It’s 850 AD, and the king wishes to build his kingdom as quickly as possible, and by any means necessary. He employs you and other eager architects of the west kingdom to get the job done. He cares not for what you must do to undercut each other, he
In the world of tabletop games, massive dungeon crawlers have become a favorite of many, and “the bigger the better” seems to be the opinion of the fans and creators. Recent boxes have become gargantuan to house the enormous amount of storytelling and varied options included in the experience. The
As a lover of big complex games, I sometimes need to realize that not everyone is down with the concentration it takes to learn a really complex game like Lisboa, or with the time commitment of a game like Twilight Imperium. Sometimes people want a quick game that’s easy
As a lover of big complex games, I sometimes need to realize that not everyone is down with the concentration it takes to learn a really complex game like Lisboa, or with the time commitment of a game like Twilight Imperium. Sometimes people want a quick game that’s easy
It’s 850 AD, and the king wishes to build his kingdom as quickly as possible, and by any means necessary. He employs you and other eager architects of the west kingdom to get the job done. He cares not for what you must do to undercut each other, he
In the world of tabletop games, massive dungeon crawlers have become a favorite of many, and “the bigger the better” seems to be the opinion of the fans and creators. Recent boxes have become gargantuan to house the enormous amount of storytelling and varied options included in the experience. The
Sometimes a game doesn’t need to have complicated rules to be great. Ticket to Ride gives players three choices each turn. Carcassonne makes players lay a tile down and put down a figure if they like. Love Letter has players take a card and then lay one of their
Comic book characters have no longer been relegated to dingy comic stores and bad made-for-TV movies. Since X-Men and the first Sam Raimi Spider-Man movies, comic book characters have entered mainstream pop culture. Since then we’ve seen more strategic games based on comic book characters come to the tabletop,
WizKids today announced that their new pyramid-building card game, K’uh Nah, inspired by ancient Mayan civilization, is now available in stores. This game is considered a “push-your-luck style game where players will try to build the largest pyramid to honor the gods.
In this push-your-luck style game from designer
Lucky Duck Games hasn’t shied away from creating board games out of mobile apps. In the middle of last year they had a successful Kickstarter to bring Jetpack Joyride to the tabletop. Now they are funding Kingdom Rush: Rift in Time. Jessey Wright and Sen-Foong Lim are back after
Some of my favorite tabletop experiences over the last couple of years have come to me courtesy of Jamey Stegmaier and Stonemaier Games, with Scythe and its expansions currently holding the top spot on my personal favorites list, so naturally I’ve been curious about how well his earlier games
