Unwinnable

Light the Beam

By Ben Sailer • April 5th, 2023

As a lapsed and reformed Sacramento Kings fan, Ben learns that sometimes backing a loser is the winningest thing you can do.

I Played It, Like, Twice...

Crop from the box cover for Legend of Drizzt the Adventure Series Board Game, with an angry Drizzt with long hair and fur mantle and flowing cape as he slices through some enemies with his trademark scimitars and his black panther companion and best friend growling in the background

A Maze of Twisty Little Passages, All Alike: Navigating the D&D Adventure System Board Games

By Orrin Grey • April 4th, 2023

Anyone who has been following along here for very long knows that dungeon tiles are one of my very favorite parts of any dungeon crawl game, and the ones for the various D&D Adventure System games have their distinctive pluses.

Mind Palaces

The player character in the videogame Prey takes on a small group of shadowy enemies in a silver-toned space station.

Eat, Prey, Love

By Maddi Chilton • April 4th, 2023

The question at the heart of Prey is whether Morgan is more human than alien.

Exploits Feature

Formula 1: Drive to Survive

By Amanda Hudgins • April 3rd, 2023

I don’t care about Formula 1. One of my favorite shows is the Netflix F1 series Drive to Survive.

The Highest Level of All

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • April 3rd, 2023

Just how many hit points does God have, anyway?

Funeral Rites

A pen-and-ink drawing of a terrifying creature with a skull-like visage. The creature and the background are colored a vibrant magenta while its bright yellow eyes seem to pop from its skull.

The Neon Nightmare of Portents of the Degloved Hand

By Emily Price • March 31st, 2023

Portents of the Degloved Hand’s promotional material describes its purpose as adding “additional chaos, misfortune, and even dark humor” to MÖRK BORG.

Here Be Monsters

Every Game is Happy Death Day

By Emma Kostopolus • March 30th, 2023

Videogames, with their very direct focus on death and rebirth as a normal part of play, are uniquely positioned to get us thinking about the horrors of our own mortality.

This Mortal Coyle