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Over the course of several months, I led a group of six players through the Grand Campaign scenario from Europa Universalis: The Price of Power. For 4-6 hours a day, every other Sunday, we would convene around the gaming table, remind ourselves of where we left off, and get to… Read more »

One of the fun things about discussing the catalog of strategy game designer Vital Lacerda is finding out how each fan ranks Lacerda's games. I have a lot of friends who enjoy Lacerda's designs, and I am no exception…for a good part of 2021 and 2022, I tried to host… Read more »

Wingspan is one of the most popular games in the world. As of this writing, BoardGameGeek has the base game listed as #27. It is interesting to note then, that if you look at the average rating for Wingspan Asia, it is actually higher than the base game. The Geek… Read more »

From the rulebook: “As a prestigious city planner, you have been ordered by the queen herself to build a harmonious city. Take care to balance the human and natural realms by creating equal amounts of building (black) and park (green) tiles, and do not forget to incorporate the shape of… Read more »

The guys in my Wednesday gaming group started a push to play more of the old, dust-ridden games at the bottom and backs of our respective game closet shelves. The premise was simple: let’s try to remember why we keep all these old games when all we ever play now… Read more »

As I've become more cognizant of the size of my burgeoning board game collection, I often find myself culling games from the shelf that are replaced by better versions of a similar game. That meant that Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game finally found its way to the seller's block… Read more »

If you’ve had the chance to read any of my previous Mindclash Games coverage, you probably think I’m a fanboy…and, you are right. Mindclash has put out a bevy of bangers, including Anachrony, Trickerion: Legends of Illusion, and the granddaddy of them all, Voidfall. I wanted to try the 2022… Read more »

So What Happened? Over twenty years ago, Dungeons & Dragons third edition (D&D3e) was released. The owning company, Wizards of the Coast, released three other related things around that time: the System Reference Document (SRD), the Open Game License (OGL), and the d20 System Trademark License. The SRD is a… Read more »

Animal Poker - Justin Bell In 2022, HeidelBÄR released Animal Poker, based on the 1988 card game Career Poker, which itself is based on a game called [name too profane for a family tabletop review site] first described in a 1986 Spielbox article based on a traditional French game. That’s… Read more »

What’s That Sound? As you slowly regain consciousness, you become aware of a red glow enveloping you. You begin to recollect things. You're on a ship. You're part of a crew. You were in hibernation. But that sound is deafening. Is that the alarm? As you step out of your… Read more »