Philosopher David Chalmers describes the hard problem of consciousness as the problem of explaining the relationship between physical phenomena and experience. Physical phenomena encompass brain activity such as the firing of neurons and electric signals. Experience here is referring to phenomenal consciousness or awareness, something all of you reading this possess. No method has been…
Battlestations is one of my favorite games. It’s the title Jeff Siadek and Gorilla Games have become known for, currently ripping it up in a glorious second edition that makes the modest original release a distant memory. Dirtside is the long-teased standalone expansion that pushes the experience to the surface. Just like its predecessor, this…
Hal always carried it with him. On game nights, it was always nearby, quietly dozing in his car until the time came. He’d pull it out with a smile, knowing it vexed me. The Terrifying Girl Disorder is a peculiar thing. It’s a small box import from Japan and it’s as quirky as they come.…
“The young women of today, free to study, to speak, to write, to choose their occupation, should remember that every inch of this freedom was bought for them at a great price. It is for them to show their gratitude by helping onward the reforms of their own times, by spreading the light of freedom and…
There’s a lot of noise surrounding Dungeons & Dragons right now. There’s a new film, a new edition of the RPG, and a new controversy. Amid this bedlam, there’s also a new skirmish game. This is a board game with grid movement, dice-based combat, and asymmetrical warbands. It has an attractive surface with pre-painted miniatures…
It’s a bad omen when a game doesn’t have a designer credited. I was, however, hopeful for A Game of Thrones: B’Twixt as it’s clearly derived from one of my favorite designs – Condottiere. The game does a poor job of pitching itself, but it’s a sell so easy that a mute salesman could hock…
2022 was one of the strongest years for board game releases. It’s right up there with 2012 and 2017 in my opinion. There have been so many quality titles that crafting this list has been a struggle. Games that were in consideration for my number one selection were pushed off unceremoniously as the year went…
I call St. Louis home. It’s a large city straddling the border between the East and West United States. It’s also known as America’s first soccer capital. Immigrants brought the sport to the area over a hundred years ago, and the passion persists. We grow up playing it and then we teach it to our…
This is a thing of foolishness. Marcin Welnicki’s boss battler is an absurd 300 hours of content. It’s hundreds of dollars. The box is unreasonably large, oblong, and shining white. It’s like prying open the Ark of the Covenant. And Aeon Trespass: Odyssey will melt your face, whether you’re a Nazi or not. Once you’ve…
It’s sometime-A.M. and half the house is sleeping. The other half is riding the edge of sobriety and screaming at 11 little horses. A small pile of money lies crumpled between pillars of glass and plastic. The size of the bounty doesn’t matter, what matters is that it exists. I shake my fist and let…
Player Elimination 