by Ryan | Dec 14, 2020 | Game, The Deal
When some players found his earlier farming game Agricola too unforgiving, board game designer Uwe Rosenberg threw them a bone with this kinder, gentler farming game about dwarfs, which adds mining, along with animals that have different abilities (including dogs!)....
by Ryan | Dec 14, 2020 | Game, The Deal
Famed designer Uwe Rosenberg turns from farming in his earlier games Agricola and Caverna: The Cave Farmers to more thematically engaging fare in A Feast for Odin, in which you play Vikings striving to expand their little villages and conquer the world. Watch this...
by Ryan | Dec 14, 2020 | Game, The Deal
Agricola is one of the most challenging board games i’ve ever played. Here’s a quick glance at what it entails. For a more in-depth view, watch my How to Play Agricola video. (click to view transcript) Hi! It’s Ryan from Nights Around a Table, and this is...
by Ryan | Dec 14, 2020 | Game, The Deal
The venerable board game juggernaut Catan (formerly The Settlers of Catan) has enjoyed many expansions and spin-offs over the years, but Cities & Knights, the second expansion after Seafarers, turned it into a whole new game. Here’s a brief glimpse of...
by Ryan | Dec 14, 2020 | Game, The Deal
It swept the BoardGameGeek Golden Geek awards, even in categories where people said it shouldn’t compete (including the “Games That Aren’t Explicitly About Birds” category). What kind of game can pull that off? Dig this quick synopsis of the...
by Ryan | Dec 14, 2020 | Game, The Deal
It swept the BoardGameGeek Golden Geek awards, even in categories where people said it shouldn’t compete (including the “Games That Aren’t Explicitly About Birds” category). What kind of game can pull that off? Dig this quick synopsis of the...
