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You know what might be a piece of news that none of you know? That’s right, the Valley of the Kings Premium Edition Kickstarter is now live! It’s not like I posted about it…much. Anyway, in honour of this great series of games coming… Continue Reading “Q & A – Tom Cleaver (Valley of the Kings)”
For those of you who are interested in the Premium Edition of Valley of the Kings (and judging by my visit log, many of you are), the Kickstarter for it is now live! Yes, this huge edition contains all three Valley of the Kings… Continue Reading “Premium Edition of Valley of the Kings on Kickstarter Now”
Hey! I see you over there, enjoying your Friday and knowing that the weekend is just around the corner. How about I add a bit of horror to your celebratory Friday? No, not an 8 x 10 picture of me. I’m not that mean… Continue Reading “Abomination: the Heir of Frankenstein Coming from Plaid Hat Games”
One of the popular games in the last couple of years has been Lorenzo Il Magnifico, a game about, well, an Italian guy named Lorenzo in Renaissance Italy. (Amazing how that works). The game, designed by Flaminia Brasini, Virginio Gigli, and Simone Luciani, came… Continue Reading “Lorenzo Il Magnifico Digital on Kickstarter Now”
(Edit: This is one of my Top 25 Games Played of all Time, as of February 2019 anyway. Check out the other games as well!) When I watch science fiction films, with spaceships dashing hither and yon (I think yon is about 100 parsecs… Continue Reading “Review – Space Base”
There I was, getting myself set up to write a review to post today. First thing I did, as most people do, was check my email (ok, most check Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, but I’m a Luddite). Lo and behold, what did I find… Continue Reading “Playdek Bringing Fort Sumter to Digital Soon”
Hey, everybody. It’s your humble reporter here, with more news about the upcoming Kickstarter of the Valley of the Kings: Premium Edition game which will launch April 2. The games included, designed by Tom Cleaver with artwork by Banu Andaru and Matt Paquette, are… Continue Reading “More Valley of the Kings – Premium Edition News”
The early 1960s were a different time. The chaos in American society over the war in Vietnam hadn’t really started yet. Protests and radicalism weren’t prominent like they became later in the decade. The Cold War, however, was definitely a thing and it was… Continue Reading “Review – 13 Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis”