This afternoon Amanda, Hector and I sat down for a game of the Marvel Champions LCG. Marvel Champions is one of the most recent entries into Fantasy Flight's series of "Living Card Games" in which you purchase a base set of the game, then expansion packs. Unlike collectible card games, where packs contain random cards... Continue Reading →
Today Amanda, Hector and I put our gumshoe hats back on for a game of Chronicles of Crime. I'm not usually a huge fan of app-driven games, especially when the app provides nothing except background music and choices that could be represented by a deck of cards, but Chronicles of Crime is among the top... Continue Reading →
Welcome back! For our second game today, we continue our journey into the wizarding world with Harry Potter: House Cup Competition. Having not been terribly impressed with Death Eaters Rising, we decided another Harry Potter game would be in order. House Cup Competition is a game that has interested me for some time as regular... Continue Reading →
Good evening, today, Hector, Amanda and myself fought against the forces of the dark Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter: Death Eaters Rising. Please accept our humble apologies for the lack of a review yesterday, but we were without power for most of the evening. Instead of trying to rush one out late at night, we... Continue Reading →
This evening Amanda and I brought Hector along for a journey into one of my personal favorite games and perennial favorite of the engine building genre; Terraforming Mars. I was initially very unimpressed with Terraforming Mars, when I first played I found the components to be bland and the theme dry, but subsequent playthroughs with... Continue Reading →
This fine evening Amanda and I broke out one of the classics of modern board gaming: Carcassone. Although there are a dozen variations and half a dozen expansions, we only own the original game in it's 10th anniversary format. I'll begin by saying that if you are looking for a copy of this game, you... Continue Reading →
Today Amanda and I played a round of Ecos: First Continent. Ecos can best be described as a sort of "bingo for gamers", with a little map building involved. I first found out about this game because I am a fan of designer John D. Clair's card building games and I thought I would try... Continue Reading →
This afternoon, though it feels much like night with the sun set by 5:30, Amanda and I sat down for a couple of games of Paper Tales, a fast and fanciful card game. I first discovered Paper Tales from Zee's constant pimping of the game and since my tastes often overlap with his, I snapped... Continue Reading →
This afternoon marked our switch from euros into full on Amerithrash with Mage Wars Academy. I was introduced to this game via it's big brother Mage Wars Arena, which despite being in my top 10 games of all time, doesn't hit the tabletop very often anymore due it it's excessive playtime. Academy hits a lot... Continue Reading →
Today brings us to the heaviest and most lengthy game thus far as we play Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization. Through the Ages is a deep, involved strategy game where you complete against opposing civilizations from early history through the modern age, and clocking in at a minimum of 2 and a... Continue Reading →
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