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5 Questions About Fields of Green (Game Review)
Designer: Vangelis Bagiartakis Publishers: Stronghold Games and Artipia Games Players: 2-4 Time: 45 minutes Ages: 12+ Games Played: 5 (with a review copy provided by Stronghold Games) Q: Farming? Again?! Yes, farming. At least it’s not zombies and/or a … Continue reading
10 Questions + 1 About Jump Drive
Designer: Tom Lehmann Publishers: Rio Grande Games Players: 2-4 Time: 10-30 minutes (if this is taking you 30 minutes, you’re playing it wrong) Ages: 13+ (10+ is a better guess) Games Played: 19 People have questions about Tom … Continue reading
Mole Rats in Space (Game Review)
Designer: Matt Leacock Publishers: Peaceable Kingdom Players: 2-4 Time: 10-30 minutes (if this is taking you 30 minutes, you’re playing it wrong) Ages: 7+ Games Played: 8 (with a review copy provided by Peaceable Kingdom) I could only assume/guess/surmise … Continue reading
Best New (to me!) Games of 2016
Top ten lists are difficult – especially when I don’t get to play some of the “big new games” for 6 months to a year after they’re released… so a few years back, I listed my Best New (to me!) Games … Continue reading
Castle Panic: Engines of War (expansion review)
Designer: Justin De Witt Publisher: Fireside Games Players: 1-6 Ages: 12+ Playing Time: 60 minutes Review by Mark Jackson on a review copy provided by Fireside Games (4 plays with Engines of War, 5 plays with The Dark Titan, 13 plays … Continue reading
La Granja: No Siesta! (Game Review)
Designers: Andreas “ode” Odendahl Publishers: Stronghold Games Players: 1-4 Time: 30-45 minutes Ages: 10+ Times Played:5 (with review copy provided by Stronghold Games) I wanted to start this review by making some kind of sweeping pronouncement about the … Continue reading
Descent: The Road To Legend (Again)
I must start this post with an admission about my sordid gaming past: I Was A Teenage Dungeon Master. That’s right… for roughly three years “back in the day” I ran a rag-tag group of adventurers through a variety of … Continue reading
The Dragon & Flagon (Game Review)
Designers: Geoff, Brian & Sydney Englestein Publishers: Stronghold Games Players: 2-8 Time: 60-90 minutes Ages: 12+ Times Played:7 (with review copy provided by Stronghold Games) Hail and well met, young adventurer! Sit, grab a pint and let … Continue reading
Life, Liberty & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (Game Review)
Designers: Adrian Abela & David Chircop Publishers: Artipia Games & Stronghold Games Players: 1-4 Time: 60-90 minutes Ages: 12+ Times Played: 7 (with review copy provided by Stronghold Games) I’m not sure what fascinates us about “life-building” games. … Continue reading
Dastardly Dirigibles (Game Review)
Designers: Justin De Witt Publishers: Fireside Games Players: 2-5 Time: 60 minutes Ages: 8+ Times Played: 6 (with review copy provided by Fireside Games) OK, let’s get this out of the way: the name of this game always … Continue reading
