Tag: tabletop
Scythe Review
Scythe is well-known in the board gaming community for its amazing visual appeal and excellent gameplay. Since its release, it’s been met with all sorts of praise, awards, and has ranked high on many “Best Of” lists for tabletop games. After several expansions, including one that introduces a legacy-style campaign to the game, how well does it stand against newer games?
5 Must-have Abstracts for Your Game Shelf
There’s something special about a good abstract strategy game where you strip away everything else, and mechanics are the core focus. These games have a beauty lie in how you play them, not how they look.
The Scariest Games to Play This Halloween
It’s that creepy and kooky time of year where black cats roam, and skeletons reside inside every person walking the planet. It’s a time for witches brew, candy, and BLOOD-CURDLING HORROR. Why not enjoy some of that terror in the tabletop games you play? Here’s a list of five of the most horrifying games to ever roll off a manufacturing line.
Where Do You Play Your Games?
Where do you prefer to play?
Selling Board Games Sucks (Hard)
When I was younger, I would head to a tag sale with my mom and head straight for any table that had toys or games on it. Inevitably there would be the same copies of Monopoly, Sorry, Clue, and the like; all marked at around $1. If I were lucky, there’d be something I’d never heard of before, but that was extremely rare. Fast forward to today, where that mentality of board games selling for pennies on the dollar still exists in many people’s minds. This makes it incredibly hard to sell them, which can be a problem if you’re trying to downsize a large collection.
The Terror of Learning New Games
Last weekend, after eagerly waiting for two years, Tidal Blades (#tidalbladesyall) arrived on my doorstep. The box was quickly opened, pieces sorted, and the game was prepped for its first play. It then sat in that state until yesterday when my family and I played our first game. Why did this game, one of my most anticipated games ever, sit unplayed for a full week? I still needed to learn how to play. I hate learning to play new games.