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Julius Caesar

My reviews will not focus on the rules of the game. There are better reviewers on that format than I could ever contribute. The purpose behind my reviews is to highlight one, and only one, overriding aspect of any game: fun. That’s it. As a big kid at heart, I play games in order to have a good time. In the end, all I really care about is if I’m going to want to play the thing again, and will anyone else. Hence, I’ve chosen five areas to highlight that are all aspects of the game’s funness. Examined from this paradigm, these are all aspects that I believe should be enjoyed during the whole experience of playing board games.
All right already, enough philosophizing, on with the review…

Happy Birthday D&D n.3

By Jonathan Drain If you’re following the RSS feed, you may have missed Monday and Tuesday’s free D&D PDF giveways to celebrate the 36th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons and the 10th anniversary of D&D third edition. Today D20 Sources the last of three PDFs graciously donated from The Le Games‘s line of third edition…
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Onirim

By Guy Mullarkey As previous reviews of mine will attest to, I am becoming a real fan of the Z-Man Games range of card games. Previous games reviewed from their series’ can be found here Queen’s Ransom – A Simple Review, Court of the Medici – A Simple Review,Chaos Card Game – A Simple Review.…
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Dark Sun Creature Catalogue

By Christopher W. Richeson In Short, The Creature Catalog offers monsters, important NPCs, templates, hazards, and other options to help bring a Dark Sun campaign to life. This imaginative resource provides excellent support for any Dark Sun game, and further fleshes out the setting through its discussion of the many hazards of daily life. With…
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Space Hulk: Death Angel

By Eric Newland “There’s movement all over the place” – Aliens That quote says it all. This game with the right group of friends is very exciting! I picked this game up from Gen Con a week or so again. Here is my review. Components: The box contains a large amount of cards. The card…
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