Robots: Battle for the Coal Heart – Gen Con 2016
What is it? A role selection game a la Puerto Rico, but with aggressive robots The→
Hit Z Road – Gen Con 2016
What is it? A Zombie-infested road trip with dice rolling and bidding for turn order→
The Village Square: August 11, 2016
Have you been following our Gen Con news? If not, go there and learn about→
Junk Art – Gen Con 2016
What is it? AÂ zany stacking game The Deets: 2-6Â players, 20-30 minutes Designed by: Jay Cormier,→
Sagrada – Gen Con 2016
What is it? A puzzly dice-drafting / maybe set collection game The Deets: 1-4 players, 20-40 minutes Designed→
Legendary Inventors – Gen Con 2016
What is it? A lite engine-building game with competitive cooperation The Deets: 2-5 players, 30-40→
Star Trek: Ascendancy – Gen Con 2016
What Is it? A 4X civilization game set in the Star Trek Universe The Deets:→
Preview: Farmageddon (farm fresh edition)
You didn’t listen when the outcry against GMO farming reached its fever pitch, and now,→
Review: Animals On Board
What do you do when you happen to have a large surplus of animals? Why,→
The Village Square: August 8, 2016
We have lots of Gen Con news to report and it won’t fit into one→
Review: Here, Kitty, Kitty
Two dogs are lying around one day discussing their life. One says, “Those creatures feed→
The Village Square: August 4, 2016
If you’re not with the rest of the world at Gen Con, come join me→
Review: Oh My Goods
Modern industry means big factories, mega-warehouses, massive R&D departments and sprawling mining operations. But like→
Review: Bear Valley
It seems like such a simple task: get from this camp to the other camp→
The Village Square: August 1, 2016
If you’re at Gen Con this week, share your stories and photos with me so→
Review: Titan Race
Titans. Powerful creatures; majestic, even. As deadly as they are enormous. If only their power→
The Village Square: July 28, 2016
I just realized we’re less than 150 days until the premiere of Rogue One! I’d→
Review: Agricola (revised edition)
It’s all about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Sure, Maslow hasn’t come around yet, but your→
Review: Vikings on Board
Last year, Blue Orange Games, a company known mostly for children’s games, made a big→
The Village Square: July 25, 2016
Thanks to a bad knee, I skipped Comic Con and laid in bed all weekend.→
Review: Burano
Leading the family business is not really difficult – that is as long as everyone→
The Village Square: July 21, 2016
It’s been 10 years since my last visit to Comic Con and I expect it→
Review: Happy Party
It’s the day of the big party. You’ve done your cheek-muscle exercises. You’ve prepared your speeches.→
Review: My Village
Things moved a lot slower in the middle ages. Coupled with a life expectancy of→
The Village Square: July 18, 2016
I wasn’t sure what to write in the face of all of the bad news→
Review: Ra (WindRider edition)
Egypt can be a brutal land. State funerals, war, drought, and destruction seem around every→
The Village Square: July 14, 2016
My wife and I recently played board games with a few of our non-gamer friends.→
Review: Piratoons
Pirates are always after one treasure or another. It’s in the job description. Most pirate→
Review: Star Wars: Empire Vs Rebellion
All battles basically boil down to Good Vs Evil. Well most do. Okay, yes, I→
The Village Square: July 11, 2016
This weekend I experienced the joys of writing on a game board, tearing up cards,→
Review: Mouse Guard Roleplaying Game
Imagine a world where a spring rain is torrential, pea-sized hail destroys crops, removing felled→
The Village Square: July 7, 2016
This weekend I’m celebrating Christmas in July as my family and I finally crack open→