by Ryan | Nov 4, 2019 | Game, Unboxing
The fine folks at Czech Games Edition were kind enough to send along a copy of Dungeon Petz, which i was all too keen to open. What i found inside… shocked my to my very core. Or, at leastif not to my very core, maybe one or two layers deep. Like, well on the...
by Ryan | Oct 29, 2019 | Game, How to Play
i can’t be sure how many board games started life as pieces of art. (Dixit, perhaps?) With Scythe, artist Jakub Rozalski’s alternate dimension paintings depicting a first World War fought with mechs served as inspiration for the game’s theme, and...
by Ryan | Oct 14, 2019 | Game, How to Play
Bohnanza is a rare beast indeed: a quick-to-play-and-learn card game that looks like it’s for kids, but it isn’t… until it is. Kids can play it, adults can play it, and kids and adults can play it together, and it will still be just as interesting...
by Ryan | Oct 7, 2019 | Game, How to Play
There’s a lot of blah blah blah to get through before you’re fully ready to play Terra Mystica. Lucky for you, Ryan’s got blah blah blah in spades. (click to view transcript) Hi! It’s Ryan from nights Around a Table, and this is Terra Mystica,...
by Ryan | Sep 30, 2019 | Find the Fun, Game
This time out, the Scales of Funstice weigh the great and not-so-great aspects of Race for the Galaxy, a tableau-building card game that many players name as their favourite game of all time. That’s high praise, even for space! What does Ryan think? (click to...
by Ryan | Sep 26, 2019 | 5 Things, Game
i’ve been casting around for a way to cover mass market games like Monopoly in such a way that my existing niche board game audience wouldn’t head for the hills and unsubscribe in droves. i hope i’ve found it in this 5 Things format, where i animate...
