by Ryan | Feb 10, 2020 | Find the Fun, Game
It would be hard to rope someone into the experience of playing a high medieval estate owner in Bourgogne, France, and convince them they’re in for a fun evening. But is it possible that The Castles of Burgundy has some enjoyment secreted away in its bland,...
by Ryan | Feb 7, 2020 | Game, Unboxing
Rio Grande games sent us a little bundle of family-friendly fare, including Caravan, Butterfly, and The Way of the Bear. This one’s called Queenz, illustrated by the talented Vincent Dutrait. This is the first Ryan-free video on the channel, with queens Cheryl...
by Ryan | Feb 4, 2020 | Game, Unboxing
Yo ho! It be Groundhog Day with pirates. Uh… avast. ….Y… yarr…? (click to view transcript) Hi! It’s Ryan from Nights Around a Table, and i have here a game called Chrono Corsairs, which i’m gonna unbox for you today. i have tons to...
by Ryan | Feb 4, 2020 | Game, How to Play
Not to be confused with Terra Mystica, as my wife Cheryl would have it (“Don’t we already own that game…?”), Terraforming Mars is a near-future hard sci-fi game about making the red planet a cozier place, over several generations of effort by...
by Ryan | Feb 4, 2020 | Game, Unboxing
Lorenzo il Magnifico was illustrated by the inexplicably prolific Klemens Franz, who was also responsible for Agricola and Oh My Goods! and Orléans and seemingly every other board game in the known universe. This one’s published by CMON, who are known for their...
by Ryan | Jan 29, 2020 | Game, Unboxing
Rio Grande Games fronted me a copy of their family-friendly board game Butterfly, where you help Hudson the hedgehog collect insects in the meadow. i’m pretty sure that hedgehogs eat all of the insects in question, but the back of box demurely hand-waves past...
