Review: Aviary
Class is in session, kids, and today’s word is the bird! The teacher is letting→
Tagged: hobby gaming
The Village Square: May 16, 2016
Last week I got an early play of Mystic Vale (more below), I played some→
The Village Square: April 25, 2016
It seems like International Tabletop Day always falls on a busy day for me (this→
The Village Square: April 18, 2016
The official start of spring was a few weeks ago, but for me it doesn’t→
Review: Pingo Pingo
The penguins on Madagascar always stressed, “Smile and wave.” And while Skipper, Rico, Kowalski and→
The Village Square: April 7, 2016
I can’t believe I’m still fighting jet lag almost a week after my trip to→
The Village Square: March 24, 2016
Konichiwa! Your friendly neighborhood board games news guy is currently in Japan with a belly→
Review: Black Hat
Cyber security is a rising concern these days. China hacks our systems. Crooks steal our→
Long Beach Comic Expo 2016: Gaming in the LBC
While comic books and cosplay ruled the two-day Long Beach Comic Expo, there was enough→
The Village Square: March 14, 2016
Happy Pi Day, everybody! May your day be 3.14 times better than a typical Monday→
Review: Spookies
Seems a bunch of nosy kids and their dog are snooping around an old haunted→
Review: Kemet: Ta-Seti
The gods endlessly toy with us mortals. They bless or curse at their whims. They→
Review: Bountytown
You know that no-good thief Laura Bullion has been spotted in Bountytown. Why the lyin’,→
Review: The Builders: Antiquity
Sure, you’ve built cathedrals and castles and stone bridges. But now set your sites on→
Review: Dice Masters: The Amazing Spider-Man
Spider-Man is one of the more iconic superheroes ever, and Marvel’s most commercially successful creation. →
Review: DC Dice Masters: War of Light
Rage, greed, fear, willpower, hope, compassion, love – even life and death. These powerful emotions→
Review: Nations: The Dice Game
Building an empire is so demanding. You have people to feed. Cities to build. Territory→
The Village Square: October 5, 2015
Welcome back! Thanks to everybody who sent kind words on my debut last week. I→
Review: Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis & Clark
When President Jefferson purchased all of France’s possessions in North America, it surprised everyone. Even→
Review: Sun Tzu
The historical Sun Tzu once said, “All warfare is based on deception.” Today, he might→
Review: Star Wars: The Card Game
Fantasy Flight’s living card game system has proven quite popular and commercially lucrative since they→
Review: Incredible Expeditions: Quest for Atlantis
Mystery has always seduced you. And Danger. They’re partners in your fate, luring you like→
Review: Longhorn
Is it just me, or do French game designers have a fascination with the Old→
Review: Murano
I’m not a fan of big cities. Mostly because of all that traffic. I have→
Review: Bad Beets
Come on, who really likes eating their vegetables? And beets are the worst! If I→
Review: King’s Ransom Deluxe
Chess is a pure and timeless classic. Okay, maybe not precisely “timeless.” The game we→
Review: Flea Market
Don’t know what to do with that plainly looking One Ring to Rule Them All laying→
Preview: Apotheca
[Ed. note: This is a preview of a non-final, prototype of the game. Our opinions→
Review: Fidelitas
Respectable citizenry, shady societies, upstanding establishments and seedy taverns. Through these veins pulses the lifeblood→
Like Family (Reflections from Origins 2015)
As my first big convention ever, last year I sort of wondered about Origins with→
Origins Preview
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]So I’ll be attending my second Origins convention, June 1-7. And while I won’t have→
Review: Spike
You know I’d have a Johnny Cash line for this review’s title. Used to, songs→