Five months have passed since my original review of The Old King’s Crown. While the outside has grown colder and darker with winter, the inside is a different story. My appreciation for Pablo Clark’s ambitious game of throne-seeking has ignited. It’s stuck with me, claiming a seat in my top 10 of the year and…
Hegemony: Lead Lead Your Class to Victory is a remarkable piece of modern game design. It landed confidently on my top 10 releases of 2023 list, and I’m still going door-to-door campaigning for its consideration. This is an impressive, thoughtfully crafted multi-layered design. It’s impeccable and doesn’t need expansion. Full stop. But… These two small…
Designer Gordon Calleja has stated that the initial idea for the Vengeance Director’s Cut expansion came from my perspective on the game, a perspective I discussed in an earlier episode of my podcast Ding & Dent. My specific comment from that review was: “This game is focused so intensely on the medium of film, it…
Player Elimination 