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Board Game Review - An Arresting Evening with Nothing Personal

I will start off by saying that games of game negotiation are not my go-to form of entertainment. It's not that I'm particularly bad at negotiation (at least in a board game setting) - I would ...

Fez has restored my faith in everything

Fez is a truly wonderful and beautiful video game. It is such a joy to explore and experience everything it has to offer - I, I can't even describe the experience I had playing the game, immers...

I'm a Control Freak

I've been thinking a lot about control recently. My hatred of randomness in games is well-established, and I really think it stems from the feeling of powerless it gives me - some decisions I g...

Board Game Review - An Evening of Unhealthy Expansion with Suburbia

I feel a little apprehensive sitting down and talking about Suburbia, since the game of it that I played...well, I never really felt like I was actually playing it. But I have no real intention...

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Board Game Review - A Polluted Evening with CO2

I've had an inkling to play CO2 for over a year now, ever since an environmentalist friend of mine got all excited about it, as it was a crossing of two of his passions. Not like, wanted wan...

Board Game Arena

I have had many dalliances with online board games in the past. One would assume, given that I have released my own online board game. I used to play on BrettSpielWelt a lot with my wife and...