All Entries Tagged With: "board games"
Photographing Miniatures and Game Books: Solutions from a Bad Photographer
I am a bad photographer. The only reason I ever shoot anything is because I cannot find a better shot of the object in question somewhere on the web. Sadly, for my game reviews and especially the miniatures, the web does not have any images I can use. Instead, I lean on technology to make [...]
Board Game Publishing Economics–The Harsh Reality
Michael Mindes, owner of Tasty Minstrel Games, put up a fascinating post about the brutal economics of publishing board games. Although Michael is hopeful about the future, the numbers speak for themselves. I found the post refreshing in both its honesty and detail. Far too many people I meet in the gaming industry, especially the [...]
Board Game Report: Alea Iacta Est and Dominion, with a Witch of Salem Question
Alea Iacta Est and Dominion crossed my gaming table for the first time this weekend and I thought a short report was in order. Alea Iacta Est, (the die is cast) from Rio Grande Games is a fun, relatively simple game using dice and several game mechanics to earn victory points. Each player receives eight [...]
Review: “Fits” The Board Game from Reiner Knizia
“Fits,” from Ravensburger Games is a Tetris-like board game with some twists. Rather than a computer screen Fits uses slanted plastic trays to drop plastic shapes into position.
The shapes resemble Tetris blocks, but there is more variety and they have more than four blocks in some pieces. Here is a shot of a partially [...]
Plastic Sleeves for Board Games from Mayday Games and a 15% Discount!
Games like Agricola, Cataan, Dominion and especially Wings of War require a lot of card handling. The problem is that cards are paper and become stained, fuzzy or otherwise damaged with regular handling. Effectively marking the cards in games that require secret hands and draws. Sadly, the more popular the game, the faster the cards [...]
Board Game Report: Pandemic, Snow Tails and Obama Nation
I dropped by my FLGS and jumped into a couple of quick board games and picked up an unusual card game. All of which were so entertaining that they deserved a post. We started off with “Snow Tails” by Asmodee Editions. This import board game places you in charge of mushing a dog team through [...]
Does Anyone Else Remember "Supremacy" The Board Game?
I have fond memories of day-long battle with my friends, usually ending in a nuclear winter that meant we all lost.
I had not thought about this game in years, but I ran across a reference to it on Ebay while looking at games.
“Supremacy” was far from perfect. The base game had a resource market that [...]
