Enchanting, picturesque, and calming: PARKS by Keymaster Games is a board game with a feel much like that of Tokaido but with a North American setting and artwork. The game at a glance: 1-5 Player Game 45min+ depending on number…
Year: 2019
Intro to Skirmish Games: Lion Rampant
One of the advantages of being a wargamer (or any kind of gamer, really) today is the veritable smorgasbord of choices available to a player. It seems like, reading Wargames Illustrated, that a new rule set comes out every month.…
Solenia: Tidally Locked Trading
Journey across the sea of skies, traverse the light and dark, and make your fortune as best you are able. Solenia is a resource management game that takes place on a tidally locked planet, where one side is cast in…
Build Your Realm in Era of Kingdoms: Review
During a frenzy of backing Kickstarters, I came across Era of Kingdoms (not just on Kickstarter now, see their website), a game that appealed to me initially based on aesthetics alone. It has a layout that reminded me of early…
Convention Preview: Creation’s Star Trek Las Vegas 2019
This summer has already been jammed packed with news and events from conventions, but the con season isn’t over yet. Next up on the docket for the crew at Nerd Union is Creation Entertainment’s Star Trek Las Vegas, the official…
“Smashing Toys Together” Godzilla: King of the Monsters review
Or smashing together poorly-written, midnight deadline college papers, hoping for a A from the general movie-going public.
“It’s Finally Over” X-Men: Dark Phoenix review
For the second time in our lifetimes, we’ve seen Jean Grey and the Phoenix / Dark Phoenix sagas just utterly shat on.
Upcoming Mass Battle Sci-fi Wargame Polyversal
Polyversal is a sci-fi mass combat game in the 6mm-15mm scale designed by Ken Whitehurst and published by Collins Epic Wargames . I’ve been playing 28mm wargames since I first picked up a box of Lord of the Rings miniatures…
Impression: The Drowned Earth Miniatures Game
On my way to watch a friend in the Kings of War tournament at Adepticon 2019, I couldn’t help but notice one of the most eye-catching display pieces at the convention. The board belonged to Shawn, a Chicagoan who is…
RWBY: Combat Ready Cooperative Board Game
RWBY: Combat Ready is a cooperative tabletop game that combines elements of loose deckbuilding and combat. It is based off the RWBY franchise by Rooster Teeth (still running). Being a fan of RWBY the show, when I saw RWBY the…