by Ryan | Sep 2, 2023 | Game, How to Play
You may be familiar with roll n’ write/flip n’ write games like Welcome To…, but Hadrian’s Wall turns things up to 11 by sprawling over two huge sheets simulating Roman society, and your general efforts to manage a milecastle on the...
by Ryan | Feb 28, 2023 | Game, How to Play
Designed by someone right here in Canadaland, An Age Contrived contains some of the most surprising components i’ve ever encountered: 3D magnetic sculptures that stick to metal frames poking up through the board, and spring-loaded metal player boards that make...
by Ryan | Feb 17, 2023 | Game, How to Play
From designer John D. Clair of Dead Reckoning and Mystic Vale fame comes Rolling Heights, a deck-building game where the cards are replaced with meeples, which you roll like dice (a la Pass the Pigs), in order to build skyscrapers on a competitive map. (click to view...
by Ryan | Jan 21, 2023 | Game, Unboxing
You know it’s gonna be a good day when you’ve got CGE games to open. Here are two new titles from one of my favourite publishers – the Star Trek-esque Starship Captains, and the hidden role trading game Deal with the Devil. Get Your Own Copy of...
by Ryan | Jan 17, 2023 | Game, Playthru
There’s just no ignoring that title, is there? Psychic Pizza Deliverers Go to the Ghost Town was on my list of games to check out at GenCON 2022. i went to the show, and had a chance to play a friend’s copy while i was there. i thought it would make a...
by Ryan | Jan 16, 2023 | Game, Playthru
Some board games sit on my shelf for a very long time, before finally seeing a splinter of sunshine… or, in this case, a shard of darkness. It’s hard to entice people to play a board game with the promise of feeling afraid and stressed out while we play....
