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Tag: Deckbuilders
Review – Time of Crisis
(Edit: This is one of my Top 5 Games Played of all Time, as of February 2019 anyway. Check out the other games as well!) Ever since my college toga parties, I’ve wanted to be a Roman emperor. I mean, sure, they had a… Continue Reading “Review – Time of Crisis”
GMT Games Time of Crisis expansion – Made the Cut!
(2/12/19 edit – it’s charged and it’s shipping at the end of the week. Whooooa Nelly! Can’t wait to get my hands on this. The title is Time of Crisis: the Age of Iron and Rust) Fans of this blog (Hi, Bob!) are aware… Continue Reading “GMT Games Time of Crisis expansion – Made the Cut!”
Review: Tyrants of the Underdark
(Edit: This is one of my Top 5 Games Played of all Time, as of February 2019 anyway. Check out the other games as well!) I’ve read a bunch of R.A. Salvatore’s “Drizzt Do’Urden” books set in the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms setting.… Continue Reading “Review: Tyrants of the Underdark”
Review – Valley of the Kings: Last Rites
In Ancient Egypt, the land of the Pharaohs where whoever died and built the best pyramid was seen to be the most dope ruler in all the land, sometimes it wasn’t just what was buried with you that made the difference. Sometimes it was… Continue Reading “Review – Valley of the Kings: Last Rites”
A Sequel to A Study in Emerald – the Game?
“Perfect timing” is something that we say a lot but sometimes it just fits. A couple of months ago, I bought a bunch of games, including one that a friend of mine had been wanting to try for a while. It looked truly interesting,… Continue Reading “A Sequel to A Study in Emerald – the Game?”
Paperback Game App Gets Online Play
Paperback is a wonderful combination of word game and deck-building card game where you are trying to form words from the letter cards in your hands. The letters have money value when you play them, and you use that money to buy more letter… Continue Reading “Paperback Game App Gets Online Play”
Review: Valley of the Kings – Afterlife
I didn’t realize this until just now, but I seem to have a thing for Ancient Egypt. Nothing too untoward, don’t get me wrong. But with my love of the (soon to be reviewed) Imhotep and for Favor of the Pharaoh, and now this… Continue Reading “Review: Valley of the Kings – Afterlife”
The Fantastic Four returns to Marvel Legendary!
I’m a big Marvel Legendary fan. Between enjoying the Marvel comics of my youth and then some awesome deck-building action, I’ve bought all of the expansions until the last one (I’m running out of room!) and it just feels so cool. One of the… Continue Reading “The Fantastic Four returns to Marvel Legendary!”
Star Realms App Update – Colony Wars
One of the best card game implementations for digital boardgames has to be the Star Realms app. This 2-player card game has you trying to reduce your opponent to zero Authority (sort of like a teenager does to his parents) meanwhile buying more ships… Continue Reading “Star Realms App Update – Colony Wars”
New to Me – April 2017
It was another great month for “new to me” games in April. I played a total of six new ones, and not a bad one in the bunch. I always enjoy playing new games, but I’m not in the “Cult of the New,” as… Continue Reading “New to Me – April 2017”
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