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 …
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 …
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 …
Unmatched: Cobble & Fog is the latest to come from Restoration Games Unmatched series and if you are interested in this game, it’s a very exciting expansion. This is probably their best overall set so far, in my opinion, though I’ll have to play through a bunch of matches to solidify that opinion. We get …
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 …
So for all of the things I love about Gen Con, after the general camaraderie and spirit of it, what I love most is just playing games, games, games. I played so many that it went by in a blur, and if I did’t take a picture then I pretty much forget about it, so …
Typically I put thoughts together on my own and let them marinate for a while before they kind of coalesce into an interesting design, and do that before I publish anything. In this case, though, I want to let anyone interested in on the thought process, and give a chance to shape the decks along …
Here’s what we know so far, feel free to jump into the comments to add anything! 30 cards 18 specials and 12 basic. Sinbad is an exception at 17 and 13. Special cards for Heroes and sidekicks: Specials are split between the Hero and the sidekicks, except in Bruce Lee’s case. So far, Merlin has …
For fans of, or those just curious about, Unmatched by Restoration games — the restoration of Epic Duels — we set up a page as a portal to all of our Unmatched content! We are also starting to break down the decks, to understand the structure of the special cards and basic cards that make …