by Ryan | Aug 5, 2019 | Game, Unboxing
When it comes to buying board games, i’m an art snob. It’s true. And while i loved the concept of Last Will, the illustration on the cover was a little too odd and – dare i say it? – Klemens Franz-y for me to take the plunge. Now, CGE has sent...
by Ryan | Jul 29, 2019 | Game, How to Play
The team at Genius Games is carving a niche out of quasi-educational board games, and Periodic is their latest offering. i say “quasi” not because the game’s not educational, but because it’s not capital-E educational. Whereas attempts at...
by Ryan | Jul 25, 2019 | Game, Unboxing
The “story” of War Chest – such as it is, and for an abstract game at that – which i glibly gloss over during the unboxing video, is that the game was created for a young prince to to train him in battle tactics. Kinda neat. Knowing nothing...
by Ryan | Jul 25, 2019 | Game, The Deal
Here’s The Deal with The Voyages of Marco Polo, a dice-rolling worker placement game. If you want to know more about how the game is played, watch our How to Play The Voyages of Marco Polo video. (click to view transcript) Hi! It’s Ryan from Nights Around a...
by Ryan | Jul 25, 2019 | Game, Setup
Here’s a quick setup guide for The Voyages of Marco Polo. If you need a rules refresher, watch our How to Play The Voyages of Marco Polo video. (click to view transcript) HI! It’s Ryan from Nights Around a Table. Here’s how you set up The Voyages of...
by Ryan | Jul 25, 2019 | Game, How to Play
Roll dice, place workers. Plenty of other board games do it, but the added twist that The Voyages of Marco Polo brings is a cast of game-breaking characters that majorly break one of the rules of the game. But if everyone cheats, no one does… right? (click to...
