I think I am reaching the conclusion that I like cards games a lot more than I thought. Don’t get me wrong, I am partial to an sort of games, and Ameritrash does get my attention more often than not. Can’t help it… miniatures, brightly coloured boards, tons of pieces. Even with near to impossible to understand mechanics and not very well written rules, I still like them.
This is the unboxing video of a really interesting and gorgeous looking game that should make a lot of music fans very happy. Marco Valtriani and Paolo Vallerga bring a story of Ragnarok and music to the board and it looks amazing! I could tell you a lot of things about this game, but I rather let you see the video!
From GenCon 2011 until just recently, companies have decided that dicefests are the new deck builders. We’ve seen Elder Sign, Quarriors, Bears!, Martian Dice, and now King of Tokyo come to fruition, and I’m quite excited that publishers are finally realizing that deck building has been done to death.
In Warparty, players command heroes and armies in a fantasy world beset by conflict. An alliance of Dwarves and Men
Over the last few years we have seen quite a few cooperative style games and I am certainly a fan. I really like the sense of tension and spirit of teamwork that comes with cooperative games. Kind of an “us against the world” thing. As with anything, you certainly can get too much of a good thing and we are certainly in danger of too much of the “same old” in cooperative games.
Ever fancied taking on the role of an intrepid treasure-hunter, dodging the deadly traps and escaping with untold riches? Welcome to the world of the Adventurers, the Pyramid of Horus.
Whoever designed this game must be some sort of planning and structuring genius. Tales of the Arabian Nights is a cross between a board game and the Choose Your Own Adventure books I enjoyed in my youth – only the adventure book that comes with it contains more than 2,000 different paragraphs.
By Paco Garcia Jaen This is the video of the unboxing of A La Carte, from Karl-Heinz Schmiel, which is
Now for the 4th in a series of card based games from Rightgames, Potion-Making Practice, which is probably the most fun. A game for 2-6 players, ages 8+ (not so sure about this…), the players are attending a lesson in potion making at the Sorcery College and the student who collects the most victory points by collecting elements and creating alchemical formulas (the more complex, the better) wins.
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