2020 Holiday Gift Guide
What a year it has been, my friends. Rampant diseases, stay-at-home orders, and all manner→
Browsing: Miscellaneous
Ruel’s Rundown, September 23, 2020: Three Games I’ve Enjoyed
Welcome to Ruel’s Rundown, a bi-weekly series where I share my initial impressions and thoughts→
Ruel’s Rundown, September 9, 2020: Three Games I’ve Enjoyed
Welcome to Ruel’s Rundown, a bi-weekly series where I share my initial impressions and thoughts→
Ruel’s Rundown, August 27, 2020: Three Games I’ve Enjoyed
In this bi-weekly series I’m offering initial impressions and thoughts on three board games I’ve→
Ruel’s Rundown: Three Games I’ve Enjoyed Recently
Hi friends! I hope you’re staying safe and getting the chance to play board games→
A little bit of Gen Con
Despite a certain pandemic ruining everything across the globe, the steady march of new board→
Looking Back: XCOM
It’s strange to think that XCOM is now old enough to “look back” and reflect→
Here We Are
Well, friends. Here we are. This website does not exist to make political statements, or→
So, You Got a Board Game for Christmas. Now What?
Now that the holidays have passed and the dust is beginning to settle, you may→
2019 Holiday Gift Guide
It’s that time of year yet again! We here at iSlaytheDragon, like many others, have→
My Top 35 Games of All Time…at 35
Today is my 35th birthday. What better time to reflect on all the great games→
How to Talk Yourself Out of Buying Games
Once upon a time I struggled with buying way too many games. More than I→
Expansion Exhaustion: The Mental Cost of “More”
I used to suffer from an acute case of “completion-itis.” And FOMO. If I loved→
Gaming With a Foggy Brain
Board games are great exercise for our brains. Playing board games has been shown (at→
5 Reasons Why I’m Unashamed to Play Mass Market Games
Mass market games get a lot of hate in the board gaming community. (If you’re→
Looking Back: Eldritch Horror
As a board game reviewer, I have a tendency – and in some ways, an→
Surviving the Board Gaming Dark Ages
In addition to board games, my other hobby/obsession is Lego. In the Lego world there→
Looking Back: New Angeles
As a board game reviewer, I have a tendency – and in some ways, an→
Thanks for the Memories: Nostalgia and Board Games
For those of us who grew up with board games, there’s often a strong nostalgia→
Looking Back: Cosmic Encounter
As a board game reviewer, I have a tendency – and in some ways, an→
Is Your Board Game Collection Healthy, or Sick?
It’s not a coincidence that every year about this time I put my board game→
Gamers Stay Classy in San Diego at Kingdom-Con: 10th Anniversary Edition This Weekend
After attending nearly every Kingdom-Con since its inception in 2009, gamer Rick Westbrock described his→
Please, Treat Potential Gamers With Respect
Yeah, the title of this piece seems self explanatory. It doesn’t seem as though I→
7 Ways To Lose At Board Games
Losing sucks, right? No one sits down at a table across from friends thinking boy→
2018 Gift Guide
Holiday greetings, fans, readers, and cardboard devourers! It’s that time of year again when shopping→
Gen Con 2018: Kitchen Rush
I recently discovered a video game that’s a couple years old now called Overcooked, and→
Gen Con 2018: Super Star Destroyer
Alas, they didn’t have any demos, and information is pretty sparse. But maybe you just→
Gen Con 2018: 5 Minute Marvel
Some games are just silly and fun. 5 Minute Marvel is pretty much exactly as→
Gen Con 2018: Escape Plan
Although Escape Plan just wrapped up its kickstarter, a brief overview of the game was→
Gen Con 2018: Batman: Gotham Under Seige
Licensed games based on popular franchises don’t always turn out the best. The IP itself→
Gen Con 2018: Goodcritters
Imagine, if you will, that you’re part of a tight-nit family. Imagine the love,→