In case you haven’t noticed, Geektopia is changing. We’ve gone from strictly a site about Star Wars Epic Duels to a site with more forms of Epic Duels, reviews of other games, and even our own original games. We’ve added a blogger, Dystopian Dave. Between the 2 of us, we play a lot of games, …
Month: June 2018
Board game roundup: Games with high do-something ability
I write about this concept a lot, and want to spell it out with examples of the games that do it best. There are many different ways to achieve it, here we go: Building Agricola The Uwe Rosenberg worker placement game is sort of my classic do-something game. Even if you don’t win, who doesn’t …
Terraforming Mars Championship at GenCon Aug 2-4
If you’re going to GenCon this year from Aug 2-5, there’s still time to get in on the Terraforming Mars Championship, officially sanctioned by Stronghold Games! Sign up now! If you’re thinking of going to GenCon, it’s not too late to get tickets. Get a badge! Join the wait list at hotels — things typically will …
Battle of the Underground: Caverna Cave vs. Cave review
I covered the best 2-player board games a while back, and tweeted it out. Mountaintop Games in Madison, WI (@mtntopgames) replied with “Caverna: Cave vs. Cave!” and I finally got a chance to give this one a try. Now that I’ve played it, I can review it, and it belongs right in there with all the …