Game Reviews

There’s a famous Splotter saying that’s been paraphrased to if you can’t lose a game on the first turn, why do you have it? Well, deck building games have been struggling with that question all hulked out on gamma rays. Ever since Dominion, the first several rounds

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 I’m in the middle of something especially stupefying, I need to make promises to my psyche so it doesn’t do anything drastic. “Mistah,

As much as I’ve enjoyed Gloomhaven (I’m currently going through another campaign with a few friends that never got to play an initial one), I never got around to playing the fan made solo print-and-play Gloomholdin’. One of my many failures, I know. Obviously someone at Cephalofair did,

From the fine purveyors of nerdy products, Beadle and Grimm, comes Murders at Karlov Manor: The Case of the Three Blade Knife. What is The Case of the Three Bladed Knife? It’s a murder mystery in a box game that was released alongside the Magic: The Gathering set Murders

Horrified: Greek Monsters, from Ravensburger, is the third version of the popular cooperative Horrified game. This time, instead of Hollywood movie monsters, players will face off against creatures from Greek mythology. What makes this new edition different than the previous two? Let’s find out. The gameplay in Greek Monsters

It seems the tabletop industry is determined to turn every Paradox game into a tabletop game. Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the latest and comes to us from Hobby World and Arcane Wonders. Rather than trying to mirror the 4x gameplay of the PC version, the tabletop game takes a

Like most tabletop enthusiasts, my hobby is ever-expanding. My office/game room/hobby space has as many hobby “things” as it does games. Paint, tools, 3d printers, laminators, foam cutters, and all the associated supplies and bits and bobs to turn plastic, wood, paper, and resin into game pieces, miniatures,

As you sit by the seaside, the sound of the waves crashing against the shore drowns out all but the occasional cry of a gull. All your cares melt away, and if you pay attention, the beauty of what’s around you comes to life. Crabs scuttle between the rocks.