Lead the Exodus
The second edition of the Dice of the Living Dead PnP was released a few months ago but flew under the radar. I've only seen it mentioned...
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Athena
Aug 20, 2020
The Darkest Hour
Having not read Black Easter/The Day After Judgement by James Blish, the book that inspired Tony Boydell to create Aleph Null, I am...
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JW
Jul 31, 2020
Or die trying
You are not a hero. But something terrible happened. And now you are locked up in a dark prison cell. Will there be torture? Are you left...
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Athena
Jul 28, 2020
Spoiler-free thoughts on the most famous legacy game
Right after the release of Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 was announced, I rushed to the local game store and bought Season 1. Why I had...
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JW
Jul 16, 2020
Finding my haven
I used to be a big music fan. I spent all my money on albums, later CDs, and on live shows. I used to love reading. I read two or three...
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Athena
Jul 11, 2020
One card wonders
The 2020 1-Card Game Print and Play Design Contest is up and running on BGG, with many designers submitting solo games. As the contest is...
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JW
Jul 3, 2020
One Player, Many Cats of Ulthar
Our favourite librarian Arvid asked me to share some insights in the undisputed best dice game ever, Elder Sign. He turned our...
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JW
Jun 26, 2020
And on his farm he had an alien, e-i-e-i-oh
Blorg in the Midwest is a 9-card hand-management game, in which you are Blorg, who took the family saucer for a joyride and crashed it...
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JW
Jun 22, 2020
The Three Mouseketeers
Forest Guardians by Marta Viader (user Bunyol de Vent on BGG) is off to an impressive start. Winner in the 2020 - 9 Card Game Print and...
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Athena
Jun 15, 2020
Clearing the Mist
I could have waited a bit longer to write this post, but Mistfall requires dedication and repeated plays. It would take me a month until...
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JW
Jun 12, 2020
Enrol 'n' write in Night Class
In the roll & write game Night Class you are an aspiring superhero, trying to protect your neighbourhood. Taking on trigger-happy...
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Athena
Jun 4, 2020
Bountiful dungeons
When Theo Peters, co-designer of Dungeon Bounty, sent us a mail the other day suggesting that we give his game a try, I thought about it...
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Athena
Jun 3, 2020
Wasteland Wednesday - A4 Quest: Inhuman
I did a quick search for post-apocalyptic Print 'n' Play games, and only found one that almost fits what I'm looking for: the latest...
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Athena
Jun 1, 2020
XX72 Series: A Mapping Marathon
Drawing terrain on a hexed grid is an activity I find to be calming, engaging and immersive. I wasn't aware of the appeal of mapping...
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JW
May 27, 2020
Love at first tile
Shortly before the current crisis, I caught another virus. I had just joined a neighbourhood board game group and got introduced to some...
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Athena
May 25, 2020
Vegetarian Prince
Have you ever played Barbarian Prince or its PnP derivative, Barbarian Vince? If you have, and have enjoyed this type of overland...
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Athena
May 16, 2020
A 10-minute mystery
Indie Boards & Cards recently made available the PnP files for a demo case of their 1-8 player cooperative game,The Sherlock Files:...
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JW
May 13, 2020
Medium Rogue
Bummer. After a waiting period of over two years, Mini Rogue is not coming to Kickstarter. Of course it has been announced for 9 June -...
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Athena
May 13, 2020
Wasteland Wednesday - Zona: The Secret of Chernobyl
Possibly affected by the current pandemic, I was having a post-apocalyptic gaming itch lately, and told JW. It proved to be contagious....
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