Round and Round (A Guide to the Rondel Mechanic)
Every once in a while, even still in the 21stcentury, a game designer creates and→
Browsing: Guides
A Guide to Pressing Your Luck
How far can you go? How long can you last? How much can you take?→
To Get This Train Rolling We’ll Have To Build Some Tracks (A Guide To Network Building)
Now a days whenever you hear the word network you may think more about social→
Tricked-Out! (A Guide to Trick-Taking)
I have such found memories of sitting around the card table at big family gatherings→
Once Upon a Time (A Guide to Storytelling Games)
Most games are a series of rules that interlock in a self-contained system, designed to→
If a gamer rolls a "1" in the Forest…
Last week I was away on vacation. My ego hopes that you noticed, but regardless,→
Special Delivery (A Guide to Pick-Up and Deliver)
There’s a little inside joke within our hobby that complains about the over-abundance of “trading→
Who Am I This Time? (a guide on role selection)
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” Shakespeare wasn’t→
He deserves a big hand for that and we gave him one (A Guide To Hand Management)
There are a lot of new-fangled mechanics that have come to popularity in the recent→
Take This Job and Place It (A Guide to Worker Placement)
A lot of people dream about being their own boss. No taking orders from anyone. →
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→
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→
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 I(A Guide on Teaching Games)
One of the biggest barriers of getting into a new game is learning how to→
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: 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 1)
So you’ve got a copy of Dominion and a group of people to play with.→
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→
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→