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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 (Digital)
In days past, GenCon was full of videogame vendors. Over time, fewer and fewer showed up. However, the digital side is coming back, thanks to the increasing offerings of boardgames translated into the digital realm.
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Matt Carlson: Gencon 2019 (J-Z)
Another day, another GenCon report. Here’s the second half of my boardgame explorations. Hopefully you find something worth discovering! There are boardgames, dice, cards, and dice, (did I mention dice?) I assume at some point someone has coined it, but … Continue reading
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Matt Carlson: GenCon 2019 (A to I)
GenCon has descended on Indianapolis and left again, leaving behind an empty space that so recently was filled with gamer crowds gawking at the newest game or passing cosplay costume. Another record year saw 70,000 attendees going through 538 exhibitor … Continue reading
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Matt Carlson: Dragon’s Breath
It’s always a fine line to create a boardgame playable by children, but yet contains enough of a seed of strategy so that adults will also find it entertaining. Dexterity components or memorization aspects are both popular mechanics to employ … Continue reading
Matt Carlson: Honga
Honga the hungry tiger wants your time and attention. However, you have a job to do to take care of your village. Do you spend precious actions to placate Hongar or do you ignore the tiger and hope to accomplish … Continue reading
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 →