Nucleum? Nearly Killed’ Em!

Nucleum? Nearly Killed’ Em!

When it comes to giving me board games, Santa’s no slouch. He just seems more optimistic than i am about how much time i have to sit down and enjoy myself. My copy of On Mars: Alien Invasion that i received two Christmases ago is still in shrink, and the...
How i spent your Patreon money in 2022

How i spent your Patreon money in 2022

AFFILIATE LINKS AHOY! What follows is an accounting of the gear, costumes, craft supplies, board games, and snacks that i purchased for the channel this past year. If you’d like to buy anything from this list, click any of the images to shop at Amazon. If you...
How to fix Great Western Trail

How to fix Great Western Trail

Great Western Trail has a pacing problem. The board game developed by Austrian designer Alexander Pfister found an audience, some of whom claim it’s his best work, despite its objectively terrible cover. It came under fire for its inclusion of indigenous North...
Astra (Star-)Charts a New Direction for Mindclash

Astra (Star-)Charts a New Direction for Mindclash

For the past few weeks, i’ve been holding in a juicy secret like a youth group kid with a mouth full of marshmallows trying to say “chubby bunny.” i was approached by Mindclash Games to produce a How to Play video for their latest game, news of which...
500 Miles to Gen Con

500 Miles to Gen Con

When i returned from my first trip to Gen Con, i made no secret of the fact that it was a difficult, busy week in some of the craziest humidity and urban sprawl i’ve ever experienced. But a picture’s worth 1000 words, so here’s a thousand pictures...
5 First Impressions from Baby’s First Gen Con

5 First Impressions from Baby’s First Gen Con

i attended Gen Con, a gigantic board gaming convention in Indianapolis, for the first time this past week. Did i shoot any video? Of course i did. But it’ll take me a while to edit something together, and i wanted to capture my thoughts in inexpensive text,...