Word Domination: A game that leverages the mechanics of a word game into an area control game about being a nefarious mastermind stealing the various landmarks of the world.
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Ceylon
Ceylon is a game about tea. This is shocking, I know. It is a game where two to four players spend about an hour building tea plantations, collecting tea, and fulfilling contracts. A game where players will spend the first five minutes creating the board upon which they will play.
“The Winter Line” Westworld Season 3 Episode 2
Maeve is back in action with the help of an old friend while Bernard attempts to rescue her.
“Parce Domine” Westworld Season 3 Episode 1
Westworld kicks off the season with an introduction to Aaron Paul’s new character and the world outside the park…among other things
PARKS: The Board Game @ GenCon
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…
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…
“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.