I arbitrarily set a deadline for declaring the best games of 2018, and now is that time. I haven’t played all of the games from last year that I wanted to, but I did play a good number, and these … Continued
Matryoshka is available on Kickstarter right now! I sit down with Cassie and Dan to talk about Matryoshka, a trading and bluffing card game about those Russian nesting dolls I didn’t know the name of until I heard about this game. … Continued
We’re back talking about books! After navigating schedules, we’ve finally managed to reconvene to talk about the third and final installment of the Three Body Problem series: Death’s End. The scope of this book is truly immense, even as the … Continued
G2S is a great weekend of gaming for those in the New England area. Marc and Orion attended this year and we’re here to tell you all about it. We’ve got ugly games, beautiful games, and aesthetically controversial games. Also, … Continued
We played a whole bunch of new games at PAX East and you’re going to hear about them! Marc, Matt, and a SECOND Marc bring you the lowdown on every single one of them. This is a mega episode with … Continued
Orion and Marc talk about some of the 2 player games they’ve been playing recently. There’s a good mix of popular and obscure, good and bad here. What makes a great 2 player experience, and what are some of the … Continued
Who could have guessed that birds would be an exciting part of early 2019 among gamers? Elizabeth Hargrave might have been able to predict it, as her new game Wingspan, published by Stonemaier, is both mechanically interesting and lavished with … Continued
We’ve been playing abstract games all month and we’re here to tell you about it! Marc, Matt, and Orion go in depth about five different abstract games, both classic and new. We’ve all fallen in love with Go, and Tak … Continued
Marc, Orion, and Matt continue their discussion of this incredible sci-fi trilogy. This time they’re talking about the 2nd book, which is probably the most divisive but also the most tightly constructed. As always, major SPOILER WARNING! We’re spoiling it … Continued
Marc talks with Peter McPherson, designer of the upcoming Tiny Towns from AEG. What was it like working with a publisher for the first time, what was the design process for this family-weight construction euro, and what can we expect … Continued