Author: Paco G. Jaen

Roleplaying and board games reviews, podcasts, videos and interviews

The Silver Line edition of Reiner Knizia’s The Lord of the Rings is on sale!

Evil is stirring again in the black lands of Mordor. Brave heroes are needed to stand against the terrible might of Sauron, and the time for action is nearly at hand. The fate of all Middle-earth rests on the shoulders of a brave Fellowship of hobbits… The new Silver Line Edition of The Lord of…
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Incursion Review

Incursion – Is It Wrong To Love Crushing Nazi Zombie Skulls? by =+=SuperflyTNT=+= I heard about this game on Fortress:Ameritrash via a review done by Michael Barnes, and I have to admit that I was a bit intrigued about a game that has you running around ridding the world of two of the most hated…
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Age Past Interview

Recently someone approached me asking if I’d feature his game in this magazine. I always pay attention to this type of request as Indie and new games and sometimes games are better than others, but few times looked as good as Age Past. Although the game is still in production and some work needed to…
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Cold City

Cold City, from Contested Ground Studios, is one of the most innovative RPGs I’ve played in a long time. I was first attracted to it by its setting, namely Berlin in 1950, at the beginning of the Cold War. It mixes the suspicion and politics of the early Cold War with the ‘weird science’ of an alternative WW2, quite a popular trope these days.

Europe 2010 Anniversary Edition : Axis & Allies

With the invasion of the Low Countries and the allied evacuation from Dunkirk, the German army is poised to march on Paris. Axis & Allies Europe 1940, designed and developed by Larry Harris, builds on the success of the acclaimed A&A Anniversary Edition. France appears for the first time in Axis & Allies and will…
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