Reviews
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 | This is the first in my periodic looks at boardgames through the eyes of how they work with my family, and how I feel they might work with others. First up I'm hitting a softball as I get this up to sp... |
December 14th, 2010
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 | Given that I love card-driven wargames, and that I love multi-player wargames and that I find Here I Stand difficult to get to the table due to the length and number of players, it’s natural that I sho... |
December 12th, 2010
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 | I’m posting this review of Prolix the Game (not to be confused with PrOlix the gun lubricant, or Prilox the gel which is something completely different) on behalf of my uncle’s cousin’s daughter’... |
December 10th, 2010
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 | It's a Michael Barnes smorgasboard at Gameshark.com this week. Come take a bite. |
December 9th, 2010
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 | This week at Gameshark.com I review Phil Eklund's HIGH FRONTIER and, sadly, TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON for Wii. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. |
December 2th, 2010
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 | No, the game has nothing to do with the classic 80s coin-op. It's a fun, Roborally-inspired romp that will let you dodge some asteroi...er...asteroyds, fly through some gates, and still make it home i... |
November 30th, 2010
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 | Pictured is one of the very best games of the year. At least its box, which I don't have because I had to beg Clever Mojo to send me a review copy composed of spare parts wrapped in butcher paper. The ... |
November 25th, 2010
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 | Roleplaying games have a long, solid tradition of being ridiculous. Hell, just look at D&D - the ludicrous variety of monsters should be enough to tip off any reader that any attempt at reality was throw... |
November 24th, 2010
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 | Looks like we can add Christian Petersen to the list of board games business owners that I've managed to piss off! |
November 18th, 2010
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 | You ever wonder what it would be like to be stuck at sea on a tiny lifeboat...with the person you hate the most...along with the person you love dearly? And a couple of other people you could give a ra... |
November 16th, 2010
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 | Pictured is a screenshot of Petroglyph Games' GUARDIANS OF GRAXIA PC game. You can go buy for ten bucks from Gamersgate.com. It and four other games go under the pen this week over at Gameshark.com. |
November 11th, 2010
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 | I'm not in the habit of reviewing PDF products. For one thing, my printer blows through ink like a crack-head with an eight-ball, and nearly anything you download as a PDF is going to require like fifty ... |
November 10th, 2010
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 | I thought I'd take a break from reviewing new stuff this week and take a dive into my long-promised review of the Avalon Hill classic, Wrasslin'. Someday I plan on working up my own Ameritrash Essent... |
November 9th, 2010
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 | "We still found it difficult to introduce any imitation into our game of either retreat or the surrender of men not actually taken prisoners in a melee. Both things were possible by the rules, but nobody... |
November 8th, 2010
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 | Petroglyph Games is definitely making a name for themselves in board and card games. I think it's time for them to come up with a good slogan. Believe it or not, I have one they can use: "Games for your ... |
November 3th, 2010
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Before commencing with this review, I wanted to spend a moment dwelling on why I'm writing it. As a general rule of thumb I only write reviews for actual review copies but there are exceptions: games... |
November 3th, 2010
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 | One of the things that gamers tell themselves from time to time--a fallacy along the lines of "I really want a super-light adventure game"--is that they'd really, really like a 'fixed' game of Yahtzee. ... |
November 2th, 2010
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 | Yep, it's Halloween and there will never be a better time to review the just-released 2nd edition of BETRAYAL AT THE HOUSE ON THE HILL. I'm also looking at QUANTUM THEORY, a PS3/360 game that I doubt any... |
October 28th, 2010
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 | Last in my Halloween-themed reviews this month is the latest Asmodee offering, Gosu (short for "Goblin Supremacy.") Designed by Kim Sato, it's a damned cool little card-based battling game of building... |
October 27th, 2010
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 | I think it's time I raved all about the brilliance of small-press games. Specifically, I want to rave about Alien Frontiers, one of those incredibly rare cases where a pint-size publisher proves to have ... |
October 25th, 2010
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