by Ryan | Jul 25, 2019 | Game, Unboxing
The “story” of War Chest – such as it is, and for an abstract game at that – which i glibly gloss over during the unboxing video, is that the game was created for a young prince to to train him in battle tactics. Kinda neat. Knowing nothing...
by Ryan | Jul 25, 2019 | Game, Unboxing
A bizarre selling point on the back of the Village board game box is how the game deals with death. Sounds like a fun Friday night! i delve in and deploy my detective skills, along with some inadvertent racism, to see what’s what. (click to view transcript) Hi!...
by Ryan | Jul 24, 2019 | Game, Unboxing
For someone right hooked on the venerable party game Taboo, Trapwords sounded like an interesting twist. Watch me sift though the components and figure out what does what. Look, ma – no rulebook! Get Your Own Copy of Trapwords i’ve tested Trapwords out in...
by Ryan | Jul 24, 2019 | Game, Unboxing
AEG sent along a copy of Tiny Towns in anticipation of my thrilling match-up against Rahdo. Knowing nothing about the game (as usual), i peeled of the shrink wrap and got down to bidness. (click to view transcript) HI! It’s Ryan from Nights Around a Table, and...
by Cassie Creighton | Jul 16, 2019 | Game, Unboxing
When it was first launched on Kickstarter, Scythe was the talk of the town. And then, long after it became available at retail, it was still the talk of the town. And then came the expansions, the legacy version, and the Cards Against Humanity-style big empty box, and...
by Cassie Creighton | Jul 16, 2019 | Game, Unboxing
So imagine this: you already have a card game called Race for the Galaxy, and you’ve designed multiple expansions for it. Then you design a spin-off dice game called Roll for the Galaxy, which sells well enough to warrant an expansion of its own. Do you borrow...
