Seek the Wolf in Thyself!
Catacombs on Pyre This is the next session for our Fading Suns campaign as it comes to a close. The players stepped through an Ancient gate device and are now underground in the catacombs of a very hot world. All signs show that it is Pyre – from the heats to the sand make-p. But…
I have had a fleeting attraction to the steampunk genre but no game really grabbed me. Goodman Games donated a game to ConCarolinas called Ehterscope so I decided to look at it. I like it A LOT! Not only is it Steampunk, but it is alternate history, with the US and Britain entangled in a…
From: Rio Grande Games Reviewed by: Ron McClung Oregon is a new Board Game from Rio Grande Games. Where the American Frontier meets Euro-style board gaming, Oregon is a strategy game where players place tokens and figures in an attempt to maximize their point potential. I have been told that this game is similar to…
From: TC Digital Entertainment, Home Focus Development, Epic Cycle Interactive Reviewed by: Ron McClung Chaotic Trading Card Game is a new Trading Card Game from TC Digital Entertainment, Home Focus Development, and Epic Cycle Interactive. Based on an animated TV series from 4Kids Entertainment, Chaotic on the outset seems like it is just another kids…
From: Rio Grande Games Reviewed by: Ron McClung Manhattan is a new Board Game from Rio Grande Games. Manhattan is a building game that uses plastic skyscraper pieces and cards to challenge the players in an abstract race to build the most and highest skyscrapers in 6 cities – Manhattan, Sydney, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Sao…
From: www.daysofwonder.com Reviewed by: Ron McClung Ticket to Ride: Switzerland Expansion is a new Boardgame Expansion from Days of Wonder. Ticket to Ride (TtR)is one of those staple games you can always see at a convention. It is right up there with Settlers of Catan as one of the more popular games to play. Ticket…
A cybered assassin (and its equally cybered up war beast)
Where the American Frontier meets Euro-style board gaming, Oregon is a strategy game where players place tokens and figures in an attempt to maximize their point potential. I have been told that this game is similar to Carcassonne by the same company. I have not played Carcassonne yet, so I am not sure, but on the outset, the game has a strong Euro-feel so I would not be surprised if there are similarities.
Ticket to Ride (TtR) is one of those staple games you can always see at a convention. It is right up there with Settlers of Catan as one of the more popular games to play. Ticket to Ride: Switzerland is an expansion of that great game that takes you into the tough terrain of the famed country. It adds a few new things and challenges the player in different ways.
I just got my copies of the books and I have to say… it’s…. weird. It is far more a change than I expected. What I have noticed is that it has tried to do a few of things … Simplify things – For example, instead of saves and defenses, we just now have just…