I must first admit I’ve never played Dark Souls. Through geeky osmosis I’ve gathered it is a highly regarded dark fantasy video game and the punishing difficulty is a feature, not a bug. From this limited perspective and squinting carefully, Ragemore hits those same themes in a tiny package fitting in your backpack and onContinue reading “Dark Souls on Your Desk? – Ragemore”
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Coast to coast with Ticket to Ride
Ticket to Ride is another great game I love to play for real and to play with my son. He’s still far too young to understand the game as a concept, but he likes to play with trains. The plastic train pieces of TTR have great table presence, especially at higher player counts with differentContinue reading “Coast to coast with Ticket to Ride”
Gaming with Toddlers 3 – Splendor, More or Less
As I’ve written, I like to play my board games with my two-year old. We don’t play the rules since he’s so young and can’t possibly understand what should be happening. Instead we use the games s toys and recently I have been trying to make our play times more developmentally appropriate for him. AsContinue reading “Gaming with Toddlers 3 – Splendor, More or Less”
What are good additions to an IP? The Lord of the Rings
It feels like so many people get upset when books get adapted to movies or TV. Page to screen often incites a lot of hostility from overly passionate fanbases, but the trend of revisiting old film IPs such as Star Wars or Indiana Jones as created more controversies among fans. When I was younger IContinue reading “What are good additions to an IP? The Lord of the Rings”
Real Mouthful – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
Some of my most cherished memories of childhood involved our Thanksgiving and Christmas trips to see my grandparents in Maine. Seeing grandparents is the best because they’ve lived long enough to spoil their grandkids dammit. We were spoiled through film. At home we did not watch much TV, but our grandparents had a nice sizedContinue reading “Real Mouthful – Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure”
A Dystopian Choose Your Own Adventure – Floor 13
Archive.org’s in-browser DOSBox emulator is one of the greatest tools available for retro gamers. Many years ago I came across Floor 13 on one of the abandonware sites that were popular in the early 2000s. Back then it made a huge impression on me and I loved the game. Recently I was thinking of itContinue reading “A Dystopian Choose Your Own Adventure – Floor 13”
Gaming with Toddlers 2 – His Games
Board gaming for young children is big business. Haba is the most famous company catering to young gamers and more companies are popping up every year. Millennial parents like myself are driving the market looking for family-friendly activities to play together. A highlight of gaming with toddlers is that they are perfectly happy playing theContinue reading “Gaming with Toddlers 2 – His Games”
Alternative Fighting Forces – Freelancer
Video game writing is not great literature. No matter how deep is the lore or how many codex entries can be found, a good book will always be a better read than a good game. That is not to say game writing is drek, The Elder Scrolls franchise is full of pretty good short stories.Continue reading “Alternative Fighting Forces – Freelancer”
Cardboard Wizards – Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle
Let me get it out early. If you really like Harry Potter and are a fan of board games, you should enjoy Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle. Notice I said “really like Harry Potter.” If you’re the person who has read the books multiple times and can quote the movies, this is for you. Unfortunately, theContinue reading “Cardboard Wizards – Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle”
Lunch Break Gaming – Switchboard
Switchboard is a 9-card, path-building puzzler representing the hectic job of a switchboard operator. The goal is to connect the callers and recipients denoted by six pairs of colored tokens. Adding to the pressure is a time limit represented by three dice. Each action you will take has a time cost. If, over the threeContinue reading “Lunch Break Gaming – Switchboard”
The Keasy Depot 