A while back, I did a top ten abstract board games list. One of the comments spoke incredibly highly of an abstract that I hadn’t tried yet – Arimaa. So, of course, I hunted down a copy and tried it out!In Arimaa, the goal of the game is to get …
Heads up, GW just dropped a bunch of FAQ’s. Looks like mostly flyer updates. Removal of Deep Strike across all armies for flyers. Added Storm Ravens to BT and SM…
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Last time we looked at the first half of analyzing one turn of Warmachine. We looked at how to not lose the game by looking at potential assassination runs from the opponent as well as possible scenario wins. Then we turn it around and tried to find an assassination route for ourselves as well as [...]
This week I decided to look at how to win. Thats right, how to WIN. It might seem like a very obvious objective in the game, but how do you actually accomplish this? Well lets take a look at a single turn and see if how I go about it makes any sense at all. [...]
Kulami $ 29.95 Kulami is a fun, tactile game of strategy for two players. Ten wooden tiles are arranged to form an ever-changing board on which opponents compete to capture the largest number of tiles. Each player takes a turn placing their marbles. When placed cleverly they will limit their adversary’s possible moves and gain [...]
Archipelago Release Date: Nov 2012 $ 79.99 Are you ready to take-on your discovery mission to the archipelago? Each player takes on the role of an explorer and their team, mandated by a European nation to discover, colonize and profit from the archipelagos. These missions are supposed to happen diplomatically, by answering the needs of [...]
Garden Dice Release Date: Nov 2012 $ 38.95 Garden Dice is a family strategy game that combines dice rolling, tile laying, and set collection. The game board depicts a garden as a 6×6 grid where seed and vegetable tiles are placed using dice rolls as coordinates. Players take turns using the dice to plant, water, [...]
Legends of Andor Release Date: Nov 2012 $ 59.95 Legends of Andor is a cooperative adventure board game for two to four players, in which a band of heroes must work together to defend a fantasy realm from invading hordes. To secure Andor’s borders, the heroes will embark on dangerous quests in one of [...]
Well after wanting to take part in the Wyrd Halloween Contest I finally got around to writing my Story Encounter for it after having a lot of things going on personally to find that I was 5 days too late for the contest… Well with that being said I thought I’d put it up here [...]
Space Empires Close Encounters Expansion $ 59.00 Release Date: Oct 2012 Space Empires: Close Encounters is the first expansion to Space Empires: 4X.Alien races meet up close as they encounter each other for the first time in ship boarding engagements and planetary invasions with different types of ground troops. The strengths and weaknesses of each [...]
A very interesting game that I recently was taught by one of my newer gaming friends was Pax (that link is to the publisher’s site – it’s not on Amazon).In Pax, you are rebelling against Rome. Well, at least most of you are. To successfully…
Today’s review from the “children’s game reviews by a guy with no children” series of reviews (I just made that up) is Scallywags.In Scallywags, the goal is to get the most loot. However, unlike most games with this goal, you cannot win by gainin…
Another classic 3M game from my large box that I bought at GenCon is Ploy.In Ploy, the object of the game is to capture your opponent’s commander, or all of his other pieces. It has a very Chess-like feel. Each of your pieces has 1-4 lines on the top…
The nature of most CCG’s, Magic: the Gathering included, is that as your stack o’ cards grows and your experience with the mechanics of the game increases, so too do the opportunities for crazy shenanigans, regardless of the format you’re playing. But what happens when those shenanigans take a turn from the cheeky and fun [...]
A game that came to me highly recommended by some of my fellow bloggers is Existenz: On the Ruins of Chaos (not currently available on Amazon).I was told that because I liked the Game of Thrones: Living Card Game, I should try out Existenz. Howev…
Hi everyone, here with the third portion of my Necron play style. This week I was going to focus more on how to dish out all that damage, or how to handle the nasty assault units you’ll come across these … Continue reading →
A game that I traded for a while back on BoardGameGeek since it looked quirky (and I didn’t want the other game) was Dungeon Lords.In Dungeon Lords, you, evil genius (“evil”? slanderers!) are trying to protect your home, which some stupid townspeople …
Hey all, Lukas here again with the second installment of my Newcron tactics. Since the broad overview was covered in the previous article, I figured I could go into more detail with my preferred units or ones I believe could … Continue reading &…
I’d like to shine light on a more balanced approach to Necron lists. A sort of all comers list if you will. While the Scarab Farm is godlike against many armies, something like Tyranids manage to laugh at it, or … Continue reading →
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So for the past week or so I’ve had a Strategy knocking around inside my head which I want to work into the start of a campaign… be it online or not. The start of it is with the below Strategy where there is an informant who had some information that all factions are after. [...]
When a game truly defines a genre, I think it is only appropriate that I give it a try. And so, I wound up buying Carcassonne.
Carcassonne is the tile placing game. In Carcassonne, players take turns drawing and playing a tile. When playing a til…
A nice little two-player game that one of my friends introduced to me was Babel.
In Babel, the players are competing to try to build the largest temples. On any given turn, a player will draw three army cards, perform any number of actions (such as…
Friend of the Blog, Miah, of the Tannhäuser Blog, has had his first Tannhäuser strategy article published on the Fantasy Flight Games site. You can read his article about choosing equipment packs HERE.This is yet another good sign that Fantasy Flight…
Yesterday we looked at playing models with Finesse VS Brute Strength. We also compared the offensive and defensive mindset. Today we’ll go over the last comparison and then bring it all together to see what we can take away from these discussions. Being a Positional Player VS Being a Tactical Player A positional player will [...]