by Ryan | Jan 13, 2020 | Game, Unboxing
A busload of 5000 settlers is due on Kaimas-2, and your corporation’s gone there ahead of time to prepare the way. But your lander’s crashed, killing most of the people on board. You’re left with a skeleton crew of survivors to make a go of it....
by Ryan | Jan 9, 2020 | Game, How to Play
By viewer request, i produced this How to Play Oh My Goods! video. i surprised even myself that the game, designed by Alexander Pfister of Great Western Trail fame, took a full 22 minutes to teach, despite only taking an hour to play… something i didn’t...
by Ryan | Jan 9, 2020 | Game, How to Play
One of my viewers on YouTube suggested i make a How to Play video for the German-born card game Oh My Goods! by Alexander Pfister, which has long been on my board game wish list. So i pulled the trigger and gave it a shot. Here’s a chatty unboxing where i...
by Ryan | Dec 16, 2019 | Game, How to Play
If i were trapped at a family or social gathering with people who aren’t into board games, and i had to choose one game to introduce to them, it would be Century: Spice Road. But a close runner-up would be Splendor, a little set-collecting puzzle where...
by Ryan | Dec 4, 2019 | Game, How to Play
A light party game that i’ve often busted out at literal parties, the appeal of Codenames is that it’s extremely easy to teach, learn, and play. Within moments, you and your friends will be up and running, and going insane trying to give or interpret...
by Ryan | Nov 30, 2019 | Game, Unboxing
Rio Grande threw a few more games my way. One of them was Caravan which, at furst blush, reminded me of (what’s that game again?)… oh, yeah – Tsuro. But the big, chunky grid is where the similarities stop. i also invoke The Voyages of Marco Polo for...
