There were few things that I took more joy in as a kid than imagining epic battles between my action figures – struggles to the death, unlikely alliances, and harrowing underwater clashes in the kitchen sink. A similar excitement comes…
Dark Deeds 2nd Edition Review
Dark streets, rich vendors with loot aplenty, and pompous fools that deserve a bludgeoning are all a part of a typical night in the brand new second edition release of Dark Deeds – a game about thieving and trying to…
You Gotta be Kitten Me Review
I am someone who has backed arguably far too many board games through crowdfunding. I find joy in large boxes packed full of plastic miniatures or sleeved cards, and hearing things like “complex” and “takes all day to play” makes…
Winds of Numa Sera: The Board Game Preview
Developed by Darkrose Studios and based on the 2022 Dark Horse graphic novel of the same name, The Winds of Numa Sera is a brand-new strategy game for 2-4 players that is currently finding success on Kickstarter. Darkrose Studios was…
Hero: Tales of the Tomes is a great all-in-one card game for fans of TCGs
Trading card games like Magic: The Gathering, Digimon, Final Fantasy, and others are perhaps my favorite genre of tabletop goodness. Being a child of the late ’80s and growing up in the ’90s, I attribute this love to my fond…
Untapped Thoughts – Modern Horizons 3 Has Me Feeling Nostalgic
The Modern Horizon line of releases for Magic is always uniquely exciting, thanks to its focus on reprinting classic cards. These reprints serve an important role in the meta of Magic – making old cards legal again in the modern…
Millennium Blades – A competitive board game about a competitive card game
As a child of the 90s, I have grown up with and experienced my fair share of trading card games, starting with the granddaddy of them all, Magic: The Gathering, starting in around 1994. I was there when the Pokemon…
Untapped Thoughts on Thunder Junction
Untapped Thoughts is a feature that simply presents one nerd’s rambling thoughts on the latest set of cards and the enjoyment I got out of them. Do not expect a deep dive, cost analysis, or breakdown of the value you…
For the Queen – Ye Olde Improv
Doty, take this down – Initially released in 2019, this new edition of For the Queen, designed by Alex Roberts, has found its home at Critical Role’s tabletop publishing house, the Darrington Press. For the Queen sells itself as a…
PAX EAST 2024 Stand Outs
So…this should have been out a good bit ago. That was the goal, actually, but a steady rotation of illnesses through the family and wrestling with an 8-month-old who just wanted to move and explore the house got in the…
Hexopolis Review
Much like randomly walking around a bookshop, stumbling on a new book you’ve never heard of, and falling in love with it, I adore walking around conventions and stumbling on new board games and video games I have never heard…
SaGa Emerald Beyond Review
Having grown up in the 90s, the Golden Age of Square RPGs, I became incredibly familiar with many of the developer’s heavy hitters – the Mana, Chrono, and Final Fantasy franchises. The one that always eluded me was the SaGa…