Holiday Gift Guide 2014: Social Games
Indeed, Christmas comes but once a year – as does our holiday gift guide. And that’s a pity! At least our guide keeps getting bigger and bigger! This year, iSlaytheDragon has five writers, all with...
View ArticleWhen the Spiel des Jahres Fails You
Stick ’em up! Last year I wrote a defense of the Spiel des Jahres’s relevance and importance as an award. But I wrote it when it looked like Splendor was the clear victor for the award. I wrote it...
View ArticleReview: Spyfall
“So…what are you wearing today?” “Boots.” “When was the last time you saw your family?” “I Skyped with them hours ago.” “Do you get out much?” “Oh yeah, all the time!” “Stop the clock! He’s the spy!”...
View ArticleTop Ten Filler Games (2015)
In some ways, committing opinions to writing always makes a liar of me, or at least makes me disagree with myself, whether it’s a review that I’ve already written or a top ten list that keeps getting...
View ArticleReview: Icarus
Daedalus is trapped with his son, Icarus, on Crete. So Daedalus fashions a set of wings for each of them, affixes them with wax, warns his son against complacency and hubris, and off they fly. As told...
View ArticleTop Ten Lunchtime Social Games (2016)
My lunch games cabinet at work. I’ve mentioned before that I have the most opportunity to play games over my lunch hour at work. Part of this has come about from years of hard work cultivating an...
View ArticleReview: 3 to 4 Headed Monster
The monster awakes in the morning and wants to RAMPAGE! Or write poetry. Mostly RAMPAGE! Or go for a contemplative walk in the woods. Oh dear. What a conflicted beast. It may be true that two heads...
View ArticleThe Village Square: August 10, 2017
Certainly not a waste Fantasy Flight Games will release Fallout later this year. The post-nuclear adventure board game is exactly what it sounds like – it’s based on Bethesda’s blockbuster video game...
View ArticleGen Con 2017: Crossfire
There’s no shortage of quick-playing hidden role games, but what’s wrong with one more? In Crossfire, two-ish teams are tasked with opposing goals. The agents must protect the VIP, and the assassins...
View ArticleReview: Werewords
The village mayor has discovered a magic word that will expel the werewolves from your midst forever. But the mayor is also incompetent, put in power as the figurehead of an influential family, and...
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