This year was stock full of great games and events, so I better get on it right away. Abstracts for the Win Euro style games are often touted to have pasted-on theme. Abstract games traditionallyContinue reading
Category: Competitive Games
A Game of Thrones 2nd Age
SPOILER ALERT: Jon Snow is really dead, but in the card game, he’s alive! Branding anything with “A Game of Thrones (aGoT)” turns anything to gold. Years ago, when Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) made anContinue reading
Welcome to the Moon, Mr. Kennedy
“He who controls the past, controls the future” – Orwell, 1984 What if Samsung, Louis Vuitton, and Toyota were under communist rule, thanks to The Philippines? What if Beijing helped Washington avoid the Vietnam War?Continue reading
PANAMAX
I love this game, however I can’t seem to get players to play it more often. Panamax is a logistics simulation board game where one gets to play as a CEO of a bustling shippingContinue reading
Living Card Game Myths
Top 10 myths about Living Card Games (LCGs) Written by: Ronald Villaver Edited by: Reg Tolentino 10. LCG is a new and original concept. A list compiled way back in 2004 at BoardGameGeek.com is aboutContinue reading
Cheating on Board Games
It was brought to my attention that my son was implied to be cheating in a deck building tournament. This is the wrong attitude towards gaming. Turns out that he just wanted to include someContinue reading