Tag: wood

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Settlers of Catan – So Long, And Thanks For All The Wood

I’d heard about Settlers of Catan a hundred billion times, at least, as it’s widely called “The Fazzer Of Ze Euroz Gaming”, and I’ve heard it panned by Ameritrash folks as a gaming atrocity. Although not as widely hated, at least publicly, as renaissance farming or weenie trading games, it has been the subject of scorn and ridicule. “It doesn’t have a body count”, they said. “It doesn’t have much player interaction”, the said.

Angry Birds: Knock on Wood Overview

By Grim Tree Games Its very important if you see a disgruntled bird, not to make it angry. Especially if you are a green pig. To illustrate that fact we take a look and the App-made-real-life board game Angry Birds: Knock on Wood. If you like the look don’t forget to check out our Angry…
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Plastic Paradise?

Every year, dozens of new board games release that are choc full of plastic. There is nothing inherently wrong with this, I can hardly claim to avoid the stuff as an avid mini gamer and dungeon crawl fan I own more plastic than some toy manufacturers but today I’m going ask the question, why?

Half-Goblins of the Tangled Wood Review

This pdf by Raging Swan Press is 26 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page blank inside front cover, 1 page title, 1 page editorial, 1 page ToC, 1 page ads + SRD, 1 page Raging Swan product checklist, 1 page back cover, leaving 18 pages of content for the Half-Goblins.