by Ryan | Apr 3, 2021 | Game, The Deal
Here’s a quick summary of Crown of Emara excerpted from my How to Play video: (click to view transcript) Hi! It’s Ryan from Nights Around a Table, and this is Crown of Emara, a 2-ring circus of a rondel game for 1-4 players. Let me show you how to play! The...
by Ryan | Apr 3, 2021 | Game, Setup
Here’s how to set up Underwater Cities. (click to view transcript) Hi! It’s Ryan from Nights Around a Table. Here’s how to set up Underwater Cities. To set up the game, put the main board in the middle of the table, on the 1-2 player side or the 3-4 player...
by Ryan | Apr 3, 2021 | Game, The Deal
Here’s The Deal with Underwater Cities. (click to view transcript) Hi! It’s Ryan from Nights Around a Table, and this is Underwater Cities, a route- and engine-building worker placement game for 1-4 players. Here’s The Deal. Planet earth topside is...
by Ryan | Mar 26, 2021 | Find the Fun, Game
My original edition of the much lauded Power Grid has been sitting on my board game shelf for over ten years, unplayed and collecting dust. What did it do to deserve such a fate? i cracked it open and gave it another whirl to see if i had really given the game a fair...
by Ryan | Mar 5, 2021 | Game, How to Play
Crown of Emara is a double rondel game with very few rules, but a surprisingly huge decision space. (click to view transcript) Hi! It’s Ryan from Nights Around a Table, and this is Crown of Emara, a 2-ring circus of a rondel game for 1-4 players. Let me show you how...
by Ryan | Feb 19, 2021 | Game, Unboxing
Publisher Pegasus Spiele was kind enough to send along a copy of their Crown of Emara board game, which enticed me with its lovely artwork and quadrants that puzzle piece together. Here’s a typically rambling unboxing with the added weirdness of being...