First Look — Trickerion: Arcane Arts

First Look — Trickerion: Arcane Arts

Trickerion. It’s a game i keep going back to, whether to teach its big expansion Dahlgaard’s Acadenmy, one of its little expansions, or to livestream it on my birthday. Mindclash Games invited me to talk about the latest expansion, coming an incredible 10...
How to play Ascendancy

How to play Ascendancy

Ascendancy mashes up two well-worn board game mechanics: it’s a 4X game (eXplore, eXploit, eXpand, eXterminate) crossed with a worker placement game. But would you believe me if i told you this isn’t the first time i’ve seen this unique combo? Years...
How to play Luthier

How to play Luthier

Long-time supporter of the channel Paverson Games (who you may remember from the hooch-stewing Distilled) has cooked up another title about artisans carefully plying their craft and selling their wares. This time, you play as a family of musical instrument makers...
How to play An Age Contrived – Redux

How to play An Age Contrived – Redux

Let’s get this out of the way first and foremost: do the spring-loaded metal player boards in this game… DO… anything? No. No they do not. But will they prove to your friends, once and for all, that you’re a rich and cool person, instead of a...
Nucleum? Nearly Killed’ Em!

Nucleum? Nearly Killed’ Em!

When it comes to giving me board games, Santa’s no slouch. He just seems more optimistic than i am about how much time i have to sit down and enjoy myself. My copy of On Mars: Alien Invasion that i received two Christmases ago is still in shrink, and the...
How to play Feudum

How to play Feudum

What in the great googly moogly even IS this game?  When i tried to watch their highly polished how to play video, i was completely lost. It seemed SO complicated and SO out of my reach, that i began to understand how non-board gamers must feel when i try to explain...