Game Reviews

It’s been 20 years since I was first introduced to the computer game Worms. In the mid-90s, the game seemed innovative and a bit naughty. It was great fun to move these egotistical worms around blowing other worms to pieces with a deep arsenal of weaponry. I’d like

Civilization building games have always held a certain fascination with gamers. The ability to play an immortal leader, bringing a fledgling empire to ultimate glory, has long been a staple of both computer and board gaming with great titles like Sid Meier’s Civilization or Through the Ages. Lautapelit’s

For once the nations of the Earth will work together against the incoming threat. We are being bombarded by meteors. Humanity has but five minutes to blow up all these meteors, needing to coordinate or else face certain doom. Meteor is a light, five-minute, real-time cooperative game, in which players

EXT. LAUNCHING PAD—DAY RECRUITER Listen up, chums! I’ve heard news from the Scientific Society, and get this: there are Victory Points on Mars! General excited murmuring from crowd. This news is being taken very well. Victory Points are dope. Everyone wants some. A woman wearing a pith helmet

One of the great ironies of the destructiveness of war is that it often breeds technological advances. World War II saw innovations such as rockets and the atomic bomb. Go back further and many of today’s modern armaments, such as tanks and airplanes, grew in importance in World War

In Yunnan, players take on the role of tea traders, establishing lucrative trade routes and transporting tea to remote provinces in the interior of China. As players race to extend their trade routes, they work ever harder to maintain the tenuous connections between their merchants and trading posts. The game

There was a time before the current boom in board gaming that being a gamer meant you liked to break out Monopoly or play a spirited game of Boggle. Gaming has evolved and some of the non-mass market board games have crossed into the mass market consciousness. Ticket to Ride,

There is only one word that can adequately describe Tokaido: Zen. It is a relaxing and simple game. Players are pilgrims traversing the Tokaido road, the scenic route between Edo and Kyoto. The winner of Tokaido is the pilgrim who most benefitted from this trek. The board of Tokaido is