Game Reviews

Despite the dark style that suffused Of Dreams and Shadows’ visual design, I was less than enthused with its chance-based resolution mechanics. However much flair went into the writing and world design, the game felt like a series of dice rolls with not much help to engage players in the

Fresh off of Lankhmar, City of Thieves, Pinnacle Entertainment group is taking us out on the water to the Savage Seas of Nehwon. Nehwon is one of those settings whose influence is baked directly into modern art and literature, whether you know it or not. Fritz Lieber’s tales of

Grimslingers was a stylish, fully loaded experience when it first came on the scene, mixing supernatural horror and western-style comedy with bluffing mechanics to form a stylish game of dueling wizards in a hazardous landscape. My recent review praised the breadth of its mechanics and narrative as well as the

If imitation is the best form of flattery, then the board gaming world is particularly ripe with adulation. The mechanics from popular games often end up in others. This isn’t a bad thing, as borrowing mechanics can add unique spins on other gaming genres. I say this because as

If Grimslingers represents all the best that can happen when Greenbriar Games publishes an independent game with high-quality art, this stands at the complete opposite of the spectrum. Of Dreams and Shadows, which I will abbreviate to ODS for the sake of convenience, starts out with a bang that slowly

There are many titles that I cannot wait to get onto the table again. These are games I am always willing to play, will suggest them for game nights, and think about their mechanics in the time between plays. Gobblet is not one of those games, and yet, Gobblet will

I’ve never seen such an amazing game wrapped up in such a lackluster package in all my life. The Genesys RPG system is one of the best designed breaths of fresh air the market has had in years, but this core book comes off as a cynical attempt to

As the tide began to turn against Germany in World War II, a group of officers, agents, and leading civilians realized Adolf Hitler needed to be removed from power, either by overthrowing or killing him. These conspirators were dubbed the Black Orchestra, which makes an apt name for a game