Calvin's Corner - Dinosaur Island Dinosaur Island is a light-medium economic Eurogame where players operate a theme p- er, I mean: IT HAS FREAKING DINOSAURS! They do move in herds. Dinosaur Island is a joyously fun game of park management, racing to complete the most objectives using your team of scientists, workers, specialists, and rapidly dwindling finances. Grow dinosaurs, construct restaurants and roller coasters, and sell tickets to the greatest park of (and I mean this literally) all time. There's no unauthorized 04/11/2018
Dinosaur Island is a light-medium economic Eurogame where players operate a theme p- er, I mean: IT HAS FREAKING DINOSAURS! They do move in herds. Dinosaur Island is a joyously fun game of park management, racing to complete the most objectives using your team of scientists, workers, specialists, and rapidly dwindling finances. Grow dinosaurs, construct restaurants and roller coasters, and sell tickets to the greatest park of (and I mean this literally) all time. There's no unauthorized
Raf Reviews - Highways & Byways Road trips are a nostalgic artifact that will be forever lodged in the culture of Americana. Long before self-driving cars and the growth of the airline industry, people loaded up their 4-wheeled vehicles and cruised all across this huge country. With the glint of sun on your windshield and a dusty road ahead, Highways & Byways brings the great American road trip to your table. It’s positioned as a new-player friendly game, though like an actual multi-state road trip in a claptrap junker there 03/23/2018
Road trips are a nostalgic artifact that will be forever lodged in the culture of Americana. Long before self-driving cars and the growth of the airline industry, people loaded up their 4-wheeled vehicles and cruised all across this huge country. With the glint of sun on your windshield and a dusty road ahead, Highways & Byways brings the great American road trip to your table. It’s positioned as a new-player friendly game, though like an actual multi-state road trip in a claptrap junker there
Calvin's Corner - Anachrony Introduction I've been trying to start this review for weeks. Board game reviewers have a few go-to openings. I could tell you about Anchrony's brilliantly implemented theme of human society preparing for an apocalypse using the power of time travel. I could briefly overview the mechanisms: a tight and satisfying blend of worker placement, futures-planning, and point optimization. I could even lean on a grandiose opening sentence where I declare that Anachrony is one of the finest 03/22/2018
Introduction I've been trying to start this review for weeks. Board game reviewers have a few go-to openings. I could tell you about Anchrony's brilliantly implemented theme of human society preparing for an apocalypse using the power of time travel. I could briefly overview the mechanisms: a tight and satisfying blend of worker placement, futures-planning, and point optimization. I could even lean on a grandiose opening sentence where I declare that Anachrony is one of the finest
Episode 63 - Rising Sun Review Love, war, and painting tips. Oh, and a review of Rising Sun. Excited About - 3:10 Fog of Love - 9:50 Karuba: The Card Game - 20:00 Lords of Hellas - 26:30 Raf's Painting Tips - 38:10 Rising Sun Review - 53:20 iTunes Soundcloud Podcast RSS Stitcher 03/21/2018
Love, war, and painting tips. Oh, and a review of Rising Sun. Excited About - 3:10 Fog of Love - 9:50 Karuba: The Card Game - 20:00 Lords of Hellas - 26:30 Raf's Painting Tips - 38:10 Rising Sun Review - 53:20 iTunes Soundcloud Podcast RSS Stitcher
Episode 62 - Dinosaur Island Review The crusades, dungeon crawling and brawling, and finally an in-depth review of Dinosaur Island. Excited About - 2:00 Richard the Lionheart - 10:05 Dungeon Alliance - 19:55 Shadespire Chosen Axes and Spiteclaw's Swarm - 32:45 Dinosaur Island Review - 49:55 iTunes Soundcloud Podcast RSS Stitcher 03/07/2018
The crusades, dungeon crawling and brawling, and finally an in-depth review of Dinosaur Island. Excited About - 2:00 Richard the Lionheart - 10:05 Dungeon Alliance - 19:55 Shadespire Chosen Axes and Spiteclaw's Swarm - 32:45 Dinosaur Island Review - 49:55 iTunes Soundcloud Podcast RSS Stitcher
Episode 61 - The State of Dudes on a Map Raf and Charlie talk water, iron, and samurai before discussing the state of the 'Dudes on a Map' game. Excited About - 2:50 Pandemic: Rising Tide - 9:02 Game of Thrones: The Iron Throne - 17:50 Battle for Rokugan - 28:45 Fallen Land: A Post Apocalyptic Board Game - 37:15 The State of Dudes on a Map - 49:40 iTunes Soundcloud Stitcher Podcast RSS 02/21/2018
Raf and Charlie talk water, iron, and samurai before discussing the state of the 'Dudes on a Map' game. Excited About - 2:50 Pandemic: Rising Tide - 9:02 Game of Thrones: The Iron Throne - 17:50 Battle for Rokugan - 28:45 Fallen Land: A Post Apocalyptic Board Game - 37:15 The State of Dudes on a Map - 49:40 iTunes Soundcloud Stitcher Podcast RSS
Colin's Corner - Rescue Polar Bears Hi my name is Colin. I am a polar bear but also the Ding and Dent mascot. Rescue Polar Bears is my game of 2017 and also 2018 possibly 2019 and possibly for all of forever time. In this game you can be a boat captain (dream job) and sail around with different boats rescuing poor polar bear families from ice which is melting. I don't know why they don't just swim, maybe this colony has forgotten how or they just had their fur waxed and the water would ruin it. That makes more sense. Anyway 02/16/2018
Hi my name is Colin. I am a polar bear but also the Ding and Dent mascot. Rescue Polar Bears is my game of 2017 and also 2018 possibly 2019 and possibly for all of forever time. In this game you can be a boat captain (dream job) and sail around with different boats rescuing poor polar bear families from ice which is melting. I don't know why they don't just swim, maybe this colony has forgotten how or they just had their fur waxed and the water would ruin it. That makes more sense. Anyway
Charlie's Take - NHL Ice Breaker NHL Ice Breaker: The Card Hockey Board Game is a mouthful of a title; even if your mouth is mostly gums after your days of slapping around vulcanized rubber atop frozen water. Among the hobbyist board game crowd it's also a title that's somewhat niche. Very few sports games rise to the top and the only entrants of note are football oriented - Battleball and the Bowls of Blood and Techno. There have been a couple of designs focused on the well-loved Canadian sport but the world doesn't need 02/09/2018
NHL Ice Breaker: The Card Hockey Board Game is a mouthful of a title; even if your mouth is mostly gums after your days of slapping around vulcanized rubber atop frozen water. Among the hobbyist board game crowd it's also a title that's somewhat niche. Very few sports games rise to the top and the only entrants of note are football oriented - Battleball and the Bowls of Blood and Techno. There have been a couple of designs focused on the well-loved Canadian sport but the world doesn't need