“I think the tables are easy to read, for the most part,” states D in this review of Cage Match! by Board Crazy Games. “And, the results on these tables make a lot of sense to me as well,” adds Will. “Because of these charts,” he adds a bit later, “This game could have easily been, …
Since I live in Chicago this post will review 2 things: The Polar Vortex 2019 board game convention outside of Chicago Jan 25-27, and the Polar Vortex 2019 weather event, happening right now in Chicago, Jan 30-31. Sign up for updates! Talk about the Weather Less to discuss here so let’s get this out of …
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 …
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 …
As I mentioned in a recent blog, though we still love and create for Star Wars Epic Duels, Geektopia is evolving into a creator of original games. I’ve shared my process for making epic decks, now I’m going to share my process for making epic games. Unlike my decks for Star Wars Epic Duels, I …
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 …
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 …
I’ve dedicated this post to just the games I saw there, as they are worthy of their own post, and even this is just a sampling. This content had been previously combined with the prior post, but it is now separate and expanded. I did replicate my conversations with Stronghold Games in both posts. With …
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 …
Gotta tell you, I’ve been excited to write this one for a while now, because of all the dozens of titles we’ve played recently, this one is the best. Terraforming Mars has a strong theme, sound mechanics, great components and it just pulls off what it’s trying to do as well as any game I’ve …