by Ryan | Jul 4, 2026 | Game, How to Play
Take a bit of pick-up-and-deliver, a bit of set collection, and a little resource management, and roll it up in a cyberpunk aesthetic with robots and cyborgs straight out of a fantasy biker gang, and you’ve got Vestige. Sandbox games can be frustrating for...
by Ryan | Jul 4, 2026 | Game, How to Play
As a die-hard board game fan, your first thought at seeing Flockers (from the publisher behind Feudum and Fled) might be “Hey…. looks like Odin’s Ravens.” That’s certainly what i thought. And while, yes, both games have you racing bird...
by Ryan | May 23, 2025 | Game, How to Play
Don’t have time to commit to a multi-game campaign across 3 acts and a prologue? i don’t blame you! The Battles expansion for Stars of Akarios supplies you with a book of one-shot encounters that you can just choose from at random. Minor rules...
by Ryan | May 23, 2025 | Game, How to Play
The Drones expansion for Stars of Akarios adds a sub-mission between the Prologue and Act I that introduces helper robots. These robots occupy some of the upgrade slots on your player board, in exchange for a variety of abilities to give you advantage in your outer...
by Ryan | May 23, 2025 | Game, How to Play
If you are possessed of the 1) disposable income 2) free time and 3) dedicated friend group required to play a multi-session campaign game the details a series of outer space dogfights, i am well jells. Stars of Akarios has two modes: the aforementioned space spats...
by Ryan | May 23, 2025 | Game, How to Play
Five Crowns is a rummy-style game where the goal is to get rid of all your cards. It adds a suit called “stars” to the usual clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades. You have to get rid of all of your cards in a single go, instead of in batches, by forming...
