
A Tale of Two PAXes
It was the best of times, it was the PAX of times. No no no. Sorry, that was bad. Delete! I suppose such an atrocious

Reflections On The First Part Of 2023 / I’m Back
I knew The Thoughtful Gamer would look different in 2023, as I couldn’t sustain what I was doing last year, but I didn’t think I

Podcast Episode 104: PAX Unplugged 2022
Apologies for the sound quality — Lindsay got a new mic and it… did not work well, to say the least. Anyways, we all went

Oceans: Legends of the Deep Review
Oceans: Legends of the Deep will be on Kickstarter November 1 If there’s any doubt that Oceans is the wilder, freer, more combo-tastic game in

Wind the Film (aka Photograph) Review
Wind the Film, blandly re-named “Photograph” in its English printing, is one of the best card games I’ve played in years. It’s the kind of

Silent Ships Review (w/ bonus: Can’t Touch This)
Silent Ships, from independent designer Jorge Zhang, tries to capture the sneaky mind games of Stratego in a small-box card game. In doing so it,