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The Joe’s Dream House – A G.I. Joe Deck-Building Game: Raise the Flagg Campaign Expansion Review

If you’re not familiar with the U.S.S. Flagg, it’s the Joe’s aircraft carrier that temporarily served as their base during one of the show’s prominent storylines. Most would recognize it as one of the most iconic action figure playsets of all time. Debuting in 1985, this massive plastic toy cost a staggering $110, which would…

Legacy of Yu and the Fallacy of Content

Shem Phillips’ Legacy of Yu has captured my attention. I’ve been playing a lot of it lately. It’s a stylish board game from Renegade that is unique in the designer’s oeuvre in that it’s only playable solitaire. It bears Sam Phillips handsome illustrations, and it looks like it’d fit right in with all of Shem’s…

The Oath, Journal Entry 17: Thematic Considerations

This book, this book again. I am nervous to report that it’s beginning to make sense! My unease persists as the understanding is thin and wispy, threatening to float away. I’ve begun to revisit earlier passages. These words jitter through my eyes and into my brain like whispers upwind. Crook thy head. “We’ve come to…