The PG series is a collection of articles incorporating the perspective of my eight-year-old daughter, Lila. “Ooh, what’s that?” “It’s, uh, Warhammer.” “What’s Warhammer?” “Oh dear. Well, you remember that Space Marine game you loved? That’s Warhammer.” She cocks her head, instantly suspicious. “I didn’t even like that game. And that was in space,…
It’s easy to lose the thread on this one. The problem is that we’ve breached the upper threshold of games based on Frank Herbert’s Dune and they’re all starting to blend together. This one is the latest from Gale Force Nine and is effectively a re-working of the 1982 Eon title Borderlands. Fantasy Flight Games…
I was a little unsure of Vengeance: Roll & Fight. From a hopeful perspective, I was eager to see if this small box could replicate the intensity at the core of Mighty Boards’ original Vengeance, while successfully jettisoning the various decks and phases that bloated game length and resulted in my eventual weariness. But I…
I’m going to make a very strong claim. You’re going to scoff and dismiss it, I’m sure. Perhaps by the end of this article, you may think I’m less the fool. Muneyuki Yokouchi’s Cat in the Box is the most thematically coherent and explicit card game ever designed. In another world, I’d say it’s dripping…
I’ve always done my own thing at Gen Con. Most board games media/journalists, you know, actually cover the convention. I could have pitched articles to Polygon or IGN, but I didn’t. Back in 2017 or 2018 Geek & Sundry was seeking all kinds of content from the team of freelancers attending the convention. I declined.…
“Who is this game for?” The Prospero Hall team just don’t give a damn. They spend all their Jimmy Stewart/Warriors/Goofy Movie money on cool as hell objects like Husqvarna Viking 360s and 70s Challengers with “No Fear” stickers on the bumper. A 2022 board game based on a 1954 Hitchcock film is wild. When companies…
At the onset of Vagrantsong you are dizzily ushered into a ramshackle train car. All you remember is running from trouble and being pulled into the “Silver Ferryman” by a white gloved hand. A fiddle plays in the distance, beckoning you deeper into the locomotive. It begins. The first scenario is the most direct and…
“G.I. Joe is the codename for American’s daring, highly trained special mission force. Its purpose: to defend human freedom against Cobra, a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world.” You feel that? Yeah, you’re thinking about Duke laying a Saturday morning beat-down on Destro, or perhaps a fuzzy memory of rolling over Storm Shadow…
There’s a mystique about Crescent Moon. Some of this is attributable to the Eastern setting, and some to its strategically dense ecosystem. This is an opaque game, one that can be difficult to discern, but it possesses an inviting presence that is deceptive. These are the types of titles I seek, ones I can fall…
I was sitting in a bar enjoying drinks and food with some wonderful people, as you do. Then this guy walked by, and my brain knotted up trying to remember. It took a second, but his name appeared in my consciousness, delivered through chemical wizardry. I sat behind Dan in several high school classes. He…
Player Elimination 