Small World
Designer: Philippe Keyaerts Publisher: Days of Wonder Readers are advised that this review is based on the “Cosmic Poker” criteria, which appear elsewhere in this blog. I will put in green the...
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Designer: Donald X. Vaccarino Publisher: Rio Grande Games Readers are advised that this review is based on the “Cosmic Poker” criteria, which appear elsewhere in this blog. I will put in green the...
View ArticleGame Glimpse #1: 7 Wonders
Welcome to the first of many Game Glimspes! In this new featurette, Richard will spend a few minutes discussing a single game that he is playing with his friends and family. The basics of gameplay and...
View ArticleGame Glimpse #2: Dixit
In Dixit, each player takes a turn as a storyteller. On a given player’s turn, he or she selects a picture card from his or her hand. Then, that player says aloud a sentence or a word connected to his...
View ArticleGame Glimpse #3: Word On The Street
The Hilarious Tug of Words! On each turn, one team flips over a category card. Team members frantically brainstorm words that fit the category while the opposition tries to sidetrack them. The team...
View ArticleGame Glimpse #4: Dice Town
Welcome to Dice Town, the city of luck and prosperity! Here, we admire the Brave and Love Winners; especially those willing to bet their future on a dice roll! Opportunities are everywhere in our proud...
View ArticleGame Glimpse #5: Magical Athlete
It is the annual athletic festival in a fantasy world. The most popular event in this festival is the team foot race, with fantasy and mythological creatures participating in this race, such as the...
View ArticleGame Glimpse #6: Craits
Craits (sometimes spelled Crates or Creights) is a card game played by anywhere between two and five players. It was invented in the 1970s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is derived from Crazy Eights;...
View ArticleGame Glimpse #7: Innovation
This new game by Carl Chudyk is a journey through innovations from the stone age through modern times. Each player builds a civilization based on various technologies, ideas, and cultural advancements,...
View ArticleGame Glimpse #8: Crokinole
Crokinole is an action board game similar in various ways to pitchnut, carrom, marbles, and shove ha’penny, with elements of shuffleboard and curling reduced to table-top size. Players take turns...
View ArticleGame Glimpse #9: Catacombs
Catacombs is an action/dexterity based adventure board game. One player controls the Overseer, controlling the monsters of the catacombs. The other player(s) control the four heroes who cooperatively...
View ArticleGame Glimpse #10: Shadow Hunters
Identify! You are a Shadow, a creature of the night, or a Hunter, a human whose job is to destroy supernatural creatures, or a civilian, a normal human just caught in the middle of this ancient battle....
View ArticleGame Glimpse #11: Classic Game 1
In the first of a series of Classic Game Reviews, Richard challenges himself and his audience by tackling one of his personal favorite games. Although it’s no secret of this game’s profound effect on...
View ArticleGame Glimpse #12: ESWOTBWDAMS
Richard is back from a long hiatus with a look at Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards: Duel at Mt. Skullzfyre. This game is published by Cryptozoic Entertainment and designed by Rob Heinsoo. LINKS:...
View ArticleGame Glimpse #13: Flash Point
07.05.12-Richard takes a look at Flash Point: a fully cooperative game where everyone plays on the same firefighting team – and win or lose together. Players can ride the ambulance to safety or fire...
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