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...
by Ryan | Dec 11, 2020 | Game, How to Play
Agricola hurts. It is known. But the farming simulator by renowned designer Uwe Rosenberg received a mea culpa follow-up in Caverna: The Cave Farmers, which takes a lot of the same elements as Agricola and leaves off some of the nail-biting tension. Whether or not...
by Ryan | Dec 4, 2020 | Game, Unboxing
The original Caverna didn’t initially get a whole lot of play at my table, but i busted it back out during my recent Uwe Rosenberg kick, after playing Agricola and A Feast for Odin. When i saw the expansion in the store, i grabbed it sight unssen. But even if i...
