This review has been a long time coming, but the good news is, I’ve played Lost Ruins of Arnak a lot at this point — dozens of times on boardgame arena as well as several times in person — and so I’m giving you a pretty full perspective on this game. In short, even after …
So for all of the things I love about Gen Con, after the general camaraderie and spirit of it, what I love most is just playing games, games, games. I played so many that it went by in a blur, and if I did’t take a picture then I pretty much forget about it, so …
5 can be an awkward number as many games can only play up to 4, or work best with an even number of players. But 5 is the perfect number for many great games: Colt Express (2014) First off, Colt Express is a great game. It’s a fun, quick (under 1 hour) little romp where …
Adrenaline is a newish (2016) game that captures the feeling of first-person shooter video games in a tabletop format. It doesn’t quite move with the same ferocity as a video game as it moves to the tabletop, but it’s about as good as a tabletop version is going to get. I first played it at …
This was my first GenCon in several years after going something 5 straight years from 2009-2014 and it has really evolved into one of the best things on the planet. If you consider yourself a serious gamer and you’ve never gone, consider making the pilgrimage just once in your life. This year, we had in …