday Kickstarter Tabletop Update
Hello! Welcome to Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! For info on what is going on here, check out this introduction. This week we...
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2.0KFeaturesEuropean Invasion – Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update
Hello! Welcome to Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! For info on what is going on here, check out this introduction. Kickstarter recently opened...
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2.2KInterviewsAdorable Pandaring and More – Asmadi Games @ PAX East 2015
Here is another video in our series of tabletop interviews at PAX East, where we talk with Chris Cieslik about his company...
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2.0KInterviewsForgotten King and More – Ninja Division @ PAX East 2015
More PAX East goodness! The team behind Ninja Division and Soda Pop Miniatures are working hard to pump out high quality tabletop...
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1.9KInterviewsThe Gambit is Set, Star Realms – White Wizard Games @ PAX East 2015
When we were at PAX East we got a chance to talk with Rob Dougherty, the head of White Wizard games. Fans...
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1.4KInterviewsEverything is moving forward! – Cool Mini or Not at Pax East 2015
While soaking in all of the awesome stuff at PAX East, we got a chance to talk with Spencer Reeve of Cool...
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3.6KReviewsWho Knew Piracy Could be so Beautiful – Madame Ching
It is no secret that I like pirates, but I feel as though my exposure to South China Sea pirates has been...
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3.3KReviewsAnd so We March On – Progress: Evolution of Technology
Every time I play big 4X games like Eclipse or Exodus: Proxima Centauri I find myself pulled to the technology tree, feeling...
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2.9KReviewsWhy do Pirates use Maps Anyway? – Plunder
I remember playing Clue when I was very young. It is one of the first boardgames that I vividly remember playing. I...
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3.7KReviewsSee you starside – Xia: Legends of a Drift System
There are a few people I play games who turn their nose up at Kickstarter games. The phrase, “Well it is only...
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4.6KReviewsThey just keep on coming… – Zombicide Season 2
In the world of boardgames, it seems as though zombies are divisive. You either love them, or you hate them. I understand...
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2.8KReviewsSomeone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill ’em right back – Firefly: Pirates and Bounty Hunters
One of the biggest complaints leveled at Firefly: The Game was the significant lack of player interaction. Players could pick up crew and...
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4.0KReviewsThe power of the cube compels you! – Hyperborea
I read somewhere that more than two hundred games were released at GenCon a few weeks ago. That is a lot of...
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2.4KReviewsSpoiled fruit is never good – The Spoils
Much like rectangles are not always squares, tabletop games are not always boardgames. What is often overlooked by boardgamers is one of...
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3.1KReviewsThere’s minerals in them thar craters! – Charon Inc.
Far out, near the edge of our solar system there lies a planet… oh wait, no, just a dwarf planet. And this...
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3.5KReviewsAlhambra Review
Fun Fact: In 1891 Evgraf Ferdorov formally proved that there are 17 distinct plane symmetry groups. These ‘groups’ define how a pattern...
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2.6KReviewsNot just for one – Solitaire for Two
My absolute favorite thing about summer is enjoying the cool of the setting sun right as dusk sets in. After a long...
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2.5KReviewsEstablishing your very own crime syndicate – Dominare
Any good black box conceals the nasty insides that make it work. The city of Tempest is no different. Such a prosperous...
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2.0KReviewsTreads, Lasers and Gears, Oh My! – Volt
I love everything about robots, from their motors to their circuit boards, mapping algorithms and motion planning algorithms. Both real and fictional...
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3.0KReviewsThat is not how I roll – Unita
Often when discussing games people will focus on either the theme or the mechanisms included. Like that one time you played a...
