The End as We Know It?: A Review of FFG’s ‘The End of the World – Zombie...
When I first heard about the new line of roleplaying games on the horizon at Fantasy Flight Games I was intrigued. Four new titles were aimed at presenting different apocalyptic scenarios: zombies,...
View ArticleDambustin’: A Review of ‘Enemy Coast Ahead – The Dambuster Raid’ from GMT
One of the classic accounts of England’s WWII Bomber Command is Enemy Coast Ahead written by Guy Gibson and now designer Jeremy White has taken Gibson’s account of the May 1943 Operation Chastise and...
View ArticleAs If Zombies Weren’t Enough?: A Review of ‘Zpocalypse’
With two weeks or so to go until the return of The Walking Dead I'm sure a lot of us are going through a bit of zombie withdrawal. I've got a few undead titles which have been on my plate for a while...
View ArticleA Domino to Prop Up or a People to Free?: A Review of GMT’s ‘Fire in the Lake’
Regardless if you look at the Vietnam War as a nation winning a war but losing a peace, an example of a repressed people rising against a corrupt puppet government, something in between, or even a...
View ArticleBoots on the Neck of America: A Review of Amazon’s ‘The Man in the High...
For those who aren’t familiar with the Philip K. Dick classic, The Man in the High Castle is an alternate history novel in which the Axis forces stand triumphant over an occupied America.
View ArticleA Treasury of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes: ‘The Avengers Vault’ Reviewed
Just in time for the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marvel and Thunder Bay Press have teamed up to present an in depth primer on the superhero team we lovingly call Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
View ArticleHeroes Reassembled – A Review of ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
The 2015 summer blockbuster season is off and running with the release of the highly anticipated sequel to the 2012 movie juggernaut, The Avengers.
View ArticleJust Bring the Peanuts and Cracker Jack: A Review of ‘Out of the Park...
While Out of the Park Baseball simulates the sport better than any other game on the market...
View ArticleTake a Deep Breath and Squeeze: ‘Hitman: Sniper’ Reviewed
One of the game demos we got our hands on at last year's San Diego Comic Con was Hitman: Sniper and this was a title I was itching to grab and play on my iPad.
View ArticleAt the Brink of Extinction? ‘Infection: Humanity’s Last Gasp’ App Reviewed
It’s a known fact I really enjoyed Victory Point Games’ Infection: Humanity’s Last Gasp as a board game and recently the title was ported over to iOS, PC and Mac.
View ArticleStill Not Reinventing the Wheel: A Review of ‘The Cypher System Rulebook’...
While Numerera was the big initial release for Monte Cook Games in 2013, and then The Strange followed in 2014, the big thing this year for the company is the Cypher System core book.
View ArticleGaming Nostalgia for First Timers: The ‘Lone Wolf Adventure Game’ RPG Review
One of the big Cubicle 7 releases at this year’s Gen Con was the Lone Wolf Adventure Game and the boxed set was certainly doing brisk sales at the C7 booth. Older gamers will no doubt recall author Joe...
View ArticleWas Everybody Kung Fu Fighting? – A Review of ‘Martial Arts: The Card Game’
One of the companies which honestly hadn’t been on my radar prior to Gen Con, though I had an opportunity to learn more about at the show, is Artistic Justice Games. You may have seen my interview with...
View ArticleAmerica on Bended Knee: Amazon’s ‘The Man in the High Castle’ Reviewed
The Man in the High Castle is loosely based on the classic Philip K. Dick novel of the same name. It’s an alternate history tale in which the Allies lost WWII and the United States has been partitioned...
View ArticleHere Kitty, Kitty… Oops!: A Review of ‘Exploding Kittens’
Game Name: Exploding Kittens Publisher: Exploding Kittens LLC Designers: Matthew “The Oatmeal” Inman, Elan Lee, and Shane Small Year: 2015 Players: Two to five players Ages: 7+ Playing Time: Fifteen...
View ArticleA Mightily Flawed Hero: Marvel’s ‘Jessica Jones’ Reviewed
While plenty of folks will be thrown for an uncomfortable loop by the amount of sex and swearing in the series, as well as the dark tone and nature of the story, Jessica Jones is an excellent addition...
View ArticleFix Targets and Full Steam Ahead!: A Review of ‘Heavy Steam’ from Greenbrier...
I’ll admit when I first learned about Heavy Steam, and its Kickstarter project, from the folks at Greenbrier I was a bit skeptical. Here was a game which looked like a Euro but wasn’t a Euro while it...
View ArticleBubble, Bubble, Toil and… Well, You Get the Picture: A Review of ‘The Village...
The premise of The Village Crone is that each of the players represents an old, witchy hag who is vying to become the self-appointed crone of the village of Wickersby – thus the title of the game – and...
View ArticleLet’s Meet at Promontory Summit: A Review of ‘The Last Spike’
It’s rare I get a chance to review a Columbia Game title so when the chance arises I’m a happy camper since I’ve yet to ever run across a dud. The Last Rail is an abstracted look at the building of the...
View ArticleUtter Chaos in Space: ‘Invaders from Dimension X’ Reviewed
The premise is this: Humanity has taken to the stars and established colonies throughout the galaxy and, as in just about all science fiction, mankind finds they are not alone among the stars.
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