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 are the two combined. It seems a natural fit: here are the monsters, and here is what the monsters have.
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 the whole work. Castles and Crusades is a good example of a game that seems to follow some patterns I’
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 I’m enchanted by the idea of expanding my cooking skills, my style is more going with my gut and
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 in the board game scene have at least heard of the game. More and more have played it, dropped its
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 grid. On your turn, all you have to do is place one of the three cards in hand, then draw
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 same itch without forcing me to invest both time and money on anything besides playing the game itself. Sorcerer is
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 and the use of different game boards. The settings are completely different as well. They share a review because the
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 lives down into constituent parts for the great machine. Tomorrow City’s Dieselpunk revolution opens with a bang that the
