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…
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Manhattan
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…
Ticket to Ride: Switzerland
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…
The Hunter
A cybered assassin (and its equally cybered up war beast)
Oregon
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: Switzerland
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.
D&D 4.0 – my first impressions
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…
ConCarolinas 2008 Con Report
Overall Before I start, I want to apologize ahead of time if I miss anyone to thank. I am only mentioning the names I am privy to. WOW! Took me a full week just to formulate the words to describe my feelings and that’s the best I got. What a weekend? It’s important to mention…
Stargate: Hammer of Hephaestus
ConCarolinas 2008, LARP Mythology/Pantheon Who is Hephaestus: Hephaestus is not your normal system lord. He was a creator, a craftsman and a tech wizard to many of the other system lords. He maintained a small empire with a handful of planets, appeasing the other system lords with it techno-wonders. He was strongly associated to the…
Dr. Brice Secret Lab , Kriel Island
A secret bunker where Dr. Brice experimented on forbidden things.



