Category: Paco Garcia Jaen

Roleplaying and board games reviews, podcasts, videos and interviews

Interview with Nine Worlds’ creator at the UK Games Expo

Richard Denning is the organiser the UK and also the designer of Nine Worlds, a game based on the discovery of gods in the Norse Mythology.

The idea of the game is to find a replacement for Loki, since he’s been imprisoned for being very naughty! Thus the gods need to find another one and they are competing against each other to score points, obtain divinity and find the new god.

Yep. It does sound fun to me!

Outlive Outdead review

Zombies have held a fascination for me for a very, very long time. Maybe it’s because they represent a future even darker and more unpleasant than death. The notion of being reduced to a husk only motivated by hunger and unable to rest in peace while attempting to eat other people alive is a pretty horrific one. Maybe it is because is the only survivable apocalypse scenario I can think of. Or maybe is because zombies are, let’s face it, the easiest to kill of all. Unless they’re fast, but we all know that fast zombies are impossible. They just can’t happen.

Unboxing Commander-In-Chief

This game promises a lot from the moment go. It compares itself to Chess and Checkers and even states that this game would make for an awesome centre piece on your coffee table as a talking point. Bold claims indeed! Does this game stand up to visual and production scrutiny? Let’s find out! From the…
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The G*M*S Magazine Podcast Episode 56–Shadows Over Scotland with Stuart Boon

Shadows Over Scotland won the Origins Award this year and also the Ennie for the best setting at GenCon. To achieve that is quite incredible and for Stuart Boon this has been quite an incredible year!

Review: Charon’s Claw

By Paco Garcia Jaen You know, for someone who’s just 25, Drizzt Do’Urden has certainly lived a lot. He’s even survived the Spellplague and managed to remain a legend. Not bad going for someone who was cast out from his homeland for not being evil. Who would have thought! Drizzt has become one of those…
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