Review: Carcassonne
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house thematic-loving @futurewolfie→
Friday Question: What Is Your Favorite Combo?
Synergy. A strategy working in perfect sync. An engine with every part in its place.→
The self-propagation theory
A thought occurred to me after a game of Ascending Empires tonight, as I put→
Review: Quarriors
A game that has been on everyone’s radar, it seems, is Quarriors. I mentioned that→
Friday Question: Are You a Dissenter?
Maybe it’s hipster contrarianism. Maybe you really are special. In any case, for better or→
Flying Solo
Do you ever play board games “solo”? For a very long time, the thought never→
Review: Eminent Domain
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house eurogamer, @Farmerlenny,→
Friday Question: What Is Your Favorite Two-Player Game?
Everyone loves those gaming sessions where the stars align and everyone shows up. Options abound—games→
Once More Unto The Breach (another look back at Gencon)
Not to beat a dead horse, but since this was not my first run at→
A Newbie’s GenCon Wrap-Up
On Thursday night after work, @Futurewolfie and I and our friend Blake piled into the→
Forbidden Love, or, The Box That Sits
A brief disclosure: I am a packrat, from a family of packrats. Cleaning out my→
Review: Sentinels of the Multiverse
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house thematic-loving @futurewolfie→
Friday Question: Do You Use House Rules?
We all know the drill. If you go over to Billy’s house, he may play→
When Games are Ruined
A friend, brother-in-law, and occassional board-game opponent of mine (who I will henceforth refer to→
Review: The Resistance
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house eurogamer, @Farmerlenny,→
Friday Question: What Game Is the Tensest?
Games are meant to be a medium for fun social get-togethers with friends, family, and→
Review: Dominion: Intrigue 6 Player Expansion
In the past week I had a chance to play the 6-player variant of Dominion→
On Vacation: Gaming with Nongamers
Every once in a while you just have to get away from the normal drudgeries→
Review: Drop Site
Since @Futurewolfie is gone, it seems like the perfect time to review Drop Site, a→
Friday Question: What Is a Good Family Game?
@Futurewolfie is out camping with his family this week, and I’ve been holding down the fort→
On the Beaten Path: General Market Games
It’s so hard to find a happy medium in life. And we know that what’s→
Friday Question: What Was Your Gateway Game?
In the board game community, we often talk about “gateway games,” those games we present→
Review: Dominion: Intrigue
Dominion: Intrigue is the first expansion for Dominion. It adds twenty-five kingdom cards (the random cards→
Friday Question: Is There a Game You Refuse to Play?
No one likes the wet blanket. The spoilsport. The poo-pooer. But sometimes a game is→
No, it’s my turn!
As I continue to develop Armyland (a most complex, challenging, and time-consuming project which will→
Things I Learned This Weekend…
This past weekend I traveled to be with my family and to meet my new→
Friday Question: What Game Has Produced the Most Memories?
Let’s face it: gaming is not about winning and losing (despite what Scotty Sore-loser-pants says→
Review: Tobago
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house thematic-loving @futurewolfie→
Joining In…?
Saturday night should have been an ideal time to game. My wife was having several→
Friday Question of the Day: What is your favorite game, and why?
Everybody likes to talk about their favorite things, and today we satisfy that urge with→
A Game By Any Other Theme…
Over at the iSlaytheDragon headquarters, the topic of Theme often surfaces in our conversation. Essentially→
Gaming Gestalt
I appreciated this post by John Garcia on telling newbies about hobby board games. He says→