An important but often overlooked part of miniature wargaming is the terrain. If you spend countless hours painting and perfecting your models, why not spend at least a fraction of that time on the board on which you will be playing? Well, cost would be a big reason. If you are a Warhammer or Warhammer 40K player, …
Sometimes, 3 can be a crowd. Others call it an odd number. But, it can be the perfect number to play a number of different board games: Glory to Rome (2005) If you haven’t played this classic, you are missing out on a game that works really well for 3, 4 or 5 players, and …
Cage Match has changed, big time, yo. As discussed in a recent post, Cage Match was a complex game that I felt needed an EZ Mode, so I went ahead and developed an EZ Mode of the game that I liked pretty well. Many, many elements of the game were removed, including all fighting positions besides the …
To remind you, last year was all about Adrenaline, Evolution and Viral and there were several great games this year, too, though I’m not sure if there are any I liked quite as much as the above. I also found our group weirdly ill-prepared for some of the group sizes we had, lacking Glory to Rome …
One sentence review: Prelude gets the game going faster and results in a shorter game. Does this sound good? If so, get Prelude. If you think the game is perfect at its current length, then don’t bother with it. Personally, I like it a lot, and would prefer to play all future games with Prelude. …
The 1670 crew had another great GenCon in 2018, with 7 of us winning tournaments, running tournaments, demoing games, meeting some of the best known game designers, and generally having a ton of fun in the best 4 days of gaming. If you consider yourself a serious gamer and haven’t been to GenCon, let me …