When Stonemaier announced they were creating a board game based on the Red Rising Science Fiction novel series, I almost instantly wrote it off. Stonemaier is an often celebrated game company for their diverse and unique catalog of board games, so why would they tarnish that streak with an existing IP? Jamey Stegmaier, one half…
Tabletop Review – Anomaly – Tabletop Tycoon (Starling Games)
Anomaly by Starling Games -Ryan Miller I have very little experience with deduction and hidden movement based games. I played AEG’s fantastic Ninja: Legend of the Scorpion Clan long ago when(back when L5R was still fun), but beyond that, I can’t say I have much exposure to them. I want to thank Starling Games for…
Tabletop Review – Hansa Teutonica – Pegasus Spiele
Hansa Teutonica came into my awareness during a board game discussion with a few friends in the last 6 months. I went searching for a copy only to come up short. Interesting that in that time the company behind it Pegasus Spiele would decide to re-release it in a “Big Box form. I’ll say this…
Tabletop Review – Block Ness – Blue Orange Games
Block Ness by Blue Orange Games – Ryan Miller Years ago I was introduced to a game called Blockus by my nephews on my wife’s side of the family. It was a fun little game in which players place Tetris-like pieces on a square board to control an area. There was a lot to like…
Tabletop Review – Photosynthesis – Under the Moonlight
Blue Orange Games was kind enough to send me the expansion to Photosynthesis for review and, while not impossible, I’d feel the need to talk a little bit about the initial set it adds to. To begin, if you know me, you’ll know I love games with weird a seemingly boring themes. At it’s core…
Tabletop Review – Starlink – Blue Orange Games
Starlink by Blue Orange Games I recently was able to host a game night with my regular crew featuring a game that wasn’t specifically in my wheel house. It had no dice, weird mechanics, miniatures, or anything that resembles what we normally play. The game was Starlink by Blue Orange Games(whose only other game I’d…
EuroCultAV’s Best of and Holiday Gift Guide 2020
I can’t believe I’m already writing a best of for 2020. I feel like I’m speaking for the entire population of the planet when I say that his year just dragged. That being said in the midst of this there has been lots of cool pop-culture awesomeness released into the market. I don’t order these…
Tabletop Review – Tapestry (Stonemaier Games)
Once again diving into a Stonemaier Games property, my gaming group readied ourselves for a great experience. Having just played the straightforward Between Two Castles and constantly gushing over the greatness of Wingspan, my playgroup excitedly attempted to dive in with our next Stonemaier adventure. This time we wouldn’t be feeding birds or building rooms…
Tabletop Review – Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig (Stonemaier/Bezier)
Stonemaier games was responsible for my favorite game I played last year. It was a weird game called Wingspan in which you collected food to feed birds. No matter how many ways I’ve tried to describe it, I usually get the same smirking response where the person being raved to says “That sounds stupid.” Luckily…