Game Reviews

It’s seems absurd to consider any war with a bit of romanticism, but there is a certain passion derived from the War of the Roses, the struggle for the English throne between the white rose clad Yorks and the red rose wearing Lancasters. It was Shakespeare who launched the

The opening paragraph of Behind the Throne’s rulebook talks of secret organizations conspiring to manipulate courtiers as they strive to gather enough power to control the throne from the shadows. You wouldn’t be to blamed to think this Ares’ title is another sweeping epic in the likes of

The Kingdom of Valeria reels, having survived an onslaught of monstrous hordes. Now, as it recovers, guildmasters seek adventurers to explore the wild and battle strange beasts while also seeking their own glorification. While last time you were a lord of in Valeria Card Kingdoms, building your fiefdom to prepare

Darkness hangs over Salem. The whispers are turning into open talk, and the talk into accusations. Some of us are lost to darkness, and all of us are afraid. We don’t have much time. We have to find who among us is normal and who seeks to end this

You may recognize the American Revolution as the war that created the United States, but the groundwork for that rebel uprising started a couple decades earlier with the French & Indian War. The war between France and Britain solidified Britain’s North American dominance while subsequent political actions caused a

In the list of games that I forget I love, Imperial Settlers might be up at the top. Only problem is that I always seem to forget that. Everything about Portal Game’s 2014 hit appeals to me from the cartoony art to the subtle card drafting. Thus, when the

Cthulhu and his mythos are far too often thrown around games and media for no reason and with little respect to the source material. Pocket Madness is no real exception, except in that it seems more aware of its disconnection from cosmic horror. It is an intentional parody that intends

A tale is spun of ancient gods, not for the last time, but for the first. They weave themselves into the people’s memories that they might be worshipped and adored. This is the time when their faithful must make a stand, not on the battleground with steel and blood,