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Matt Carlson – A Trio of Cat Boardgames
In the past few decades we’ve seen the power of cats. Take a popular item and stick a cat on it, and its popularity grows. Examples include Garfield (whose creator took a look and decided a cat-comic would sell well) … Continue reading
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Matt Carlson: Virtual GenCon 2020 – Publishers N to Z
It’s big, it’s back, and it’s the final column of our not-at-GenCon but lets pretend we are anyway run-down of publishers and their games. I have only scratched the surface of what is or would have been out there, but … Continue reading
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Matt Carlson: Virtual GenCon 2020 – Publishers D to M
The written word is back again to explain to you just what is not happening at GenCon this year. It may be happening in the virtual world, but if a vlogger falls in a forest, does anyone care? Here, we … Continue reading
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Matt Carlson: Virtual GenCon 2020 – Publishers A to C
GenCon is here once again… but then it isn’t. What we have is a virtual cacophony of announcements, YouTube channels, streamers, Tabletop Simulator games, and who knows what else. (Special note, there are quite a few publisher-sponsored Tabletop Simulator versions … Continue reading
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Matt Carlson: Virtual GenCon 2020 – RPGs
GenCon is here once again… but then it isn’t. What we have is a virtual cacophony of announcements, YouTube channels, streamers, Tabletop Simulator games, and who knows what else. Every year I try to scour the convention as my big … Continue reading
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Matt Carlson: Review of New Frontiers
New Frontiers has players taking turns to select an action card, which then dictates the action that is performed by all players. Through the course of the game, players settle planets, build developments, and exchange goods for points or profit. … Continue reading
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Matt Carlson: Review of Heist: One Team, One Mission
Pass items back and forth as the central safe shouts out instructions in this cooperative real time game of bank robbery. Take on the role of one of four characters and follow the instructions on the battery-powered central cube. Pass … Continue reading
Matt Carlson: Review of Welcome To…
Fill in your suburb wisely (in numerical order) to score points in this (sort of) Roll and Write style game of designing neighborhoods. Cards are flipped up from a deck and players must choose which cards to use and for … Continue reading
Matt Carlson: Gencon 2019 (RPGs)
I feel like an old grump, but everything is going online and streaming nowadays. The world of RPGs is no different. Groups like Critical Role far outstrip the viewership of any of the traditional boardgame-coverage channels. (By my estimate, 600,000 … Continue reading
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Matt Carlson: Gencon 2019 (The Bizarre of the Bazaar)
If all my writing has you tired out, here’s a nearly all pictorial view of the oddball (to me) underpinnings of the show. Read on to see the overconfidence of a man in a purple jersey, class it up with … Continue reading →