Tabletop
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2.0KCrazy Eights: Eight questions with D. Brad Talton of Level 99 Games
If you have seen my review of BattleCON: Devastation of Indines, then you know that I thought highly of it. It’s a...
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852.5KTaking the long road — Via Appia Review
They say that Rome wasn’t built in a day. I have a feeling that neither were their roads. With Rome being a...
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903.5KBig Damn Heroes – Firefly: The Game Review
Modern Cult Science Fiction. Also known as Firefly. Like being hipster before it was cool, people didn’t know what Firefly was until...
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802.7KAsgard’s Chosen Review – The allfather of a new world but not its king
Interacting with gods can be difficult. You want them to do something nice for you now, like give you a new car,...
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752.6KWatch out for flying daikaiju — Tsuro of the Seas Review
While producing a game may be difficult, coming out with a sequel can be an even bigger challenge. How different must a...
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905.8KVicious eye candy – Review of Seasons
C20H25N30 — lysergic acid diethylamide. LSD. Acid. Back in the trippy days of LP records, half the experience of visiting a music...
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802.5KMolto Bene! Cinque Terre
Along a sun-drenched swath of the Italian Riviera lay the Cinque Terre, five towns resisting the temptations of progress in favor of...
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504.4KRun for your lives! – City of Horror review
Zombies are everywhere! Seriously… everywhere. On TV, in movies, books, comics… I am sure there is a song about zombies. They have...
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903.4KThe fighting game of the year isn’t on any console — BattleCON: Devastation of Indines
I have been a fan of fighting games since the token-eating machine Street Fighter II was released. I remember looking at strategy...
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853.7KKoryo: A kick-butt Korea that never was
Steampunk is usually set in England, but imagine if it was set in Korea. Your goal is to become the most influential...
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5.8KPlay This, Not That! – A Dozen Better Board Games
Eat This, Not That! is one of the bestselling books of the last decade. In its pages, you learn how to eat...
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904.4KLife and Death at the Top of the World – Review of Expedition: Northwest Passage
The HMS Terror. A frightening name–and a premonition. Along with the HMS Erebus, these mid-19th century science ships vanished in the Arctic...
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653.4KDead Panic surrounds you with zombies
There are many pieces of good advice if the zombie apocalypse breaks out. Don’t get surrounded by zombies would be the first...
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954.6KLight up the night! – Review of Hanabi
Set the rocket. Light it. Then step back and watch the fireworks emblazon the night. In board and card game design, no...
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3.4KA new spin on Monopoly — A preview of Conglomerate the Game
In 1904, Elizabeth Magie patented a game about the evils of capitalism called The Landlord’s Game. Whoever earned the most money won,...
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804.6KOld-School Gamers Rejoice!! Colossal Cave Review
From the present perspective, summiting yet another peak among the vast range of ever-more fantastic achievements in the digital age, I stop...
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652.3KPerfect Zen or Perfect Flop: Zen Garden Review
The night is cool. A soft breeze pushes the fragrance of the flowers up into your room. Stepping out onto the balcony,...
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452.7KPlaying Global Mogul is work
Most people play games to escape from work. Whether that means being a knight, a spaceship captain or an Italian merchant, being...
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752.6KThe Spiel on the Spiel des Jahres 2012 – Kingdom Builder
Game awards tend to be an exercise in pretentious favoritism, where the flashier products of the big names tend to get the...
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2.2KPlaid Hat reinvents the co-op genre with Dead of Winter
Ever get the feeling that players in co-operative games are too willing to “take one for the team”? Do you worry that...
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1.8KQuarriors! dice building without all those pesky dice on your iPad
If you have ever dreamed of playing Quarriors! on your morning commute but hate having to pick up spilled dice from underneath...
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403.9KJack of all trades, master of none — Renaissance Man
Leonardo da Vinci is the consummate example of the “Renaissance Man.” He enjoyed renown as a painter, engineer, sculptor, mathematician, and writer...
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855.6KOne does not simply walk into Vesuvius – The Downfall of Pompeii (2nd Ed.)
From the designer of Carcassone, Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, comes this meeple-placement/tile-placement game set in the doomed Roman city of Pompeii. At first, you move...
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804.4KThe Golden Spike of deckbuilding and railroad games – review of Trains
At a friendly, local, game store outside Osaka, Japan, board game night had one rule: First game fully set up on the...
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753.1KGet off my ship! – Walk the Plank
The Captain is angry. Angry enough that he has put all of you out on the plank. He wants everyone sent off...
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752.6KDon’t let the Wookiee win – Star Wars: The Card Game (Core Set)
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, a maverick executive at 20th Century Fox took a chance on an...
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504.9KHearts of darkness – review of Black Spy
How much do you enjoy playing the card game Hearts? If the answer is “I’d rather chew off my own leg than...
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904.7KIf they mean to have a War, let it begin here! – 1775: Rebellion
Back in the day, you may recall from history class, some dudes got tired of the King’s laws and started a turf...
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702.5KEncouraging violence against flamboyant animals – Piñata
Do you have treasured childhood memories of being blindfolded, spun around until disoriented, armed with a stick twice your size, and tasked...
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1.8KIt’s clobberin’ time! The Fantastic Four expands UD’s Legendary deck-builder
Face front, true believers! The fine folks at Upper Deck are bringing the first family of the four-color page straight to your...
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1.8KDragon Kings, a multi-media fantasy project, recently funded on Kickstarter
On Thursday, Dragon Kings, a multi-media fantasy project successfully funded on Kickstarter. Here is the description of Dragon Kings, right from the...
