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The March of Giants playtest was cool.
Read more: The March of Giants playtest was cool.The current March of Giants beta ends today at midnight, so if anything in this article seems cool, download it literally right now, because there isn’t another playtest till 2027. I love MOBAs just as much as I love CCGs, and while the two types of games are quite different (real time vs turn based,…
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Mottainai
Read more: MottainaiI have mixed experiences with Carl Chudyk games. I quite liked Glory to Rome. My opinion on Aegean Sea was brief, concise, and not positive. (Aegean Seas remains to this day, the only board game I have ever ragequit.) So it’s good that Mottainai swings back in the other direction. I’ve heard Mottainai described as…
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Squad Busters – A Clown Covered in Leeches
Read more: Squad Busters – A Clown Covered in LeechesI don’t like exploitive business models much.
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Abiotic Factor
Read more: Abiotic FactorEd Note: This review is based on playing the game on a multiplayer server, with increased resources, bonus EXP gain for skills, and decreased hunger/thirst depletion rates. Screenshots are from the press kit, and were not taken during gameplay. Genre-wise, Abiotic Factor is not the most innovative thing. It’s a multiplayer survival crafting game, with…
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Should Paradox Engine be banned in Historic Brawl?
Read more: Should Paradox Engine be banned in Historic Brawl?It seems like every few months, I see an argument about Paradox Engine in Brawl and Historic Brawl formats. Someone comes in, complains about the card, other people agree or push back, and then everything returns to normal. Rinse, repeat. Given how often this happens, I thought I’d take some time to lay out my…
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