Epic duels guy turned blogger and reviewer turned designer and publisher of original games
Adrenaline is a newish (2016) game that captures the feeling of first-person shooter video games in a tabletop format. It doesn’t quite move with the same ferocity as a video game as it moves to the tabletop, but it’s about as good as a tabletop version is going to get. I first played it at …
Lost Cities is a game that’s been around since 1999, but I just played it the other night and it’s worth the plug. It’s an interesting head-to-head card game disguised as an archaeological adventure game. It’s a quick game so this will be a quick review. Overall feeling Lost Cities feels more like a head-to-head …
Our LOTRED set has actually been around since 2009, but we’ve finally made it available here on geektopia both for live and online play! Check out the entire set of 26 decks and 8 maps. The original LOTRED project was a collaboration between myself (Roman) and the Epic Duels online community, where we developed 12 …
This was my first GenCon in several years after going something 5 straight years from 2009-2014 and it has really evolved into one of the best things on the planet. If you consider yourself a serious gamer and you’ve never gone, consider making the pilgrimage just once in your life. This year, we had in …
With only a couple of hours left for gaming after advancing our epic Pathfinder adventure, we were able to play through a game of Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure (2016) and it was great fun. It’s a deck-building game with a dungeon map, treasure, and a fearsome dragon. You’re a treasure-stealing thief type with your aim to …
So we took the 2011 game The Walking Dead out for a spin last week. It’s an older game now but if I play it, I blog it. Overall Feeling A gritty struggle. That’s the feeling of The Walking Dead game, which is a great fit for its source material, but I don’t know if that’s …
We forayed into the relatively newly released second edition of Mansions of Madness (2016) to experience a Lovecraftian Horror story that caused 2 out of 4 players to go insane, but at least in resulted in a happy ending for (most of) us. We played only the introductory scenario in a session that lasted about 2 …
There are so many great games out there, that sometimes, a few years go by before you discover a great game that’s been out for a while. That is the case with Orléans, one that I’m surprised hasn’t made more noise. Even though it’s a bit of an older game (2014) now, it’s still worth a full …
Xia: Legends of a Drift System is a space exploration game in which you attempt to achieve “Legend” status as command a star ship who flies around the galaxy, exploring new sectors, completing missions, trading goods, and fighting with other ships. Though the game play runs on the long side at 3-4 hours, it’s got …
Scoville is a new-ish (2014) game about hot pepper farming, and you earn the most points by planting the hottest peppers, by selling them to merchants in town, or by using them to learn award-winning chili recipes. Talk about good clean fun! No conquest, no violence, but in the world of hot pepper farmers, the …