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 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 | 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 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 | Jun 25, 2018 | Game, How to Play
Concordia is a colonization board game set in ancient Rome. Ryan runs down how to play in this handy video: (click to view transcript) Hi! It’s Ryan from Nights Around a Table, and this is Concordia, a deck-building strategy game set in ancient Rome, starring...
