All Under Control (A Guide to Area Control/Majority)
Who doesn’t like to carve out their own little fiefdom, now and then? Â Whether it’s→
Browsing: Guides
Hit the Deck! (A Guide on Deckbuilding)
Deckbuilding is a pretty popular buzzword in the tabletop community these days, and it almost→
Where the Action’s At (A Guide to Action Point Allowance)
Gamers are a funny lot. Â On the one hand, we want a game with flexibility→
Guide to Gaming: Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd: Good Games for Two (and More)
This is a gaming blog. I don’t think I need to sell you on the→
Let’s Build A Tableau Together (A Guide to Tableau Building)
Categorizing mechanics can be a tricky thing as we recently saw in a series of→
To Teach, Perchance to Learn: Part II (A Guide to Teaching Games)
So you’ve gotten through the initial rules explanation and you are ready to start the→
To Teach, Perchance to Learn: Part I(A Guide on Teaching Games)
One of the biggest barriers of getting into a new game is learning how to→
Guide to Gaming: Learning a New Game
One of the biggest hurdles of getting into board games–besides figuring out which games to→
Guide to Gaming: How do I make a good trade?
I talked in my last article about deciding when it’s time to let go of a game.→
Guide to Gaming: When is it time to cull my collection?
We are living in the golden age of board gaming. More and more games are→
Guide to Gaming: The FLGS
“Where do you get all these games?” I get that question a lot from non-gamers→
Guide to Gaming: Gaming with Kids
One of the simpler and under-rated joys in life is playing with kids. As it→
Guide to Gaming: Research Before You Buy
Board gaming is a great hobby, accessible to a broad range of ages and demographics.→
Guide to Gaming: Which Games Should I Buy First?
When you’re first discovering the world of tabletop gaming, you will likely run into one→
Guide to Gaming: Ameritrash vs. Eurostyle–What’s the Difference?
When you enter the world of hobby board gaming, even for a quick visit, you→
Guide to Gaming: What do all these terms mean?
As in any subculture or group, unique terms (jargon) are created to describe common events,→
Slaying Gencon
I just barely made it to Gencon this year; with a series of financial,→
Brown-Bag Games
Especially now with a new baby in the house, most of my gaming takes place→
Stacking the Deck: A Dominion Strategy Guide (Part 6)
After the first two turns, there are no guarantees. The specifics of what you do→
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 Name on the Box Top: Reiner Knizia
I am almost certain that those who participate in the board gaming hobby who have→
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→
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→
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.→
Takin’ It to Go Part 3: Cards
So you’ve got your boards packed up nicely (in Part 1), and your bits are→
Takin’ It to Go Part 2: Bits and Pieces
It’s holiday season, you’ve got travels to do, and you’ve got board games to bring→
Takin’ It to Go Part 1: The Boards
It’s the holiday season, and for a lot of people, that means traveling. You’ve got→
Who Teaches the Teacher?
There’s a scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade where Indiana Jones is brought→
Board Gaming on a Shoestring
We run a pretty tight ship in my household, with a budget being the mainstay→
Shut Up and Play!
Have you ever been to a concert where the band onstage, instead of doing what→
Consistency, consistency, consistency!
One of many things I’ve learned about grammar and editing is that there aren’t as→