One of my favorite subgenres of speculative fiction is the first contact story. Whether it's the (hideously misguided) Prime Directive of Star Trek, the mimicked conversations in Blindsight,
Cards on the table: despite my affection for Sami Laakso's Peacemakers: Horrors of War and Dale of Merchants, I still can't get into Lands of Galzyr, the open-world adventure game he co ...
It's hard to imagine talking about Fromage without a few cheesy puns or some choice selections from my personal cheese journey. Fortunately for you, I'm professional enough to know when ...
Brock: The long anticipated return of a feature that's maybe mostly forgotten We are simply giddy with delight to bring you yet another installment of Two Minds About! How have you spent the two y ...
All I play anymore is trick-taking games. Now and then, fortunately, one of them catches my fancy. This month's example is David Spalinski's Torchlit. A self-published production, and s ...
Every so often I have the opportunity to play what I call an enhanced choose-your-own-adventure game. Not unlike Edward Packer's beloved children's series, these are games about making ...
Cards on the table, I have no idea who this Thorgal fellow is. Child of the stars? Some rando Viking? In need of a shave? Apparently he's the main character of a Franco-Belgian comic book. Un ...
I'm a sucker for unabashed enthusiasm. The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game, designed by Bryan Bornmueller, is brimming with the stuff. As you might have gleaned from the title, this ...
Remember when Mistborn: House War made the uncomfortable decision to cast its players as the eugenicist oppressors of Brandon Sanderson's much-loved fantasy series? Oh, you don't. Well,