FDQ: What Game Is on Your Radar?
Conventions, blogs, and BGG—they seem like an endless source of inspiration (and temptation). This leads→
Author: FarmerLenny
FarmerLenny
I'll try anything once, but my favorite games are generally middleweight Euros.
Review: Dominion: Seaside
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house eurogamer, @Farmerlenny,→
FDQ: What Is Your Favorite Team Game?
There is no I in “team” (though if you rearrange the letters, you can get→
Mini-Review: Eruption
The long-dormant volcano is about to erupt…and thanks to Stratus Games, you’ll get to be→
Consistency, consistency, consistency!
One of many things I’ve learned about grammar and editing is that there aren’t as→
Friday Question: Are You a Sleever?
I’ve heard it defended as “protecting your investment.” I’ve heard detractors say, “It’s like your→
Patience: A Teaching Virtue
I’m typically the rules explainer in my group. I think part of this reflects my→
Friday Question: What Is Your Favorite Combo?
Synergy. A strategy working in perfect sync. An engine with every part in its place.→
Review: Quarriors
A game that has been on everyone’s radar, it seems, is Quarriors. I mentioned that→
Friday Question: Are You a Dissenter?
Maybe it’s hipster contrarianism. Maybe you really are special. In any case, for better or→
Review: Eminent Domain
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house eurogamer, @Farmerlenny,→
Friday Question: What Is Your Favorite Two-Player Game?
Everyone loves those gaming sessions where the stars align and everyone shows up. Options abound—games→
A Newbie’s GenCon Wrap-Up
On Thursday night after work, @Futurewolfie and I and our friend Blake piled into the→
Forbidden Love, or, The Box That Sits
A brief disclosure: I am a packrat, from a family of packrats. Cleaning out my→
Friday Question: Do You Use House Rules?
We all know the drill. If you go over to Billy’s house, he may play→
Review: The Resistance
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house eurogamer, @Farmerlenny,→
Friday Question: What Game Is the Tensest?
Games are meant to be a medium for fun social get-togethers with friends, family, and→
Review: Drop Site
Since @Futurewolfie is gone, it seems like the perfect time to review Drop Site, a→
Friday Question: What Is a Good Family Game?
@Futurewolfie is out camping with his family this week, and I’ve been holding down the fort→
On the Beaten Path: General Market Games
It’s so hard to find a happy medium in life. And we know that what’s→
Friday Question: What Was Your Gateway Game?
In the board game community, we often talk about “gateway games,” those games we present→
Review: Dominion: Intrigue
Dominion: Intrigue is the first expansion for Dominion. It adds twenty-five kingdom cards (the random cards→
Friday Question: Is There a Game You Refuse to Play?
No one likes the wet blanket. The spoilsport. The poo-pooer. But sometimes a game is→
Things I Learned This Weekend…
This past weekend I traveled to be with my family and to meet my new→
Friday Question: What Game Has Produced the Most Memories?
Let’s face it: gaming is not about winning and losing (despite what Scotty Sore-loser-pants says→
Review: Tobago
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house thematic-loving @futurewolfie→
Joining In…?
Saturday night should have been an ideal time to game. My wife was having several→
Gaming Gestalt
I appreciated this post by John Garcia on telling newbies about hobby board games. He says→
Review: Race for the Galaxy
Welcome to the very first NEMESIS REVIEW on iSlaytheDragon. In this post, @FarmerLenny offers a→
My Rules for Games
As my first post for I Slay the Dragon, I thought it might be a→