A Gaming Life
Over the last couple of days, my traffic log is telling me that a lot of you are looking for more information on Terraforming Mars: Turmoil and its imminent arrival on Kickstarter. Well, you came to the right place! Today I have seen two… Continue Reading “More Terraforming Mars: Turmoil Information Released”
What other game other than Smash Up would allow you to see what would happen if such varied things such as Cowboys, Monsters, and Teddy Bears got into a big fight? I think that’s one of the things I love about the game, even… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Smash Up: Oops, You Did It Again”
(Edit – 12/20/19: For those finding this post some other way, the review is up!) Long-time followers of this blog know how big a fan of Smash Up I am. I’ve done tons of reviews for expansions (ok, three, but tons sounds better, doesn’t… Continue Reading “Smash Up: International Incident Coming March 22!”
I’m back! It’s been a long month at Dude Central, and thank you everyone for the good wishes, the patience, and the condolences. December was a pretty bad month in general, with me generally not being in the mood to play games (or write… Continue Reading “New to Me – December 2018”
Another day, another Smash Up expansion. This is becoming almost a weekly thing! Or maybe it just seems that way. Anyway, with my latest expansion acquisition (not the latest expansion period, since I am nothing if not eclectic (Editor: You mean random, right?) in… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Smash Up: What Were We Thinking?”
If I keep on getting and reviewing Smash Up expansions, I’m going to have to come up with some creative openings that don’t all sound the same. Maybe make up some meta joke that will carry throughout the reviews? Not sure on that one.… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Smash Up: Cease and Desist”
(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!”
As I’ve stated a few times before, Smash Up and I have a bit of a checked history. I actually almost traded it away because I found it fiddly and didn’t really care for it. Then I played it again and something just clicked.… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Smash Up: Science Fiction Double Feature”
One of the knocks against Jamey Stegmaier’s wine-making opus game, Viticulture, has been the fact that you could potentially win the game without making any wine at all. Earlier, Jamey had teased the fact that a new expansion would be coming out sometime soon.… Continue Reading “Stonemaier Games Announces Viticulture Rhine Visitors”
(Edit – 12/20/19: For those of you finding this article in some other way, the review is up!) Smash Up is a game with a special place in my heart, mainly because it had to earn its way there. When I first played it,… Continue Reading “Smash Up Goes to the 70s”