Tabletop: CARD GAMEs
-
1.4KTanto Cuore Oktoberfest GenCon Preview
Deck builders have been increasingly popular since Dominion hit the scene. One of the deck building games that came out shortly after...
-
452.3KSpoiled 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...
-
5.3KMetal Gaming Coins Kickstarter looks pretty damned cool
A few really interesting Kickstarters have come up lately, and now we have another one. Sure, unless you are a LARPer you...
-
1.7KVigil Rises as an expansion pack for Ascension on the iOS
While many deck builders have made their way to the iOS, Ascension is one of the best implementations, if not the best....
-
803.9KNo more tears — Pixel Tactics 3 review
Everyone has their biases, and I’ll admit to one right off the bat: I don’t like two player head-to-head battle games. This...
-
603.7KWhiz! Bam! Pow! — DC Comics Deck-Building Game and Heroes Unite review
I’ve been a fan of deck-building games since Dominion served as a gateway into the world of board gaming a couple of...
-
502.2KTake two cloves of garlic and call me in the morning – Gothic Doctor review
Medical school never prepared you for this. You are well versed in state-of-the-art 1850s medical treatment – prescribing arsenic for cholera patients,...
-
9011.0KA dream within a dream – Dixit Origins review
Dixit may be the only Spiel des Jahres winner named after a logical fallacy. The Latin phrase “ipse dixit” refers to the fallacious...
-
1.4KMonday Tabletop Kickstarter Update – Bees, Fighters and Science!
Hello! Welcome to this week’s belated Tabletop Kickstarter Update! With all of the excitement at E3 and the lesser known Origins, this...
-
2.0KCrazy Eights: David Sirlin of Sirlin Games (Part 2)
After David Sirlin moved on from the video game world, he created his own board game company called Sirlin Games. He created...
-
1.8KCrazy Eights: Game Designer Chevee Dodd
Sometimes you see a game theme and you wonder how they came up with it. Then you look at the game and...
-
1.8KCrazy Eights: David Sirlin of Sirlin Games (Part 1)
David Sirlin’s career has gone through a couple of shifts. From competing in fighting game tournaments to balancing characters in fighters to...
-
1.6KMore Duels of the Planeswalkers coming soon
The Duels of the Planeswalkers have been coming out for several years. While the original release came to the Xbox 360, slowly...
-
852.2KJust like we did it in Middle School – Love Letter
With more awards to its name than cards included in the game, Love Letter has created quite a stir in the boardgame...
-
803.8KDragons and demons and fairies, oh my! – Review of Fairy Tale
Promise me you’ll keep your pants on for now. Readers make demands of writers, but occasionally the tables turn and the writer...
-
652.3KLost Legends: Dungeon Delving Drafting
I was so excited about Lost Legends that I begged for a review copy at GenCon, unsucessfully. I love the fantasy setting....
-
1.6KCrazy Eights: Christopher Badell of Greater Than Games
I remember seeing Sentinels of the Multiverse at GenCon 2011, but not stopping by because I was too busy with other appointments....
-
1.3KFourth full Ascension release coming in June
I really like Ascension because of how your strategy needs to change with the cards shown in the center row. I also...
-
553.3KCavemen: The quest to fire my other games
When it comes to inventing things, some games set a pretty high bar. Civilization, Through the Ages, and Innovation are a veritable...
-
803.7KBreakin’ Atmo booster for Firefly: The Game
What could possibly make Firefly: The Game any better? More cards! In case you were not happy with the 250 cards in...
-
457.0KWhen less isn’t more – Review of The Builders: Middle Ages
A Kickstarter campaign recently ended successfully for a game that consists of one card. And thus we have reached the lower limit...
-
1.7KCrazy Eights: Eight questions with Connor Milliken on Masters of the Gridiron
Ah, the Super Bowl. The culmination of the previous football season, where the two best teams in each conference battle for supremacy....
-
452.9KArctic Scavengers: hunting for something good in a stack of cards
So much for global warming! The earth has suffered cataclysmic climate change plunging it into a new ice age. You are leading...
-
1.4KCrazy Eights: Eight questions with Jason Santa Maria about his upcoming card game, CLEVER
Recently we sat down with Jason Santa Maria, creator of the recently-funded Kickstarter-fueled card game, CLEVER. The premise is simple, but the...
-
1.3KCheck out this CLEVER game on Kickstarter
It is hard to follow your dreams due to circumstances. Sometimes circumstances are what lead you to follow your dreams. When Jason...
-
5.8KPlay This, Not That! – A Dozen Better Board Games
Eat This, Not That! is one of the bestselling books of the last decade. In its pages, you learn how to eat...
-
954.6KLight up the night! – Review of Hanabi
Set the rocket. Light it. Then step back and watch the fireworks emblazon the night. In board and card game design, no...
-
403.8KJack of all trades, master of none — Renaissance Man
Leonardo da Vinci is the consummate example of the “Renaissance Man.” He enjoyed renown as a painter, engineer, sculptor, mathematician, and writer...
-
752.6KDon’t let the Wookiee win – Star Wars: The Card Game (Core Set)
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, a maverick executive at 20th Century Fox took a chance on an...
-
504.9KHearts of darkness – review of Black Spy
How much do you enjoy playing the card game Hearts? If the answer is “I’d rather chew off my own leg than...
-
702.5KEncouraging violence against flamboyant animals – Piñata
Do you have treasured childhood memories of being blindfolded, spun around until disoriented, armed with a stick twice your size, and tasked...
