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App Review – Talisman: Origins – The Legend of Pandora’s Box
Fresh off of my review of Talisman: Origins, the solo Talisman game for Steam and mobile devices, let’s talk about the latest expansion for it (discussion of the previous expansion, Beyond the Veil, will be coming later). As with the base game, Talisman: Origins – The Legend of… Continue Reading “App Review – Talisman: Origins – The Legend of Pandora’s Box”
App Review – Talisman: Origins
Talisman has a reputation for being a long-ass game that starts to outstay its welcome on the table. That being said, it does have tons of fans and a bunch of expansions have been released for it, so somebody must like it. I’ve never… Continue Reading “App Review – Talisman: Origins”
Mystic Vale App Gets Stormy With Mana Storm Expansion
Previously on this blog, you may remember that I have mentioned Nomad Games‘ app version of the classic John D. Clair card-crafting title Mystic Vale. The tabletop game is published by Alderac Entertainment Group. I sung its praises as a great app, polished and well-done… Continue Reading “Mystic Vale App Gets Stormy With Mana Storm Expansion”
Big News from Dire Wolf Digital Games – Trailers!
There’s just too much to put into a headline! Previously, Dire Wolf Digital had announced a number of games that they would be putting into digital form over the next year or so. The first of those games was just released on July 30.… Continue Reading “Big News from Dire Wolf Digital Games – Trailers!”
Kennerspiel Winner Wingspan Taking Flight in Digital Form
It’s just day after day after day after day of great news coming out this month. Today’s monthly email from Jamey Stegmaier at Stonemaier Games contained another great announcement, hot on the heals of the Viticulture one. In what almost seemed like an aside,… Continue Reading “Kennerspiel Winner Wingspan Taking Flight in Digital Form”
Viticulture Coming to Digital via Digidiced!
Wow, it’s a busy week for digital boardgame news! First Through the Ages, and now Viticulture news! Yes, Digidiced (developers of many great digital apps such as Castles of Burgundy, Patchwork, etc) have announced that they are doing the digital adaptation of the Stonemaier… Continue Reading “Viticulture Coming to Digital via Digidiced!”
Ascension: Delerium arrives on the App!
The first day back at work after a month off is always going to be hard. I wouldn’t know normally because I’ve never done it until this month. While it wasn’t too hard to get back into the swing of things, it was kind… Continue Reading “Ascension: Delerium arrives on the App!”
Raiders of the North Sea digital releases July 30!
The July vacation continues (what, you didn’t think I was avoiding posting for some other reason, did you?), but I couldn’t let this one pass when I heard about it. Raiders of the North Sea is one of my favourite games of all time,… Continue Reading “Raiders of the North Sea digital releases July 30!”
Fluxx Returning to Mobile Platforms July 18
When I first bought an iPhone way back in the day (maybe it was 6 or even 30 years ago?), one of the first boardgame apps I saw and downloaded was the Looney Labs insane card game Fluxx. I know Fluxx gets a bad rap, and… Continue Reading “Fluxx Returning to Mobile Platforms July 18”
Terraforming Mars is in mobile beta – and it’s decent!
(Edit – 12/5/19) – The mobile app has finally been released! Take a look at my post to see why I’m not going to be buying it. Original post still below. Something I’m way behind on is telling you that the Terraforming Mars app… Continue Reading “Terraforming Mars is in mobile beta – and it’s decent!”