Simplicity Rules in El Dorado By Sam Desatoff • December 14th, 2017 What makes El Dorado so good is its simplicity. A mashup of two different genres has the potential to become clunky and confusing, but that is not the case here.
The Board Soul The Board Soul: Feast or Famine By Jeremy Signor • December 14th, 2017 The Fallout board game can let you grasp greatness, but is just as likely to leave you out in the cold.
The Board Soul The Board Soul – Focus By Jeremy Signor • December 7th, 2017 Deck building games usually focus on the murky, random world of building up your own deck. Clank shifts that focus to something more tangible and communal.
Gunsword, Casual Repartee, Chess and Dragonlance By Levi Rubeck • November 28th, 2017 Gunsword whipped my head right over with delicious high fantasy visuals that brought to mind the Larry Elmore Dragonlance covers of my youth, and the only thing better than guns and swords is the fusion of the two.
Lazer Ryderz Bring Light Cycle Racing to Tabletop By Levi Rubeck • November 21st, 2017 Lazer Ryderz is loud: it blasts your eyes with glimmering color, and each surfer praises their luck for snatching glory and curses their competitors for sniping it away
The Board Soul Fuck Colonialism By Jeremy Signor • November 16th, 2017 Board gaming’s obsession with romanticizing colonialism is harmful and holding the medium back.
Snake Oil: The Only Party Game You’ll Ever Need By Sam Desatoff • November 9th, 2017 The pantheon of party games holds esteemed company, and Snake Oil assuredly belongs the upper echelons among Scattergories, Pictionary and Charades.