Unboxing Vide – Dig Mars from Brain Games
By Paco Garcia Jaen Dig Mars was one of Michael Chamberlain’s finds at Spiel 2013. A Science Fiction boardgame in […]
By Paco Garcia Jaen Dig Mars was one of Michael Chamberlain’s finds at Spiel 2013. A Science Fiction boardgame in […]
We’re getting closer to 60! But for now we’re 59 episodes old and we’re having an amazing time!
With a teaser of interviews to come, Dr. Reddy and I discuss Kickstarter and, for once, we actually stay on topic for a long time!
The G*M*S Magazine Podcast Episode 59 – Clever Mojo Games with Dave McKenzie Read Post »
Clever Mojo game pretty much started the boardgame craze in Kickstarter by successfully funding the rather excellent Alien Frontiers. It didn’t take them long to decide they would do the same with their following project, Sunrise City and they were right.
After my last experience with a GenX game, Luna Llena, I was desperate to like this game. As a Spaniard, I am keen to see good products coming out of my country. After playing Dos de Mayo and Total Rumble, I know for a fact that GenX can produce terrific games, so my hopes were very high.
It’s a flicking game akin to tiddlywinks, but it’s actually interesting, unlike tiddlywinks. Players take on the role of theater commander of a faction of cybernetically enhanced or alien insects that have various powers, allowing them to hide in bushes, fire missiles, spit acid balls, and all sorts of other things.
The premise of Alien Frontiers is that two to four players are all vying to colonize a planet for their own evil designs, using resources and orbital stations to produce the colonies to be built in eight geographical regions of varying strategic value. Using a fleet of ships, which are represented by D6 dice, you can claim docking ports on each orbital station to use the stations’ abilities to both further your cause as well as deny your opponents the opportunity to use the station that you’ve chosen.
By Matt Drake I think it’s time I raved all about the brilliance of small-press games. Specifically, I want to