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This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters) – Book Review
Read more: This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters) – Book ReviewI guess I’m doing book reviews for a bit. Look, at least some of these books will be about games, so at least that helps. Not this one though! This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong is a (generally) non-fiction book by Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones, who are better known for their Map Men…
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I drafted Innistrad: Remastered
Read more: I drafted Innistrad: RemasteredEver since my Brother’s War writeup, it’s been a bit of a tradition on the blog to write about the first Magic event I do for each set. As such, it’s time to talk about Innistrad: Remastered. The first Innistrad was the current set when I actually first started playing Magic. Despite that, I don’t…
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Arkham Horror: The Card Game
Read more: Arkham Horror: The Card GameEd Note: It seems that any discussion of works, or works inspired by H.P.Lovecraft require a disclaimer, a sort of preemptive dismissal of Lovecraft as a person. So I’ll do that here. Lovecraft was tremendous racist. Those elements populate his stories, and their tropes. Looking at his legacy, I also frankly feel a sense of…
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Path of Exile 2 – The Endgame
Read more: Path of Exile 2 – The EndgameThere is a mountain called Path of Exile 2. There are a lot of ways up this mountain. Some ways are faster. Some ways are slower. Some paths simply do not lead to the top. The first step in climbing is deciding at all that you want to climb. It’s an invisible choice, in the…
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Path of Exile 2 – The (Beta) Campaign
Read more: Path of Exile 2 – The (Beta) CampaignThe Path of Exile 2 beta is out. I got a demo a few months ago, but now that I’ve fully played through it, I have even more thoughts. I’m going breaking down my thoughts on it into two writeups, one on the campaign, and one the endgame. Technically, they are the same game, but…
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