by Ryan | Jan 22, 2021 | Game, How to Play
The first expansion to Roll for the Galaxy (which i unboxed here) is called Ambition, and it adds a handful of tiles and dice – most notably the two-phase black Leader dice, and a stack of 20 goals for you and your space rivals to complete. (click to view...
by Ryan | Jan 8, 2021 | Game, How to Play
Before i played Dead Reckoning, i would have told you that Merchants & Marauders was the best pirate board game on the market. Enter a new challenger! (click to view transcript) I’ve suffered a minor… injury … since we last spoke. It’s embarrassing. i...
by Ryan | Jan 1, 2021 | How to Play
Stalwart NAaT supporter DMExplains has done it again, tapping into my deepest, darkest desires with his choic of board game for me to open and play… and eventually teach to you! Here’s what was in the second of two boxes he sent. (click to view transcript)...
by Ryan | Dec 11, 2020 | Game, How to Play
Agricola hurts. It is known. But the farming simulator by renowned designer Uwe Rosenberg received a mea culpa follow-up in Caverna: The Cave Farmers, which takes a lot of the same elements as Agricola and leaves off some of the nail-biting tension. Whether or not...
by Ryan | Nov 28, 2020 | How to Play
i unboxed it. i played it. i bought the expansion. Now, i tackle teaching it. Here’s how to play the (very literally) epic Viking-themed board game A Feast for Odin, from the designer who brough you Agricola. (click to view transcript) Hi! It’s Ryan from Nights...
by Ryan | Nov 14, 2020 | Game, How to Play
You may have already discovered whether or not i find the venerable farming game Agricola any fun, but how do you actually play it? The game is reasonably simple to teach, and takes less time than i’ve spent here, because i made sure to cover off some variants...
