Game Reviews

In the ancient history of board gaming a tiny little game called The Resistance released in 2009. This small box card game is an entry into the social deduction genre. The Resistance scaled the social deduction experience into something much faster and friendlier. While it wasn’t the first to

In the words of its creators, Prowlers & Paragons (P&P) Ultimate Edition is designed to emulate four-color superhero comics. With that in mind, it leans on basic comic terms to reframe typical RPG ideas in a way that is understandable to players who only have one of those

There’s a lot of public domain characters that I would’ve expected to see pop up in Unmatched before I saw Shakespeare and the characters from his plays beat each other to death in the Globe Theater, but here I am writing my review for Slings & Arrows. Hamlet,

I could never really nail down the complete game of chess. The early and mid game, when the board still has a reasonable count of pieces and options are somewhat limited, I can reason out how to navigate exchanges in my favor. But I always fall apart in the late

The Illumineer’s Trove returns for chapter four of Disney Lorcana. I was critical of the Trove and if it was even worth getting when the first chapter came out, but Ravensburger has added some new value in chapters three and four that is worth a relook.  Backing up a

One of the iconic magic items in the D&D multiverse is the Deck of Many Things. As a young DM, it was one of the items that I often considered using in my games. A deck of cards found in the midst of a dragon’s hoard that

In D&D lore giants share the stage with dragons as the first races to rise to prominence. The giant races are credited with having been around almost as long as the dragons and having fought wars lasting generations against the dragons for dominance over the world. While dragons

The world of Ethera is vast and different. Over the centuries the ordained bloodline of Numa Sera has expanded their empire across the continent. The politics and tactics of ruling such a vast empire are not so black and white, and not all people can easily submit to the rule