My name is Arythea bringer of pain, blood and destruction. This land before me is mine to conquer through fear and blood. Your villages, towers and keeps will tremble before the sight of my power. My armies will march over your lands laying a path of destruction. Your cities will fail and your leaders will [...]
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Throwing up walls and rose bushes, Wiz-War in review
February 20th, 2012 
Dan Truth be told I have never played the original Wiz-War which is a favorite among many of my gaming friends. So when I learned of the Fantasy Flight remake I thought it a good opportunity to get on board. I mean 2-4 player mayhem in a maze with wizards, what’s not to like?
1st & Goal in review
February 17th, 2012 Dan Growing up, in a time long before computers, my friends and I would play endless games of APBA and Strat-o-matic Football. These two companies delivered the unique experience of being in control of a professional sports team way back when. My friends and I would spend countless hours keeping all the statistics in a notebook. Because we would [...]
The Scrambled States of America in review
February 9th, 2012 Dan Recently Gamewright sent me a copy of the 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the Scarmbled States of America. Scramble States is an interesting card game designed for 2-4 players ages 8 and up that plays relatively quickly and can be scaled for younger players.
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Food Fight iOS Review
February 6th, 2012 Scoop Playdek, Inc., the company behind the excellent Ascension: Chronicles of the Godslayer, released their next game on Friday with little fanfare. Food Fight is another card-based game but it is quite different than A:CotG. Okay, so it’s different but is it different bad? Read on to find out.
Eclipse in review
February 1st, 2012 Dan Sometimes a game becomes a runaway hit because of the hype generated from players who have gotten an early taste of it at a convention. Sometimes it is due to the demand, or should I say lack of product. On occasion a game lives up to buzz surrounding it. On even rarer occasions a game [...]
“Go to the Beach” a review of Mermaid Beach
January 31st, 2012 Dan If there is one lesson I learned from Mermaid Beach it was get off your butt. If you’re a game designer and have a game you want people to play then get cracking and stop making excuses. Mermaid Beach is a card game for 2-5 players ages 6 and up. It was created by an [...]
Rallyman : 110% Rallye
January 27th, 2012 Mark In my group, I’m one of the few people who likes racing games. Although the racing I do is in video games and go carts since amature racing seems like an expensive hobby to me. My fondness for racing means that I’ll look for racing board games too. Rallyman is a rally racing board game designed [...]
Loot and Scoot iOS Review
January 26th, 2012 Scoop Having never played the board game Loot and Scoot, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. All I had to go on going in was the description which included dungeons, looting, recruiting heroes, and killing monsters. That’s the kind of description that gets my attention. Read on to find out of it delivers.
Rory’s Story Cubes Actions in review
January 24th, 2012 Dan Recently GameWright sent me a few games to take a look at which is always good news around the house. Anytime my girls can get their hands on some new games to play with the family they are all in. It’s also instant feedback as my girls are not shy if they don’t like something. [...]
Pathfinder Beginner Box in review
January 18th, 2012 Dan Long time readers are aware that I grew up playing role playing games. A lot of what I loved about rpg’s is the story and creativity they allowed me to explore and express during my formative years. I’ve touched on some of the great memories that playing dungeons & dragons allowed me to have growing up when [...]
Ascension: Chronicles of the Godslayer iOS Review
January 16th, 2012 Scoop Ascension: Chronicles of the Godslayer (A:CotG) is the iOS version of the card game of the same name. For those unfamiliar A:CotG is a deck-building card game designed by three Magic: The Gathering tournament champions. Where most collectible card games, like Magic: The Gathering, require you to construct decks that you will use for the [...]
Suppressing Fire!!!
January 4th, 2012 Dan Band of Brothers the new game from designer Jim Krohn and publisher Worthington games bills itself as a fast playing game of squad level combat in WWII. It’s a scenario based game covering the action of the 101st airborne throughout world war 2. Thanks to Stephen Ambrose and later the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers the subject matter [...]
Fame and Fortune indeed.
December 13th, 2011 Dan Fantasy Flight games version of Civilization is one that gets played a lot by some of the OBG staff. Myself and Chris have played many games. I think it is safe to say both of us were eager to get our hands on the new Fame and Fortune expansion for the game. The question is [...]
Urban Sprawl: A review
December 7th, 2011 admin GMT further dips their toe in the Eurogame pool with this middle weight design, a follow-up to designer Chad Jensen’s superb (and 2011 Golden Geek game of the year) Dominant Species. While an abstract in every sense, players are ostensibly city planners, vying for control of growth and political office. In its more abstract sense [...]
