Kickstarter Curmudgeon: August
We’re in the dog days of August, and I guess that seasonal malaise affects board game marketing, because there were a surprising absence of interesting Kickstarter campaigns going on when I checked earlier today. But I dredged the depths and … Continued
Podcast Episode 37: VlaadaCast!
How’d we get through 36 episodes without doing a deep-dive into the oeuvre of our favorite designer? This oversight has now been fixed, as Marc and Matt talk about every single game Vlaada Chvatil has ever made. 5:20 – Arena: … Continued
Castles of Burgundy: The Dice Game Review
How did the roll and write genre get so popular all of a sudden? Yahtzee is an okay game, but I don’t remember any roll and writes beyond that until the past couple of years where now everyone and their … Continued
What I’ve Been Up To
Hello, all! I realize it’s been a little while since I last posted anything here (10 days by my count–yikes!), so I wanted to make sure you all know that I’m still around. Some of you may know that I … Continued
Desk-side Talks With Marc #14: Gen Con, Or Can’t
Just some meandering thoughts about the Gen Con announcements I’ve heard about so far, and a couple other things. Happy Gen Con! Or GenCan’t. 0:41 – Button Shy Design Winners 1:33 – Ganz Schon Clever Online 4:34 – Gloomhaven Online … Continued
Burning Rome First Impression
Burning Rome is a game I’ve had a very difficult time contextualizing. It comes in this saturated blood-red box with the subtitle “Rome’s Nightmare”. The cards have attractive, but realistic depictions of Roman, Carthaginian, Celtic, and Gaelic soldiers on them. … Continued
Podcast Episode 36: Ameritrash
Marc, Orion, and Bubba talk about that most peculiarly-named genre of game: Ameritrash. We talk dice rolling, card pulling, combat-focsed narrative games. What makes some of them some of our favorite games of all time, and what makes others frustrating to … Continued
Carthage Review
Did you know that there’s a segment of the Gladiator film score that Hans Zimmer apparently turned into the main theme for Pirates of the Caribbean? I know this because we decided to put on the Gladiator film score to … Continued
Kickstarter Curmudgeon: July
Oh how time flies! It seems like only last week that I was grouching at a host of Kickstarter campaigns, though to be honest a number of them looked like they could be pretty good games. Still, by and large … Continued
Uncertainty In Games Book Review Certainly Good
Uncertainty is a terrifying nightmare from which there is no escape. Many people are still uncertain every day of where their food will come from. What happens if the crops don’t grow? Will the bomb drop? Will the government ruin … Continued