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You’ve probably seen a few episodes of Wil Wheaton’s Tabletop, the boardgame playing webseries on→
Author: Wolfie
Wolfie
Futurewolfie loves epic games, space, and epic games set in space. You'll find him rolling fistfuls of dice, reveling in thematic goodness, and giving Farmerlenny a hard time for liking boring stuff.
Do We Overplay Our Games?
A common complaint about many boardgames (especially games that shoot up on the popularity list→
The Great Battle of Our Time (A Review of War of the Ring)
War of the Ring is a wargame of epic proportions, in which the story of→
Out in the Wild
Every year I go camping up in Michigan, in a nice shady campground on the→
A review of Wiz-War (8th Edition)
Fsssshhooooow! From the other end of the dark corridor, a fireball whips straight at you.→
Raise up your armies! (A review of Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer)
A portal opens; out leaps an enormous, terrifying monster that is clearly not of this→
FDQ: How do you store your games?
Since board games are made of cardboard and plastic, we all know it’s at least→
Ruler of All the World (A Review of The Great Dalmutti)
President. Scum. Pondscum. Rich Man-Poor Man. Super 2 Peasant. Perhaps you’ve heard of or played→
FDQ: the Future of iSlaytheDragon
In lieu of a normal FDQ today, this is more of a feedback question. We’re→
Stacking the Deck: A Dominion Strategy Guide (Part 6)
After the first two turns, there are no guarantees. The specifics of what you do→
Better Your Brain! (A Review of Set)
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house thematic-loving @futurewolfie→
A Weekend to Remember
This past weekend was Memorial Day Weekend, a time for remembering those who fought in→
Black Market Pier Pressure (a review of Santiago De Cuba)
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house eurogamer, @Farmerlenny,→
Stacking the Deck: A Dominion Strategy Guide (Part 5)
In previous posts, I discussed deck-building strategy, Dominion strategy, game terminology, and finally specific categories→
The Quest for Atlantis (a review of Olympos)
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house thematic-loving @futurewolfie→
Stacking the Deck: A Dominion Strategy Guide (Part IV: Made-Up Names)
So we’ve gone through deck-building techniques, Dominion techniques, and finally specific Dominion card terms. So→
FDQ: How Long Do Your Games Stay on the Shelf?
*Our weekly FDQ is your chance to share your stories or thoughts on various boardgame→
A Cosmic Expansion (A Review of Cosmic Encounter: Cosmic Incursion)
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house thematic-loving @futurewolfie→
Troll Smash! (A Review of Cave Troll)
You may not know it, but Fantasy Flight Games, well known for epic games with→
Stacking the Deck: A Dominion Strategy Guide (Part 3)
So you’re familiarizing yourself with deck-building concepts, and you’ve started to commit specific Dominion techniques→
Stacking the Deck: A Dominion Strategy Guide (Part 2)
So if you read the previous post, you may now have started to understand deck-building→
In Defense of Slaying Dragons
There has been a little controversy lately on BGG regarding game reviews. If you’re interested→
Stacking the Deck: A Dominion Strategy Guide (Part 1)
So you’ve got a copy of Dominion and a group of people to play with.→
When Theme Matters
In gaming circles, people tend to fall into two groups (when you oversimplify things): the→
FDQ: Have You Ever Targeted a Whiny Player?
We’ve all played with them. You might even be one of them sometimes. The players→
Review: Dominion: Hinterlands
If you haven’t heard of Dominion by now, clearly you haven’t been reading this blog→
Review: Takenoko
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house thematic-loving @futurewolfie→
One Ring to Rule Them All…
I recently got a chance to play the recently released second edition of War of→
FDQ: Minis or Cubes
It’s an age-old topic of debate. Games come with a variety of parts. Sometimes tokens→
Review: Last Night On Earth
Braaaaaaiiins! Yep. That’s the intro for this review. But Wait! There’s more! You may or→
Preview: Farmageddon
If you’ve ever looked for a more aggressive, action-packed farming game, look no further. From→