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...
by Ryan | Nov 24, 2018 | Game, Unboxing
Being a fan of Race for the Galaxy, its partner game “Roll” always struck me as a cynical cash-grab. Someone at a board game conference changed my mind, and convinced me to pick up a copy. Here’s what was inside the box: Get Your Own Copy of Roll for...
by Ryan | Nov 19, 2018 | Game, How to Play
When i wanted to play Trickerion: Legends of Illusion with friends at a board game conference, it took me a solid 45 minutes to explain the game! Since then, i have wanted to make a How to Play video to get that time down. 28 minutes was the best i could do, but there...
by Ryan | Oct 24, 2018 | Game, How to Play
Puerto Rico is a role-taking colonization board game set in San Juan Bautista (now Puerto Rico) in the 16th century. The game is a little disingenuous about its brown “colonist” tokens. Watch Ryan tackle the issue delicately in this instructional video:...
by Ryan | Jul 16, 2018 | Game, Unboxing
Mansions of Madness Second Edition is an H.P. Lovecraft-inspired horror adventure board game in a gigantic box. Watch Ryan open that very box: Get Your Own Copy of Mansions of Madness Second Edition There are a great many tabletop games that involve moving miniatures...