Tabletop: BOARD GAMEs
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853.1KA Day in Wine Country — Viticulture Review
I enjoy the occasional glass of wine. I don’t know much about it though and truth be told I’m probably more of...
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1.6KKosmos @ Origins Game Fair 2015
Kosmos has been publishing games for a long time, but you might not recognize them. Most of their games have been published...
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852.6KBlessed by the Gods — Deus Review
Building a finely-tuned economy is important in almost all Euro-style games. The critical decision players must make is when to stop focusing...
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1.9KMVP Boardgames @ Origins Game Fair 2015
MVP Boardgames designs board games and then publishes them through established publishers. I got to take a look at their recent Kickstarter...
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2.3KArcane Wonders @ Origins Game Fair 2015
I was amazed when Arcane Wonders came onto the scene. I remember seeing them at GenCon before Mage Wars was released. They...
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855.3KIn Which We Carve Our Glorious Name Into The Desert Rock- Kemet Review
The ancient Egyptian-themed Kemet is, in broadest terms, a dudes-on-a-map war game, and it’s hard to see a dudes-on-a-map war game and not...
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903.1KRelease the Kraken — A Monstrous Review
Playing a god is not a novel concept in the world of board gaming. Whether you are building an empire, expanding a...
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703.1KThey See Me Rollin — Nations: The Dice Game
The great thing about the current (golden?) era in boardgames is there is something for almost every situation, timeframe, preference and mood....
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804.5KCaught in the middle of the squabbles of cultists and creatures – Cthulhu Wars Review
Cthulhu Wars is a game designed by Sandy Petersen through his company Petersen Games. Before I say anything about this game, I...
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955.4KFilmed 100% in IMAX — Imperial Assault
Leading up to the release of Imperial Assault during GenCon 2014, many throughout the boardgame world had for a while been openly...
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903.6KOne Man’s Espionage Agent Is Another’s Freedom Fighter — Specter Ops Review
Specter Ops: Shadow of Babel is a hidden movement game for 2-5 players. It was designed by Emerson Matsuuchi, as the first...
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753.9KMadness in Grayscale — Castles of Mad King Ludwig Review
Castles in contemporary culture are almost invariably associated with a certain skew towards the less than sane. They occupy a strange corner...
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904.8KCaution, “scientists” at work — Alchemists Review
I remember playing with my chemistry set as a kid and getting the idea to mix together everything that said “poison” or “danger,”...
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705.1KGet rich or die trying — DungeonQuest Revised Edition Review
Sometimes you want to defeat monsters with a group of friends, but other times you just want to go in for the...
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803.6KWho 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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903.2KSupport Your Local Sheriff! Sheriff of Nottingham Review
Apples! Chickens! Bread! Cheese! …and Crossbows? Sheriff of Nottingham is a game that transports you into the world of Robin Hood and...
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703.3KAnd 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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752.9KWhy 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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754.4KFight for your Rivet life — Rivet Wars Eastern Front Review
A while ago a game called Advance Wars came onto the scene for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. While it contained a...
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903.7KSee 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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903.3KSwords to the Wind! Villainous Vikings, 2nd Edition
Victory Point Games has impressed me again. Following the release of Villainous Vikings in August, and the subsequent series of negative reviews...
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601.8KBuilding a better palace — Sultaniya Review
It seems like tile-laying games often have you building something. The gateway game Carcassonne has you building a city with castles, roads,...
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755.2KDaimyos and Dice: Age of War
I’m a sucker for Japanese-themed strategy games. Shogun, of Gamemaster series acclaim, now more commonly known as Samurai Swords or Ikusa, is...
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852.6KWhere miniatures and tablets collide — Golem Arcana Review
Playing miniatures games can be intimidating with rules about movement, how far attacks reach, and the number of actions available on a...
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753.1KTabletop Gauntlet — Super Dungeon Explore Review
The dungeon crawl is nothing new to gamers. The dark, damp dungeon often sets the mood for adventurers in the video game...
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854.6KBrawling for the ball — Kaosball Review
Bringing sports to board games has been a difficult proposition. The Strat-o-matic series allowed people to create their teams using real baseball...
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704.8KBreaarrrgh!!!: Viva Java: The Dice Game Review
Alright, hang on a second. I thought that we all got together and decided that we don’t like dice. I thought dice...
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803.4KBump and roll to victory — Space Movers 2201 Review
I admit that I enjoy cooperative games because they are easier to play with non-gamer friends. While the games can sometimes be...
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853.5KTravel the world Cthulhu style — Eldritch Horror review
The Fantasy Flight version of Arkham Horror is a boardgaming classic. Traveling the city of Arkham with friends and fighting off the...
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701.8KBuilding an empire one sector at a time — Hegemonic Review
The 4X genre (explore, expand, exploit, exterminate) is a popular genre. Sid Meier’s Civilization and Master of Orion 2 are some of...
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752.8KSomeone 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...
