Tag: strategy

Roleplaying and board games reviews, podcasts, videos and interviews

Boardgame review – Conan from Monolith

Get in the shoes of Conan, your favourite barbarian, and get all over Hyboria defeating your enemies and vanquishing monsters. Monolith had an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign on the back of a very popular and much loved IP like Conan, some kick-ass miniatures, artwork and cool gameplay promises. At nearly $3.5 million, they also hit…
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Podcast Episode The Boardgame Interview Room: Heroes from Lion Games

Thanks to Piotr Żuchowski, I managed to get my hands on an early production copy of Heroes a few months ago. Since then, I’ve managed to do the Unboxing video and play the game a few times and must say loving it every time I play. This is a weird thing for me to say…
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Podcast episode – The Board Game Review Room: Kingdom

Everyone knows that angels and demons are going to fight, like they do in Kingdom. That’s what they do because… because they’re angels and demons. And there are kingdoms to conquer and one can’t stand each other. Who needs any more reasons? Exactly. Black Locust Games decided to make a game based on the theme.…
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DuCo, a first play review

The perpetual casual gamer in me loves filler games. More often than not, though, I get disappointed because, more often than not, filler games are not very satisfying. They’re not that good, or that deep or, simply put, that fun.

Duco was offered to me by the creator and they advertise the game as “easy to learn, difficult to master”. When I received the game and saw that, I let a loud *sigh* leave my lips. The number of times I’ve heard/read that escapes me.

Unboxing: Dominare, from AEG

Another game in the city of Tempest game from Alderac Entertainment Group, Dominare.

Designed by Jim Pinto, Dominare puts the players in the place of conspirators aiming to control the city. Use your agents and expand your influence and control the metropolis that many say is the biggest city in the world.

Now all this sounds very well and proper, but is the game worth the amount of money you have to pay to get your hands on it?

Let’s find out!