Herbaceous: My Favorite Game Mechanism

Designer Preview: Res Arcana: Perlae Imperii

by Tom Lehmann Perlae Imperii — Pearls of Power — is the second expansion to Res Arcana.Perlae Imperii adds 4 mages, 4 monuments, 4 Places of Power, 12 artifacts, a magic item, and 25 pearls, a new essence type. It can be played with just the base game or combined with the first expansion, Lux et Tenebrae (light and darkness).Pearls, a New EssencePearls are a powerful and flexible essence. They ...

That Time You Killed Me - HallowStream Week Three

Adventures of Robin Hood Live Play

Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig: Secrets and Soirees - Our Thoughts (Board Game Review)

Five More Great Games: Baseball Highlights 2045, Deception, Gunkimono, Wallenstein, Barenpark

Random Acts of Freeness

In addition to their acclaimed Too Many Bones game, Chip Theory Games has become somewhat famous for a genuine, goodwill-driven marketing strategy: Every now and then when someone posts on social media about a hardship (or even just a concern if the game is a good fit for them), Chip Theory responds to offer them […]

Rolling Realms Liveplay: My Little Scythe, Between Two Castles, and Pendulum

Rapid Fire Roundup October 2021 - with Chris Yi

Card Game: 33 - In Focus

Board Game News Show - Oct 18

Boards Alive #162 w/ Neilan Naicker of Board Game Barrage – Res Arcana and Lux et Tenebrae, Lorenzo Il Magnifico, Hitman 2, and Psychonauts 2

In our one hundred and sixty-second episode, Aaron is joined by Neilan Naicker of Board Game Barrage. We talk about Res Arcana and the Lux et Tenebrae expansion and Lorenzo Il Magnifico in the BA Banter. Then in our Digital Diversion segment we talk about Hitman 2 and Psychonauts 2. We reflect on our review of Xia: Legends of a Drift System and the Embers of a Forsaken Star expansion. ...

A Game of Thrones: The Board Game Digital Review

I’m a big fan of the world of A Game of Thrones and admittedly am captivated by anything with its IP (e.g. I’m guilty of owning Risk: Game of Thrones) so when we were offered to review the digital version of A Game of Thrones: The Board Game, I jumped right on it. Something I […]

Debunking Dan's 101 Best Board Games of All Time (#'s 50 - 41)

10 Board Games on Paula's Radar This Month | October 2021

Game Overview: The Hunger, or Forever and Ever Lasts Only 15 Rounds

by W. Eric Martin At first glance, Richard Garfield's The Hunger sounds like the second coming of Paul Dennen's 2016 game Clank!: Both are deck-building games in which you start in a shared location, then travel along a branching network of paths to collect things, with the need to return to a safe zone before the end of the game because otherwise you automatically lose.Actually, at second glance they're still ...

GoPlayListen: 1990s board games - Which stood the test of time?

Chris Marling’s Top 10 games that were released back in the 1990s, all of which still get plenty of play today.

Kickstarters of the Week: 10/18

We keep on moving through October and convention season trucks along as well. Last weekend was the annual Essen Spiel with lots of new games being released. Did you attend this year’s convention? With that con in the books, that just leaves PAX Unplugged in December for the last convention of the year. Who’s in? […]

DreamWeavers Preview - Look into the Dream Pool!

The Hunger — Fun & Board Games w/ WEM