Reviews
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 | The review train rolls on. This week, we'll be talking about the light adventure game Legitimacy: The Game of Royal Bastards from Minion Games.
Does this achieve the holy grail of the quick-playing ... |
September 7th, 2010
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 | The Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game was the first hobby game I ever played, and the first adventure module for that game that I ever saw and lusted after was the vampire romp Ravenloft. So in spite ... |
September 5th, 2010
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 | I reviewed Thunderstone a few months ago, and decided that it was 45 minutes of fun, which would be great if it didn't last an hour and a half. When I got Wrath of the Elements, the expansion for Thunder... |
September 1th, 2010
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 | What do you get when you cross the deck-drafting of Dominion with the gem-smashing theme of the video game Super Puzzle Fighter II? It turns out you get Puzzle Strike, one of the most fun, addictive gam... |
August 31th, 2010
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In many ways I’m ideal Grognard material, being interested in games and military history. However I’ve tended to shy away from wargames because I can’t usually be bothered with the byzantine, una... |
August 30th, 2010
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A while back I bemoaned the lack of good Indiana Jones boardgames. While we're still waiting, however, Alderac Entertainment Group has released the best Indy game so far...it just so happens to not... |
August 27th, 2010
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 | Pictured is James Mason as Captain Nemo. He's PISSED. That is a stern look of disapproval if ever I saw one.
Why is "Jehmz Mehhhzohn" pissed? Because you're not playing NEMO'S WAR enough. It's one of ... |
August 26th, 2010
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 | I'm not normally a fan of cheese in my games. I kind of like my games to be like the cheese shop in that Monty Python sketch - you know, completely uncontaminated by cheese. Tight design, efficient rules... |
August 25th, 2010
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Going into Those Pesky Humans, I had high hopes, dungeon crawling is easily one of my favorite pastimes at the game table and the idea of being focused more on the perspective of the dungeon denizens, ... |
August 18th, 2010
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 | So the seventh Arkham Horror expansion was released recently; the fourth of the "small box" expansions. Having played with it a few times now, I believe it is the best of the small boxes, but I have to a... |
August 16th, 2010
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This week, Dan Verssen's PHANTOM LEADER gets the Cracked LCD treatment and- what's that? The Gameshark Editor's Choice award! Folks, this game is awesome. It's hugely thematic, narrative, and in s... |
August 12th, 2010
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 | So apparently 2010 is the year of the Pandemic clones... We've already had Zombie State: Diplomacy of the Dead and Defenders of the Realm, both of which bear more than a passing resemblance to Pandemic i... |
August 10th, 2010
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 | Let me tell you about this game idea. It's not my idea, but it's a good one anyway. The game is called The Isle of Dr. Necreaux, and it has huge cool potential.
First, it's a pulp game. That's cool righ... |
August 4th, 2010
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 | Before WAR FOR EDADH's many supporters immediately jump down my throat and tell me there's more to it than picking a number between 1 and 12, just hear me out. I know there is. But as far as an actual ... |
July 27th, 2010
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 | Alan Emrich is doing something that I think is really kind of special. He's running a small games business and apparently doing extremely well since he was able to cut a $1000 royalty check to one of his... |
July 22th, 2010
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I know that some people, perhaps a lot of people, don't really like to play solo games, or dice games, or print-and-play games. I understand that those are particularly niche kind of things that d... |
July 22th, 2010
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 | I am sick to death of games that involve cruelty to animals. I am putting my foot down. We must not tolerate games whose entire goal is to torture helpless animals, even if those animals do stink, step o... |
July 21th, 2010
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 | If we're going to be talking about Victory Point Games' FORLORN: HOPE, we might as well talk about that big elephant in the room right off the bat. It's quite a bit like Space Hulk. There's been a slew o... |
July 20th, 2010
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 | Most people would agree that the Euro-game movement has done a lot of good things for game design, but there always seemed to be a gap in the realm of simple attack-your-neighbor's-territory games. A cou... |
July 19th, 2010
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 | Oh LARPers...will ya ever stop? The chubby dude on the far left is my favorite, the one standing next to the lunchlady...wait...is that guy in blackface? Is that TWO guys in blackface?
This week it's E... |
July 15th, 2010
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