Reviews
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 | Periodically I look at my game shelf to see if there’s anything I feel I could part with, either in a sale or in trade. It’s a way for me to ensure that games I don’t play don’t sit gathering dus... |
May 21th, 2013
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 | MoaM (Mummies on a Map) at its best. |
May 16th, 2013
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 | Hey kids, look! Rebuses! |
May 9th, 2013
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Occasionally, I'll have to take a short leave of absence, so we can justify all the "Ken B.'s Back!" jokes. Hey, what can I say--I'm like that dude in the movie Summer School who gets up for a ... |
May 8th, 2013
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 | Conquere the furious river with swift swimming strokes! mind control bears and bald eagles! Get your fish laid! Wait, what? Come in friend and let me explain... |
May 8th, 2013
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 | Have you ever noticed how so many games put the player in the role of a tycoon? It’s one of the oldest settings, going all the way back from Monopoly to classics like Acquire and the 18xx series. It’... |
May 7th, 2013
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 | As if the sheer, overwhelming power of my writing wasn’t enough to leave you punch-drunk, staggering across the page with confusion, this week I’m going to serve up short reviews of two totally unrel... |
May 6th, 2013
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 | What was clearly meant to be a joke now has a pretty audible ring of truth to it. Someone would read a review and respond with something along the lines of, "This game sounds really fun, can't wait to ... |
April 30th, 2013
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 | In Kansas City there’s a restaurant called Swagger, where you can order a sandwich called the “Dead Texan.” This is a burger with bacon, lettuce, mayo, all of the usual suspects. But wait, there’... |
April 30th, 2013
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 | Talisman...in spaaaaaaaaace |
April 18th, 2013
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 | I like Goblins Inc., but not as much as I want to. As a result it’s difficult to review. On one hand, the rules, the advertising, and the game itself seem are aiming for a specific experience that goes... |
April 16th, 2013
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 | Inconveniently Wizards of the Coast decided to release five sets for their modular miniatures game Dungeon Command, and I covered the first four in batches of two. So now we’re left with an odd one. Ho... |
April 15th, 2013
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 | Civ Lite, defined. |
April 11th, 2013
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 | I know deckbuilding games are a fad. I know people are getting tired of them. I know how many people love to say, , great, another deckbuilder, yawn.' They actually say that. Or type it, anyway. They ty... |
April 10th, 2013
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 | I don’t often talk about how much I like Power Grid. On F:AT, it’s usually regarded as one of “those” games, the kinds liked by boring accountant-types and fun-murderers. Besides being unfair bot... |
April 9th, 2013
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 | If an evil genius were to invent a machine to suck money directly from the bank accounts of gamers, it’d look a lot like the X-Wing miniatures game. If he were to go back and tinker with it, seeking to... |
April 8th, 2013
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 | Spaceships! |
April 4th, 2013
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 | Behind the façade of the great Gotham City lies an active underworld of criminal activity. In Batman: Gotham City Strategy Game, you'll play as one of Gotham City's greatest villains – The Joker,... |
April 4th, 2013
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 | Coup is an unassuming game. The first time through felt obvious, if pleasant. The second time through it felt a little richer. Every time it ended, I wanted to play again. I’ve now played between 10-12... |
April 2th, 2013
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 | Still not the perfect superhero game. |
March 28th, 2013
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