There are two types of people in the world, those who love birds and those who don’t. Wingspan has somehow managed to snuggle its way into the hearts of both groups. With its immense popularity, Wingspan has earned a well-deserved reputation as a solid and enjoyable game, and that’s for good reason. It’s really just …
According to BoardGameGeek 97.1% of people don’t recommend Sleeping Gods for more than four people. But I am here to tell those people… that… that they may not be entirely right, because I have played it as five players, and it actually works quite well. The main reason why I believe that Sleeping Gods still …
Aeon Trespass: Odyssey is fantastic. And with the upcoming Aeon Trespass: Twelve Sins of Herakles just around the corner (if that corner happens to be about two years long), it looks like this is a Greek post-apocalyptic universe that’s here to stay. But the stand-alone-game-but-also-at-least-partly-an-expansion that is Aeon Trespass: Twelve Sins of Herakles (often shortened …
Whenever you (or anyone else for that matter) play any sort of war strategy board game, there is one question that will inevitably come up. “Who wins ties in this combat?” And it’s a good question because it isn’t always obvious. The way that I see it, there’s really only two answers to that question, …
Hold on to your hats, cats, and bats, because it’s time for yet another monthly update! Game Amount My City 6 Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition 4 Sleeping Gods 2 Spirit Island 1 Gloomhaven 1 Cascadia 1 My City My girlfriend and I started playing My City this month. So far, we’ve played the first two …
This Month I Played: Sleeping Gods, Spirit Island, Gloomhaven and more… – September 2021 Read More »
Do you see the foxes, cunning, running around? Or the salmon, swimming, not making a sound? Ducking, diving, avoiding the bears that are all nestled up in their own little lairs? Follow the river! See how it leads through forests to deliver mountains of deeds! I am not even going to try to bury the …
I have decided to start a new monthly post on this blog where I write a little about what games I’ve been playing for the past month. I already keep track of all of this in the wonderful app Board Game Stats and so I thought that maybe some of you would be interested to …
This Month I Played: The Crew, Cascadia, Sleeping Gods, and more… – August 2021 Read More »
While we eagerly await the arrival of Frosthaven, it seems like a good time to go over all the things that are new in Frosthaven compared to Gloomhaven. This post is for those of you who don’t want to sort through more than 85 updates on Kickstarter as well as the Kickstarter page itself. I …
So Z-Man Games just announced a collaboration with Blizzard on making a World of Warcraft board game using the Pandemic System. Although current information about the game is sparse, we do have a 50 second trailer to scan for details. And there are a lot of details to be found. Minis First of all, the …
Pandemic: World of Warcraft – What We Know So Far Read More »
I wanted to spice up my version of Sleeping Gods and I did so by introducing dice. The way the fate mechanic currently works is that you decide which (if any) crew members you want to help you with the current task. Then, you flip over a card from the fate deck and add the …
