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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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Quickity Pickity
Read more: Quickity PickityI spent some time dragging Dragonwood over the coals recently. As such, it seems fair to spend an equal amount of time talking about another very simple game that I actually really enjoyed. That game is Quickity Pickity. Quickity Pickity is a manual dexterity, real time set collection game. The goal is to be the…
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Tiger and Dragon
Read more: Tiger and DragonTiger and Dragon my favorite game Oink Games has published. It’s also my favorite game with Dragon in the title that I’ve played recently. (The other two in that category are Dragonwood, and Dragon Castle.) It’s stayed entertaining even after playing 8 or so times, and is relatively simple. Tiger and Dragon is sort of…
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Dragonwood
Read more: DragonwoodI’m supremely “Meh” on Dragonwood. The shrink wrap on my copy of the game had a sticker informing me that it won the Mensa Select award. This award is shared by Dominion and Set. I’m not sure why Dragonwood, of all games, was added to that lofty grouping. Maybe there’s a high level of strategy…
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The Finals – First Impressions
Read more: The Finals – First ImpressionsNaming your game The Finals is a bit of a crime against words. It also makes me wonder if the game ever had some sort of comp scene, what that would be called. The Finals finals? Finals of The Finals? Regardless of the weird naming, The Finals was neat enough for me to put 7…