Laying Down the Law (a guide to rulebook writing)
As a board game reviewer, a frequent board game teacher, and a thrifty board game buyer,→
Tagged: Innovation
Double, Double, Toil and Deconstructing the Troubles of a Deckbuilder
AÂ Look at the Unique Mechanics in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle A guest post by Kylo→
Review: Import / Export
Importing and exporting seems to you like an easy business to get into. You can→
Review: CVlizations
You and your tribe are content with your small plot of land and what others→
Review: World’s Fair 1893
If you gave me a time machine and told me I could go anywhere, one→
Review: Guns & Steel: Renaissance
The slow advance of progress sometimes needs a little prod to keep things moving in→
My Top Ten Games of All Time (FarmerLenny edition)
We’re in the midst of the Dice Tower’s Top 100 Games of All Time series,→
Review: Dominion
Magic: The Gathering really is a fun game. Really. If you’ve tried it, you probably→
Review: Temporum
Time travel has been discovered. Now you can go into the past, fight injustices, and→
Review: Innovation
Innovations are the foundation of society. Ideas, inventions, new ways of doing things–these are what→
Preview: The Agents
The Agents is a card game currently on Kickstarter with an interesting mechanism, what the→
Review: Red7 (app)
“Filler” games–games that are simple to learn, quick to play, and don’t take up much→
Top Ten Lunchtime Strategy Games (2016)
I’ve mentioned before that I have the most opportunity to play games over my lunch hour→
The Village Square: December 28, 2015
It’s been uncharacteristically cold out here in Southern California (and by cold I mean I→
My Top Ten Games of All Time (UpliftAndrew 2015 edition)
Believe it or not we here at iSlayTheDragon do not agree on everything. Perhaps you’ve→
Top Ten Lunch Games
I’ve written on the subject of lunch games many, many times, but probably most completely→
The Name on the Box Top: Carl Chudyk
Over a year ago I began what I imagined would become a regular series of→
Combating Completionism
I am a born collector. I spent my childhood collecting coins, McDonald’s Happy Meal toys, action→
Why Why Why #7: Fancier Components Are Better Components
Why, Why, Why?! is a series of highly subjective, perhaps personally charged, and often→
News Bits: 5/5/2014
Another week, another NEWS: Washington state attorney general files first lawsuit over failed Kickstarter campaign→
News Bits: 3/31/2014
This week’s NEWS: Stronghold Games announces digital play, expansion, and web comic in Core Worlds→
News Bits: 3/17/2014
Ah, St. Patrick’s Day. I have zero Irish in me, but to join those who→
The Play’s the Thing… (further discussion on theme)
Theme. It’s a word that many of us in the board gaming hobby employ→
Guide to Gaming: Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd: Good Games for Two (and More)
This is a gaming blog. I don’t think I need to sell you on the→
My Year in Games: 2013
 I began tracking my plays on Board Game Geek in 2011 (because I like lists→
News Bits: 1/6/2014
Ah, back on track after all of the holiday slowness. This week’s NEWS: Grant Rodiek→
News Bits: 12/23/2013
Greetings on this holiday week. Here is the NEWS: The secret history of The Cones→
Remembering Your First Play Of A Favorite
I wouldn’t describe myself as being a member of the Cult of the New, a→
News Bits: 12/16/2013
Another week, and here’s the NEWS: Hanabi Extra released in Germany [Link] Bigger cards (Dixit→
News Bits: 11/25/2013
“It’s the holiday season…” Or at least it’s coming. And that’s probably why this was→
News Bits: 11/4/2013
This week’s NEWS: Asmadi Games opens prerelease preorders for Impulse [Link] This is very exciting→
News Bits: 9/23/2013
Summer is gone; fall is here. The seasons change, but the NEWS stays the same:→