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Game Review: Anasazi Lost Pueblos of the Ancients
The basic mechanic is one that I would have expected in a train game: one lays out long, narrow tiles in a continuous path to reach "towers" and score treasure
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Game Review: Munchkin
Many cards are far, far more devious in that you can play them to aid or oppose the other players. Munchkin is not played in a vacuum, not at all, you are expected to debuff your opponents and buff the...
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Game Review: Assyria
I don't know how I got through life without hearing the phrase "the number of camels you have divided by 2"
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Game Review: Discworld Ankh-Morpork
Many of the victory conditions become fairly obvious when you try to pursue them, and there are several cards that all share the "Control" condition, yet still, subterfuge and misleading others about...
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A Ten-Game Travelogue: What We Played At GenCon
Forced to choose, in what promises to be the first of several GenCon articles, I present a quick review of all ten games my Gamer Girl and I played this week.
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Game Review: Karesansui
This is a serious strategy game, that can be played in 50 minutes or less. Think about that for a moment: big-box-game flavor, beer-and-pretzels-game duration.
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Game Review: Cargo Noir
Cargo Noir is a fast-paced and fun game with minimal player vs. player and enough strategy and foresight to satisfy even a serious gamer. Yet it plays in about an hour (once mastered).
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Boldly Going Where No Halfling Has Gone Before: Star Trek Online
This week I've been exploring Perfect World's MMO Star Trek Online, based on the ever-popular Star Trek fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry.
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Conquering a New World One Hex at a Time: Sid Meier’s Civilization Beyond Earth
Make your peace with the digital devil howsoever you need, or don’t; no more griping from me.
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Game Review: Small World
Half of the faces on the die are blank, so don't expect a lot of help from the die.
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Game Review: Toledo
There is no conquering, no saving the world, no defeating of evil, none of that. You make swords.
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Game Review: Firefly
I love the TV series, and the movie, and I want to love the game too. Look at all the Fireflying I am doing! But still, no, not actually fun.
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It is a race, and no one dies. The Lords of Waterdeep will appeal to players who prefer to play within themselves, and especially those who dislike war games.
View ArticleA Poorly-Timed Review of Pokémon Go (From Someone Too Old To Be Playing Anyway)
Does "being pleased with oneself" count as fun?
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