When you travel around the country, there are certain limitations on your gaming that you need to impose upon yourself. One of the biggest struggles is what to do with your board game collection while you travel around. Let me start by saying that the thing that takes up the most space while we travel, are our board games. Sure, we take clothes and toiletries, but inch for inch, board games are a definite space hog. Every time my wife…
Today’s review is going to be a game that isn’t the style I usually play. Abstract strategy. I tend to be more of an Amerithrash gamer, who also likes a steady dose of Euros. I don’t have the mind or the desire for most abstract strategy games, but this one caught my eye. Onitama Designer: Shimpei Sato Player Count: 2 Play Time: 10 minutes Onitama is the 2nd game in the Dice Tower Essentials line of games published by…
As I type this post, I’m currently riding in the car while my wife drives us through the flat land of Iowa. It has been a whirlwind of a fortnight. That makes me sound cooler than I am. It’s been a crazy 2 weeks. We have been busy basically nonstop and are now starting the long drive West to Oakland, California, where I start my next placement in the middle of next week. Due to this, I’ve been a little…
So today I thought I’d try something different. There are several small games that I love to play and get played all the time, because they’re easy enough that my family will play them. None of them really require a full on review, but I think that they’re worth mentioning. We’re going to call this a quick review blast and see how it goes. Little Devils Designer: Michael Feldkötter Player Count: 3-6 Players Play Time: 20-30 minutes Little Devils is…
Whenever you move to a new area, you have to figure out where all of your new “go-to’s” will be. Where is the best pizza in town? Where will you buy your groceries? Which movie theater is best? As an avid gamer, you’ll need to find where your gaming venue will be. I’ve talked a little bit about this before, but I figured I could go a little more in depth as to how I find new places and people…
For today’s review, I’m going with a game that I had highly anticipated, and it didn’t disappoint. A game of secret agents and deception. Specter Ops Designer: Emerson Matsuuchi Player Count: 2-5 Players Play Time: 60-120 minutes Most people have claimed that this is the streamlined version of Fury of Dracula, but seeing as I’ve never played Fury of Dracula, I can’t report on that front. I came into Specter Ops never having played a hidden movement game before, and…
Last time on the blog, I talked about how gaming/our local gaming group, including both the organized group and our friends, was a big part of my life. Not simply for the gaming, but also for the social aspect. I also briefly mentioned how we didn’t have a group in South Carolina and how it affected us. I want to talk a little bit today about the gaming aspect and how we handled that. First off, I want to start…
So I figured for my first review, why not review a game I feel comfortable with. My favorite game. Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia Designers: Jamey Stegmaier and Alan Stone Player Count: 2-6 Players Play Time: ~60 minutes Euphoria is a worker placement game published by Stonemaier Games. In it, you are a low level workforce manager in a Dystopic society. You control a small workforce (your dice) whom you send out to gather commodities, convert them into…
Playing board games is a social event. A great majority of the time, people are part of a large group of gamers, with smaller subsets of gamers that break off and will play games together more frequently. When you’re traveling to new locations as much as my wife and I are, that can make gaming difficult. We love when we are traveling back to Michigan because in addition to other friends and family, we get to see our gaming groups….