Haven’t blogged in a while but I have gotten some games in and can’t wait to talk about them. The main idea here is one of setting up conditions and then paying them off. It applies to multiple board games, and I’ll discuss it by looking at 3 fairly different games in Unmatched, Black Rose …
As frequently mentioned, we’re having some fun Epic Duels conversations over at the Discord. The latest is Darth Wolverine (Aaron) ranking all 80 Geektopia decks! He’s been doing one a day, and we’ve been discussing them. We’re currently a little over halfway through, here’s where he had things stacked up at the halfway mark: #80: …
Friends, we had Gen Con. It was different than past Gen Cons, but it was Gen Con and after a crushing year off, it was back this year, baby! Those of us who attend are extremely lucky to get to experience such joy for 4-5 days every year, I hope each reader has found their …
First in-person multiplayer gaming since February 2020, aside from a few rounds of Sushi Go Party during a family weekend. First in-person Epic Duels in quite a bit longer than February 2020, plus we got in some Spirit Island and Imhotep, which I will cover in future posts. This session was with the 1670 group, …
I’ve done this twice recently with the Freedon Nadd and Ahsoka, Defender of Corvus decks, so I thought I’d explain briefly. I make a lot of SWED decks. I get ideas and sometimes they come together really well and really elegantly. Sometimes they don’t. In making decks for LOTRED, it has been no different. Some …
If you haven’t seen, I’ve got a draft up of a Paul Bunyan deck for Unmatched that I think came together really well. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don’t, but this one did in a tree-planting-and-chopping-to-power-up deck that is unique and hopefully interesting and fun. I haven’t tested it yet and am still taking …
Where we left off, I needed new figures for characters from the new films and TV series such as The Mandalorian, Tobias Beckett and Enfys Nest. As covered 2 posts ago, I took a shot with Skullforge and Shapeways, and got these figures in the mail, here next to Obi-Wan for scale. These are great …
I’ve always considered having quality figures to be a huge part of the appeal of Epic Duels. I’ve told bits and pieces of this story before but back in 2003 or so, I was buying extra sets of Epic Duels and modding figures, sometimes even using clay to mold capes and that sort of thing. …
I started up an Unmatched Deck for The Mandalorian a little bit ago, and posted it at Board Game Geek. Longtime blog follower Matt W got involved, gave it a theme, tested it and finished it out. Adam W pulled together some great art for the cards, and used the Unmatched Maker website to lay …
(Cover art by Jovan Delic) LOTRED is nearly finished! I love this set of 6 new LOTR decks featuring some of the most powerful entities in Middle Earth. Lots of fun stuff going on with each deck and frankly, it’s fun to design powerful decks as opposed to more balanced ones. When I say “nearly …