Reviews

  It is fairly rare that I review games anymore, even rarer that I beg a company to see if they have a review copy. I did, and the game is Catacombs.

By now, you've probably heard that SUMMONER WARS is a good one- our very own Matt Drake wrote a review of it something like ten years ago and gave it high praise. I even stole the picture at left from his website. I've been playing the game off and on over the past couple of months and now I've finally gotten around to the write-up and I'm happy to say that Plaid Hat Games is off to a great start. Colby Dauch was kind enough to send me a review copy, and in the next couple of weeks...

I'm not always very smart. I'll wait for the smartasses in the back of the class to compose their witty comebacks, and then I'll explain.

Gee guys, aren't you glad that board gaming is so elegant and sophisticated that it has no room in its pantheon for a big ol' piece of vibrating sheet metal with miniature football players running all over it? OR IS IT? Surprise, much to the shame of Eurogamers and board game snobs of every stripe, here is a Cracked LCD Games from the Crypt installment about electric football. Yes, it's a board game, not a toy. LOOPIN' LOUIE is a toy. What's more, you plug into the wall. It's like my whole "technology...

I'm a little surprised at myself that I even played Talisman again. After I played the third edition, I swore I would rather scrub grout than play any version of the game. But then I wound up with a copy of the Black Industries edition, and since so many people insisted that the new one was better, I thought it had to be worth one more try.