Journey.Adventure.Quest or JAQ is one of my favorite board games that I have gotten to try in October. This game has changed my perspective on board games as
Drybrushing isn’t a new technique in the miniature painting hobby. For years, hobbyists have done the same technique, where they use a brush with a flat tip, grab some
I’m absolutely obsessed with economic games. Turns out, as much as capitalism is a deeply flawed system that humanity will either abandon or be destroyed by, it’s a
Within the hobby of role playing games these days, there are a lot of monster books. There are also a lot of books loaded with magic items and loot. Rarely
When you read through as many TTRPG books as I have, you start to see some patterns emerge. Things that may set an expectation or opinion before you fully recognize
I’m garbage at baking. It probably doesn’t help that I never dabbled until I lived at altitude, making the learning curve that much steeper, but as much as
In 2019, Stonemeier Games released Wingspan. Wingspan was an event in board gaming, selling over 1.4 million copies over the course of its first 3 years, meaning most people
Aqua is a mechanically simple 2-player card placement game, where your goal is to create sets of matching icons and numbers within either the rows or columns of the shared
I really love Sorcerer. As someone that enjoys playing TCGs but hasn’t got a knack for deck construction, I’m frequently on the lookout for games that scratch the
Pacific War 1942 and War of 1812 are two solitaire games by Worthington Publishing. Although these games are very similar, their differences can be summarized by a few rule changes
It’s 1984 and the world is in shambles. Decades of conflict have wrought their ruin, and Tomorrow City’s art-deco splendor looms over the land, its many rings grinding
A few years ago, as my students and I were discussing issues they were concerned with, one of my students blurted out, “Save the Turtles!” The result of a trend
