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Necronomnomnom review

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Necronomnomnom is a Lovecraftian cookery book that was released last year thanks to a very successful Kickstarter. But, does it cut it as a cookery book?

Borrowing from the Lovecraft mythology, the Necronomnomnom brings a cofetable size book in padded hardcover with some truly, insanely gorgeous art inside and the promise of some recipes out of this world.

I must admit one thing: I was seriously stung by the postage from the USA and I feel that more could have been done to make this book a lot cheaper to deliver.

Still, getting the book for 30$ at the KS time is a sweet deal.

But does it cut it as a cookery book?

Well… this is what this video is all about.

Richard Garfield’s Bunny Kingdom: Any good?

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Richard Garfield’s Bunny Kingdom is the designer’s newest through Iello. What can we expect from this title?

Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic: The Gathering has managed to have success after success after success. King of Tokyo, King of New York, Netrunner and Android: Netrunner, Star Wars CCG and many, many others.

Having an area control/influence and card drafting game is probably something Richad Garfield should be able to do very well.

When I spoke with Robin Houpier from Iello, the game just grew in appeal for me.

The cute looks and very high production values – something one can come to expect from Iello – left me tantalisingly close to playing it but not able to, which means it is one of the games I have in my short list to get out as soon as I possibly can.

How does it play?

Being an area control game might make it sound like it will have nothing too exciting about it, but we are talking about Richard Garfield here… it has to have something else. In Bunny Kingdom you have to draft cards and, picking the right ones, position your bunnies and cities in the 100 squares on the board. However, you must secretly find the right rabbit allies and recruit the correct masters with the right skills to increase the value of the cities. The secrecy aspect to Garfield’s game is one of the things that I find so appealing.

Point scoring depends on how many contiguous warrens and cities you have and also what resources they have access to.

It sounds simple enough, but the secrecy aspect of the game makes it quite open in theory.

Robin was quite enthusiastic about the game and I reckon they could have something cool in their hands, but what do you think?

Check out the video and see what you make of it!

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Video review – Simurgh, from NSKN

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Simurgh was published by NSKN just two years ago and, as a game all about dragons and since I am pretty Dragons nut, I had to try it.

A worker placement and resource management game for 2 to 5 people that plays in around 90 minutes, this game has a pretty original feature, and is that the board is built every time the game is played, thus making it unique.

And it has enough components to make that board interesting for months and months!

But is this game worth the amount of money you have to pay to get your hands on it?

Let’s find out!

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Video Unboxing: Dragon Kings

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world_book2Dragon Kings was funded in Kickstarter in 2013 with a fairly unrealistic delivery date and the promise of a lot; rulebook, CD with music inspired in the setting, PDFs, posters, more rule books for different systems…

But I backed it anyway because the setting sounded fantastic and the artists they had recruited to do some illustration and cartography are second to none. In fact the map of Khitus is absolutely breath-taking.

Dragon Kings also sold itself as the spiritual successor of Dark Sun, one of my favourite settings for Dungeons & Dragons since it was published in 1994, so regardless of everything I would have bought it.

Now, one year late, I have the setting book in my hands, the music CD in my library, the MP3s in my phone and the posters on my wall, so I am happy I got what I paid for. Almost.

The fact is that at the time of publishing this video I haven’t got the Pathfinder or Savage World rules supplement and there’s not been an update on the project since February 2015.

So, with all those issues and the fact the typography is not great (should have made more of an issue of that in the video) is it worth getting this book?

Well, yes. Very, very much so.

And in the video I tell you why!

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Video Unboxing: Realm of Wonder from Mindwarrior Games

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pic2204281_t[1] I have been looking forward to unboxing Realm of Wonder since I saw it released at Spiel 2014.

The game from Mindwarrior Games looked absolutely gorgeous and it got some amazingly good reactions from the crowds that relentlessly populated the company’s booth at the show.

But of course I have to find if this game is worth the amount of money you have to pay to get your hands on it.

And here’s the video to show you!

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