Posts By Sean Weeks
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10.1KInterviewsDesigner of Oath, Root, and Arcs — “I love games, but what I really love is play.”
The titles Root, Oath, Pax Pamir, Arcs, and John Company will most likely ring a bell for regular members of the tabletop...
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2.5KReviewsWizardry Remaster Review — Do you like black-and-white movies?
Wizardry: Proving Ground of the Mad Overlord inhabits an odd space in the library of deluxe remasters. On the one hand, it’s...
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1.5KReviewsReview of Gridlock — Rubik’s gains a lot by dropping a dimension.
I buy Rubik’s cubes at the supermarket out of guilt. The brain’s a muscle and I don’t always nourish it properly. When...
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1.9KReviewsGame Envy Exemplar Wet Palette Review — Gamerfuel.
Product was not provided by the manufacturer for this review. “For thinning my paints, I use ordinary tap water…. [My] palette is...
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1.4KPreviewsCollectionomics Preview — Redrawing the magic circle.
Civilization designer Sid Meier famously said, “Games are a series of interesting decisions.” If you strictly apply that to what you can...
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1.7KInterviewsInterview with Thunderworks Games — Making worlds twixt cardboard.
Thunderworks Games has a catalog with notably little repetition. Many publishers marshal a sizable chunk of their resources around successful titles and...
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2.0KReviewsLethal Shadows Paint Scythe Review — Sometimes there’s no catch.
Product not provided by manufacturer. Given climate change, every aspect of society is looking for ways to keep its pastimes while practicing...
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1.8KReviewsGorus Maximus — Dead simple execution.
For Card Sharps Gorus Maximus is a trick-taking game for 1-8 players. Yes, points are a good thing. No, you can’t shoot...
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2.1KPreviewsShaping the Clay — Previews from PAX Unplugged’s Unpublished Hall
Some ideas can look good on paper or in an echo chamber and need a stranger’s perspective. For board games, fresh perspectives...
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1.9KFeaturesThe GamingTrend 2023 holiday guide — Tabletop edition!
At this point you’ve probably gotten your fill of video games and hardware and gear, but now it’s time for some real...
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2.0KPreviewsMirrorscape preview — A trio of perspectives on the latest attempt to take TTRPG digital.
Recently, a team from GamingTrend was able to sit down and run through a Dungeons and Dragons one shot utilizing the new...
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862ReviewsIn the Footsteps of Darwin — On the stamp collecting of the species.
Like ancient Rome, Darwinism seems too weighty for light fare, but Rise of Augustus (“Bingo, mighty Caesar!”) and now In the Footsteps of Darwin prove...
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1.0KPreviewsThe Alters Preview — Out of one, many
Pics provided by 11 Bit Studios. Space pioneers have gotten chonky in science fiction over the last decade or so. It was...
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1.5KPreviewsFrostpunk 2 Preview — “The world stands silent, ripe for the taking.”
All images courtesy of 11 Bit Studios. As noted in our review of Frostpunk: The Board Game, the first entry in 11 Bit...
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2.2KEditorialsLetter to Travis Worthington — The non-consensual model
Editor’s note: This editorial is intended to be a satirical response to recent comments made by Travis Worthington in an interview with...
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2.1KReviewsFrostpunk: The Board Game ⏤ Why you should definitely make the effort
Frostpunk: The Video Game sports a steampunk coat of paint, the stylish, often meaningless brass cogs and aviator goggles, but the real...
