by Ryan | Apr 23, 2021 | Game, Special
If you thought the Nights Around a Table Patreon perks ended with secret Discord channels, behind-the-scenes videos and blooper reels, and awful poetry, you were happily...
by Ryan | Apr 17, 2021 | Game, Reboxing, Special
After figuring out whether or not Lost Ruins of Arnak was fun, i turned my attention to blinging it out. And wait til you see what i found… (click to view transcript) Hi, it’s Ryan from Nights Around a Table, and i’m about to print an insert for Lost...
by Ryan | Apr 27, 2020 | SLBG, Special
i have to admit that even after i knew where to find the secrets that Belfort’s artist Josh Cappel hid in the game, i had trouble tracking them all down. Thank goodness for 600 dpi scans and the zoom tool in Photoshop! (click to view transcript) Hi!...
by Ryan | Apr 10, 2020 | SLBG, Special
To put together this Secret Life of Board Games series, i just write to designers out of the blue and hope to hear back from them. The vast majority don’t respond. Those who do are sometimes terse. But every so often, i’ll strike paydirt, like i did with...
by Ryan | Apr 6, 2020 | SLBG, Special
With a slew of expansions in its cadre, there was bound to be some cross-referencing going on in the Dominion universe, but designer Donald X. told me about a few secrets that bleed out even into other popular game series. (click to view transcript) Hi! It’s...
by Ryan | Mar 23, 2020 | SLBG, Special
Most of the secrets designer Tom Lehmann let slip about his Race for the Galaxy series can be found in the most recent expansions. Perhaps any original secrets from the base game go so far back they’re lost to time? Still, i was happy to hear about the culture...
