By Stonemaier Games, Paul Saloman I don’t know what it is with games which have really mundane themes, but something always appeals to me about them. Fantasy and science fiction are fine, I’ve got several games about Cthulhu and about zombies, but if you tell me there’s a game about a stamp convention, I’m in. […]
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Star Trek Adventures Second Edition Starter Set Review – Roll to Do a Starfleet!
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Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth
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After Us Review
Mike reviews the game of post-apocalyptic monkey tribe engine-building
In the recent Christmas episode, one of our guests was the wonderfully cuddly Mark Rivera, designer of this very game, I was shocked nay embarrassed to spot that we hadn’t reviewed the second edition of Luchador! Just how this miscarriage of justice came to be I’m not sure my original has seen countless plays, two […]
Tremulus Session One “Arrival” By Charlie Etheridge-Nunn Starring: Steve as Detective Gerry Tinder, The Detective Lee as “Dusty” Dawes, The Drifter Jacob as Doc Roberts (not technically a doctor), The Salesman Vinnie as Fred Barrows, The Gravedigger Ash as Randall “Hands” Hersey, The Criminal Hazards: None, currently. Are you intrigued by what this section […]
Did you ever sit and ponder, where did those cheeky ghost chappies from Pac-Man get too? Well, now we know. Tired of being Waka Waka Waka’d by that greedy yellow hockey puck they packed up their sheets and moved to Creepstone Manor to start henchghosting for some Tony Soprano type Don ghost called Spookie. Ghostel […]
Lets set aside for a moment the grinding of teeth and ridiculous caterwauling that has emerged since this game topped the BGG rankings as that’s a discussion for another time. Instead, let us ponder as to why it’s justifiably had this adoration lavished upon it and why it’s every bit as good as you might […]
This article was originally published back in January 2016. Depressingly much remains unchanged CAH is still out there on the high street like a turd that won’t flush. It seemed a suitable time to unearth this piece in light of the prominence Black Lives Matter has reached and it really highlights CAH and how it […]
Yep old 2015 is already tearing down the tinsel and wrapping up warm for the January sales, coz you know, more games are always needed. It’s been a wild ride, Season 2 of Who Dares Rolls has been a blast and while personally I haven’t gotten everything I wanted to be done this year we’ve […]
It being the season of goodwill and all that nonsense. We have gathered together the finest curmudgeons that the Board Game industry has to offer for an alternative take on this most jolly of seasons. So settle yourself down for our “Very Grumpy Christmas” episode of the Who Dares Rolls Podcast. Mark Rivera designer of […]
A hidden identity role-playing game for 4-6 players by Bully Pulpit Games. The Servant was yelling at the Hero that the lizardman he was facing off against was a sentient being and not a monster. The Hero didn’t notice under the noise of his own voice, he swung his sword and decapitated the poor, confusing […]
I’ve had a love-hate affair with Cool Mini or Not while it can’t be argued that their games offer an abundance of glorious trinkets I’ve found them often lacking in anything substantial. Zombicide for all of its multi-million dollar success is essentially a box jammed with great looking minitures in search of a set of […]
A game about free will in the style of The Twilight Zone for six players. By Bully Pulpit Games. Brasseau was the first to crack. He wouldn’t show his card, demanded to be let out and insisted that this was all some elaborate farce being played on him. He rattled the door handle but as […]