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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...
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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...
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1.6KFriday Tabletop Kickstarter Update – When to Buy? (KS or Retail)
Welcome to another Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! Below are a handful of games that look interesting enough to check out. If you...
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802.1KBay of Pig Boats – Mercante
Every city consumes, processes and generates goods in some way; The city of Tempest is no different. The good people of the...
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803.5KEat or be Eaten – Evolution Kickstarter Review
I did not realize how quiet it had gotten. Grass that normally sustained me and my herd became terrifying as it clouded...
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1.4KFriday Tabletop Kickstarter Update – Exclusive exclusives
Welcome to another Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! Below are a handful of games that look interesting enough to check out. If you...
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803.7KFun With Dirt: Mound Builders
Mound Builders, like Victory Point Games’ other States of Siege solitaire offerings, is a well-researched strategy adaptation based on historical events. That’s...
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705.3KA trivial trivia game with a twisted twist – Think Again! Review
It’s hard to make a memorable trivia game. Hobbyist gamers scoff at them, so designers seldom include any mechanics besides roll-and-move. There...
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1.4KFriday Tabletop Kickstarter Update – What is up with ‘Backer?’
Welcome to the first Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update where I actually talk about games! Below are a handful of games that look...
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1.6KIntro To Scott’s Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update (FTKU)
Almost simultaneously as I was getting deep into the board gaming hobby, I was introduced to Kickstarter. Companies like CoolMiniOrNot and Game...
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955.1KOoh, la, la, America! – Review of Lewis & Clark: The Expedition
Wine, cuisine, and tires. Whether a luscious white from Alsace or a smooth Bordeaux, wines from France can’t be beat. The finest...
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10.6KTabletop Throwdown goes to PAX East 2014!
Long Lines, Cosplay, Oatmeal and lots and lots of games. Yes, my friends, I am talking about PAX. This past weekend the...
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2.6KCrazy Eights: Chris Birch of Modiphius Entertainment
While the Mutant Chronicles system hasn’t had the huge following of D&D, it has been a popular RPG system for longer than...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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852.7K“Always bet on black” – Review of Seasons: Path of Destiny
See my previous review of the Seasons base game and Seasons: Enchanted Kingdom, the first expansion, for rules, game play, component lists,...
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652.2KLost 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....
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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....
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3.5KUndermountain comes to Waterdeep on iOS
If you have played Lords of Waterdeep, then you know that it’s a great game. While the iOS version does have a...
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2.2KR&R trying to get 1st & Goal to go digital
While some of us might remember playing the old vibrating football game a long time ago, it wasn’t a very good game....
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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...
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503.7K“Curse You, Red Baron!” – Review of Dawgs of War
I pulled an Immelmann and blew that Fokker out of the sky. My poor brother. Lost again to my Sopwith Camel. The...
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906.3KStep out of your cave and see the light – Caverna
We are going to play a game. I am going to give you a genre of board game, and you are going...
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2.1KMemoir ’44 gets a gigantic map expansion this June
Days of Wonder had two huge hits released ten years ago, Ticket to Ride and Memoir ’44. While Memoir ’44 has the...
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1.3KThe truth is out there for board gamers
At one time The X-Files was considered appointment television. Mulder and Scully would investigate the odd and supernatural every week. While the...
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1.4KQuarmageddon coming to iPad
Quarriors is one of my favorite games, so when I heard that the iPad version of Quarriors was coming out, I was...
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752.0KPut on your fanciest clothes, its party time – Courtier
We like cohesive stories. In almost all forms of media we have trilogies, volumes, series and collections. These overarching themes and epic...
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803.5KLet’s trade some bananas, shells, and fish in paradise — Carcassonne South Seas Review
If you live in the midwest or northeastern US, then you know it’s been cold. Even the polar ice caps have been...
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904.0KI ain’t afraid of no ghosts — Ghost Stories Review
One of my favorite genres in board games is cooperative games. I still remember being amazed at how Shadows over Camelot worked....
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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...
