After seeing a recent surge of interest in Epic Duels here and on the Wiki, I contacted Rob Daviau , the original creator of Star Wars Epic Duels, and requested an interview. He agreed, and we met in person at the NYC Toy Fair in February. This is the third part of our 10-minute conversation: Rob (continuing): That was a fun time. …
After seeing a recent surge of interest in Epic Duels here and on the Wiki, I contacted Rob Daviau , the original creator of Star Wars Epic Duels, and requested an interview. He agreed, and we met in person at the NYC Toy Fair in February. This is the second part of our 10-minute conversation: Roman: I feel like that [Yoda] deck, …
After seeing a recent surge of interest in Epic Duels here and on the Wiki, I contacted Rob Daviau , the original creator of Star Wars Epic Duels, and requested an interview. He agreed, and we met in person at the NYC Toy Fair in February. This is the first part of our 10-minute conversation: …
I’ve dedicated this post to just the games I saw there, as they are worthy of their own post, and even this is just a sampling. This content had been previously combined with the prior post, but it is now separate and expanded. I did replicate my conversations with Stronghold Games in both posts. With …
This will be a different sort of blog post than many of the others, very personal in nature, more the diary of a new game designer, intended for friends of the blog. The show Although I’ve posted about GenCon many times, this was my first trip to the Toy Fair. There is a big difference …
I’m at the Toy Fair in NYC and I spent a few minutes chatting with Rob Daviau, creator of Star Wars Epic Duels and many other titles. I will have the complete interview posted later in the week but I wanted to post a few fun snippets: “I came up with the Yoda deck first. …
While a lot of games can be played as 2-player games, there is a small group of games that does 2-player particularly well. There are a lot of great 2-player games that aren’t getting mentioned because these games are all games where 2-player is either the only option, or the best option. They’re listed in …
One of the most epic experiences of my gaming youth was playing Sid Meier’s Pirates on the Commodore 64 and other platforms. Some of the elements included: Sailing the Caribbean. Wars between nations. Choosing which one(s) to side with, and changing allegiances. Attacking merchant boats. Fending off or fighting pirates, or pirate hunters, or naval …
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 …
Lost Cities is a game that’s been around since 1999, but I just played it the other night and it’s worth the plug. It’s an interesting head-to-head card game disguised as an archaeological adventure game. It’s a quick game so this will be a quick review. Overall feeling Lost Cities feels more like a head-to-head …