Expansion Exhaustion: The Mental Cost of “More”
I used to suffer from an acute case of “completion-itis.” And FOMO. If I loved→
Tagged: expansions
Review: Villages of Valeria
Every great victory comes at a cost. When peace and security are won again, the→
Review: Kingsburg (Second Edition)
Many people retain an affinity for those titles that introduced them to modern board games→
Combating Completionism
I am a born collector. I spent my childhood collecting coins, McDonald’s Happy Meal toys, action→
Review: Rivet Wars: Eastern Front
Up to your waist in water! Up to your eyes in slush! Using the kind→
9 Things Only Ticket to Ride Would Understand
Life isn’t all fun and games just because you’re a board game. These are all→
News Bits: 3/31/2014
This week’s NEWS: Stronghold Games announces digital play, expansion, and web comic in Core Worlds→
Why, Why, Why?! #3: Expansions are Bad
Why, Why, Why?! is a series of highly subjective, perhaps personally charged, and often provocative→
News Bits: 2/3/2014
Lots happened for us last week (including new avatars on the site–mine has me glowering→
Review: Guildhall: Job Faire
Just when you thought you knew all there was to know about running your own→
FDQ: Is It Cashing In?
I got in a discussion yesterday on twitter with some gamer buddies. It all started→
News Bits: 7/30/2012
Ticket to Ride: Europe Now Available for iPhone I’m an Android man myself, but Days→
Review: Carcassonne: Inns and Cathedrals
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house eurogamer, @Farmerlenny,→
Do We Overplay Our Games?
A common complaint about many boardgames (especially games that shoot up on the popularity list→
Review: Ticket to Ride: Europe
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house eurogamer, @Farmerlenny,→
On the Horizon: 2012
New years are great. New Year’s Day may be a seemingly arbitrary holiday to some,→
FDQ: Expansions or new games?
Board gaming is a pretty great hobby. You get the benefits of getting away from→
Review: Dominion: Cornucopia
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house thematic-loving @futurewolfie→
Review: Dominion: Prosperity
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house thematic-loving @futurewolfie→
Review: Dominion: Seaside
[Editors note: The following is a Nemesis Review, featuring opinions from our in-house eurogamer, @Farmerlenny,→
Review: Dominion: Intrigue 6 Player Expansion
In the past week I had a chance to play the 6-player variant of Dominion→
Review: Dominion: Intrigue
Dominion: Intrigue is the first expansion for Dominion. It adds twenty-five kingdom cards (the random cards→
A Two Part Post, Part II: Expansive
Today I played a good game of Dominion Intrigue with my arch-nemesis. Fortunately I ended→