by Ryan | Nov 11, 2023 | Game, How to Play
Back when it was announced, i gave you 5 Reasons You Should Be Excited for Voidfall. Now that it’s here, i’ll give you one reason to be less excited: the box, predictably, takes a few hours to organize. And it’s always difficult to sort through...
by Ryan | Sep 2, 2023 | Game, How to Play
You may be familiar with roll n’ write/flip n’ write games like Welcome To…, but Hadrian’s Wall turns things up to 11 by sprawling over two huge sheets simulating Roman society, and your general efforts to manage a milecastle on the...
by Ryan | Feb 28, 2023 | Game, How to Play
Designed by someone right here in Canadaland, An Age Contrived contains some of the most surprising components i’ve ever encountered: 3D magnetic sculptures that stick to metal frames poking up through the board, and spring-loaded metal player boards that make...
by Ryan | Feb 17, 2023 | Game, How to Play
From designer John D. Clair of Dead Reckoning and Mystic Vale fame comes Rolling Heights, a deck-building game where the cards are replaced with meeples, which you roll like dice (a la Pass the Pigs), in order to build skyscrapers on a competitive map. (click to view...
by Ryan | Dec 9, 2022 | Game, How to Play
Hot on the heels of Ticket to Ride: New York and Ticket to Ride: London, Ticket to Ride San Francisco is the latest game in the “city” series of Ticket to Ride titles, designed for people who want to play Ticket to Ride in half the time and table space....
by Ryan | Nov 11, 2022 | Game, How to Play
One of the earliest hidden role games (think Werewolves of Miller’s Hollow, Coup, or The Resistance) that i ever played was Saboteur. The original card/”tile”-laying game has a number of sequels. Saboteur: the Dark Cave is the latest installment in...
