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...
by Ryan | Nov 16, 2020 | Game, Unboxing
i don’t sleeve, i don’t laminate, and i don’t buy inserts. My board game collection is an unholy nightmare of millions of pieces crammed into baggies and stuffed inside boxes. Can this Laserox wood insert freebie insert for Era of Tribes show me the...
by Ryan | Nov 14, 2020 | Game, How to Play
You may have already discovered whether or not i find the venerable farming game Agricola any fun, but how do you actually play it? The game is reasonably simple to teach, and takes less time than i’ve spent here, because i made sure to cover off some variants...
