Beyond Sextus Empiricus (a noteworthy Greek skeptic, not an Imperator from the Citadel), absolutely no one should be doubting that Bitewing Games has cornered the Reiner Knizia market. Their reign of cardboard terror continues with the doctor’s Ichor, a reworking of his 2009 positional abstract Battle for Olympus. I have no experience with that previous…
Ba-dum, ba-ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-ba-dum, ba-duuuuummmmm, CRASH! Ba-ba-dum, too-toooooo-toooom! CRASH! Ba-dum, ba-ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-ba-dum… Listen up all you sly cats, studious mice, and surly humans. Shuffle and Swing is the third ditty in the Bitewing Games jazz trio, and it’s a daggum different rodent than its two companions. Bebop designer Robert Hovakimyan returns, although he’s shed…
If I told you that Robert Hovakimyan was a pseudonym for Reiner Knizia, you’d believe me. At least that would be the case after playing Bebop, Bitewing Games’ old-school Euro-design that swims in the same sea as Babylonia and Samurai. That’s not the case, however, and Hovakimyan deserves a great deal of credit for fashioning…
A great deal of effort is put forth to make Ryan Courtney’s Spectral appear spooky. There’s a whole introductory snippet about the Spectral Manor coming to life once a century, with ghosts and curses and sigils and treasure. It looks equally as creepy with large skull tokens and ominous illustrations. While I dig the vibe,…
Should every game have a solitaire mode? Does the consumer benefit more from crowdfunding or going straight to retail? Is Candyland technically a game? These are the questions that inspire violence. Is Reiner Knizia the hobby’s most accomplished designer? Now, this is a question the sane majority can orient behind. A new Knizia full-sized game…
Player Elimination 