by Ryan | Dec 31, 2018 | Game, How to Play
The extremely dull-looking board game Keyflower is actually an interesting and dynamic worker placement/auction hybrid that’s worth overlooking its conservative aesthetic. Here’s how to play: (click to view transcript) Hi! It’s Ryan from Nights...
by Ryan | Dec 20, 2018 | Game, Unboxing
It’s tough to tell what the gameplan is for the Legends of Luma series, a set of six games that I keep spotting in the bargain bin. After unboxing the first game, Oh Captain!, i wasn’t sure the series would see its second… but here it is, at an even...
by Ryan | Dec 17, 2018 | Game, Unboxing
In case you thought Trickerion: Legends of Illusion was too light and airy on its own, there is a small expansion called Dahlgaard’s Gifts that adds a bunch of text-heavy cards and a new super-power mechanic, along with some improved components and a 2-player...
by Ryan | Dec 10, 2018 | Game, How to Play
Everdell continues the trend that Photosynthesis started of having big cardboard trees on the game table. That’s where the similarities end, though, as you’ll see from this How to Play video: (click to view transcript) Hi! It’s Ryan from Nights...
by Ryan | Dec 4, 2018 | Game, Unboxing
It’s not often that i wander into the board game store and pick out something at random. But that was the case with OTYS, a French-designed game about diving for scrap in a post-apocalyptic water world. Watch the video, and discover along with me what’s...
by Ryan | Nov 26, 2018 | Game, How to Play
The “Dungeons & Dragons” subheading on the Lords of Waterdeep game box is polarizing: you either love D&D and are jazzed to see anything under that moniker, or you feel that D&D is a strictly nerds-only brand that’s nestled a bit too...
