Marc’s Top 100 Games 2018 Edition: 20-1
At long last we’ve reached the conclusion of the 2018 countdown. Marc, Matt, and Orion talk about the best of the best. The cream of the crop. The best games ever made! Seriously, these games are incredible and I get … Continued
Supertall First Impression
The Supertall Kickstarter is online until 6/30 Straight off their rousing success with Sprawlopolis, a genuinely great cooperative puzzle game, Button Shy is now kickstarting Supertall, a game of strategically building up skyscrapers and card manipulation. Like all of their … Continued
Anatomy Of A Deck: Sunny v1.0
The news that Netrunner is going to be cancelled was kind of a blow to me. Fantasy Flight had just released the new core set. We were getting a new deluxe expansion, and the Kitara cycle had resulted in the … Continued
Podcast Episode 33: A Conversation With Eric Reuss
Marc, Orion, and Matt sit down with Eric Reuss, designer of Spirit Island. This is one of our longest podcasts ever, but it might be our best ever. Eric was a delightful conversationalist, and we learned so much about the … Continued
Kickstarter Curmudgeon: June
The Kickstarter culture in board gaming has always felt a bit odd to me. I don’t avoid it completely. I’ve backed a couple of Red Raven games and the 2nd printing of Gloomhaven. But I’m not one of those people … Continued
Discussion With David Libby, Designer Of Anxiety
I had the pleasure of sitting down (digitally) with David Libby, designer of the solo card game Anxiety to talk about the game design and his personal struggle with anxiety. This is the first time I’ve done a written interview for … Continued
Marc’s Top 100 Games 2018 Edition: 40-21
Marc’s fighting off a cold but that won’t stop him! Orion and Matt join to count down some truly excellent games and fail to stay on topic. You know how it is. SPOILERS BELOW . . . . . . … Continued
Anxiety Review
Anxiety? It sucks. 0/10. Do not recommend. Oh, wait, I’m reviewing the game called Anxiety here. That’s a different story. I first heard of this game from a thread on r/boardgames where the designer, David Libby, talked about how he … Continued
Gloomhaven And The Skinner Box
As I mentioned in my first impression, Gloomhaven is remarkable not necessarily because it’s particularly innovative, but because it seems to do everything it wants to do better and more correctly than any other game in the genre. The cardplay … Continued
Podcast Episode 32: A Conversation With Trey Chambers
Marc, Matt, and Orion are joined by Trey Chambers, designer of Argent: The Consortium, Harvest, and Empyreal: Spells and Steam (now on kickstarter!). We hit all of the important topics: whether dogs or cats are better podcast mascots, dreams about … Continued