Review by James Layton Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace is a 1962 black and white film directed by Hammer Films regular, Terence Fisher and starring Christopher Lee in his only appearance as Holmes. Not to brag, but I have read every Sherlock Holmes story and novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but don’t…
Tabletop Review – Apiary – Stonemaier Games
It only took two words to pique my interest over Stonemaier’s latest release. Space Bees. The mechanics, the pieces, and everything else aside, those two words completely hooked me. What can I say? A good concept goes a long way for me. All of that information aside, the game itself is delightful. Newcomer Connie Vogelmann…
Tabletop Review – Old School Essentials (Necrotic Gnome/Exalted Funeral)
I started playing RPG’s due to the influence of the mid 80’s Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. I remember finding out swiftly after watching that it was based on a game, less swiftly was I able to secure a copy of the game itself. I don’t exactly remember the exact time-frame between seeing the cartoon on…
DVD Review – Aqua Teen Hunger Force – Complete Series
Review: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Palo Sinoplia “My Name Is..” For the past two decades, Schooly D’s opening salvo has served as the calling card for what is arguably Adult Swim’s flagship series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It is hard to believe that we have been entertained by (or, alternatively, subjected to) the misadventures of…
Tabletop Review – Meeples and Monsters(AEG)
Meeples & Monsters, a game by Ole Steiness from AEG Reviewed by Ryan Miller When Meeples & Monsters was originally described to me, words like “deck” and “building” were pasted together with the word “game” to form a strange Frankenstein’s Monster that I could not escape in my head. While I’m thankful that my active…
Tabletop Review – Ahoy! – Leder Games
Since pirates are almost always in fashion, I reveled in the chance to play Leder Games’ new entry into asymmetric board gaming. Right off the bat it has a lot going for it. 1. It has pirates. 2. It has anthropomorphic pirates. Those two things are always a fun combination. It of course helps that…
Tabletop Review – Cyberpunk Red – Black Chrome – R. Talsorian Games
Cyberpunk Red came out at the perfect time for me, after 20 years of not playing table top RPG’s and board games, I got back in with a vengeance. I immediately got back into my old standards like Dungeons and Dragons, Call of Cthulhu, took a look at Shadowrun, but that look was brief, and…
Tabletop Review – Traveller – High Guard Update 2022 – Mongoose Publishing
I am currently obsessed with Mongoose Traveller 2E. I’d say this is odd, because I’ve run the system at this point one time, but I think that nails it, I’m hungering to play it more. The system which was created in the late 70’s as a science fiction response to D&D by legendary game designer…
Tabletop Review – Wingspan Asia – Stonemaier Games
Wingspan: Asia Expansion by Stone Maier Games by Ryan Miller I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Wingspan might be the best game I’ve played in the last ten years. It’s engine-building and resource management are some of the best I’ve played in any board game. Even beyond the tight refinement of it’s…
EuroCultAV – Holiday Gift Guide 2022 – Page 1 – Blu-ray, UHD, DVD
Written by the staff of EuroCultAV – Scott MacDonald, David Steigman, Richard Glenn Schmidt, and Ben Tucker I know it’s a cliché at this point, but I feel like I just did this, but here we are again. Another year as past in the pop culture verse, the universe is expanding, and ECAV is here…