Review: Villainous Vikings
There have been some phenomenal beards throughout history. Sophocles, Galileo, Blackbeard, Marx, Chuck Norris. Barbarians,→
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Review: Manifest
Shipping tycoons must get grey hair pretty early. They have so much to worry about. →
Review: Battle Cry and Memoir ’44
One of the main reasons I enjoy playing war games is because, to put it→
Review: Kings of Israel
Really, they had it all. Divine favor and protection had delivered the Jews from bondage,→
Review: Zeppelin Attack
Command an astounding armada of airships against a cunning cohort of enemies! Deploy daring, death-defying→
Review: Samurai Swords
The evening breeze whips chillingly over the foothills of Shinano’s peaks. As I stare off→
Review: Villainous Vikings 2nd Edition: Voyage to Valhalla
In the video game world, sometimes games must be “patched.” Routinely, new releases hit the→
Review: Rivet Wars: Eastern Front
Up to your waist in water! Up to your eyes in slush! Using the kind→
Review: War of Kings
Sadly, as Dennis the Peasant reminds us, you don’t become king by random aquatic ceremonies→
Review: Marvel Dice Masters
If you’re into super-heroes and comics, no doubt you’ve played the “what if” game countless→
Review: Onward to Venus
Ever since humankind first emerged from its caves and gazed upward at the stars, no→
Review: Mythotopia
The waters of the great Avulsion have receded. New lords have claimed their scattered inheritance. →
Review: Harbour
Gullsbottom isn’t just a silly word that makes you giggle. It’s a hustling and bustling→
Review: Imperial Stars II
It’s a bit depressing, but apparently we can’t get along even in the future. Thousands→
Review: Dogs of War
In the Machiavellian land of Gravos, powerful noble houses play the deadliest of games. It→
Review: Spike
You know I’d have a Johnny Cash line for this review’s title. Used to, songs→
Review: Fidelitas
Respectable citizenry, shady societies, upstanding establishments and seedy taverns. Through these veins pulses the lifeblood→
Review: Flea Market
Don’t know what to do with that plainly looking One Ring to Rule Them All laying→
Review: King’s Ransom Deluxe
Chess is a pure and timeless classic. Okay, maybe not precisely “timeless.” The game we→
Review: Bad Beets
Come on, who really likes eating their vegetables? And beets are the worst! If I→
Review: Murano
I’m not a fan of big cities. Mostly because of all that traffic. I have→
Review: Longhorn
Is it just me, or do French game designers have a fascination with the Old→
Review: Sun Tzu
The historical Sun Tzu once said, “All warfare is based on deception.” Today, he might→
Review: Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis & Clark
When President Jefferson purchased all of France’s possessions in North America, it surprised everyone. Even→
Review: Nations: The Dice Game
Building an empire is so demanding. You have people to feed. Cities to build. Territory→
Review: Space Movers 2201
Space is vast. Just maybe not as big as you’d like. You’re trying to scrape→
Review: DC Dice Masters: War of Light
Rage, greed, fear, willpower, hope, compassion, love – even life and death. These powerful emotions→
Review: Dice Masters: The Amazing Spider-Man
Spider-Man is one of the more iconic superheroes ever, and Marvel’s most commercially successful creation. →
Review: The Builders: Antiquity
Sure, you’ve built cathedrals and castles and stone bridges. But now set your sites on→
Review: Bountytown
You know that no-good thief Laura Bullion has been spotted in Bountytown. Why the lyin’,→
Review: Mission: Red Planet
Mars. The Red Planet. The Angry Planet. Barsoom. Defiant in the night sky. Capturer of→
Review: Seven Card Samurai
Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) was a famed and prolific Japanese filmmaker. Noted for masterpieces such as→