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Articles, News 6 months ago
Playmobil Tractor with Trailer and Watering Tank (71442)
The Tractor with Trailer and Watering Tank set from Playmobil comes with a bit of a price tag, but we still like the value.
Articles, News 6 months ago
10 Days in the USA Board Game Review
10 Days in the USA is a great little game that plays really quickly and is easy to teach. Definitely one for casual players!
Articles, News 6 months ago
Playmobil Family Fun – Mountain Bike Tour Review (71426)
While Mountain Bike Tour might not be the most impressive standalone set, it has many great features you will love!
News 6 months ago
New Terminology, New Mechanics – Looking at Smuggle / Smuggling in Star Wars Unlimited
New ways to play Star Wars Unlimited are here with the latest release, Shadows of the Galaxy. About a week ago, we took a look at one of the new mechanics, Bounties, and how that could drastically change the way we play the game, in a very positive, thematic way. You can read all about our view on Bounties here! Today we are focusing on another big game changing element, the ability to Smuggle! Let’s take a look at what…
News 6 months ago
Perks of Being A Patient Gamer – And the Damage It’s Doing
It’s Steam Sale time, and that means those of us with powerful PCs are picking out indie games that will barely tax them. Happy holidays everyone! And yet the season has me thinking once more about the state of the gaming industry – and the perks of being a patient gamer. I must own over 1,500 games, easy. I’m hoping one of these days I’ll finally play one or two of them. But within that backlog sits every genre and…
News 6 months ago
Does Anybody Care About Beyond Good and Evil 2?
I loved Beyond Good and Evil and I’m glad the original is getting a decent modern re-release. It comes with a new mission tied to the long-promised sequel, and I’m wondering at this point what that could possibly mean. The original game was not a commercial success. Quite famously so. It sold less than 300,000 copies in the US, and it took price cuts of up to 80 percent to get there. Quick searching shows official mention of a sequel…
Articles, News 6 months ago
New Terminology, New Mechanics – Looking at Bounty / Bounties in Star Wars Unlimited
Last week, Asmodee Canada and Fantasy Flight Games sent over a few of the products that will be launching in stores when the second set of Star Wars Unlimited hits store shelves. While many trading card games will run a few sets before changing some key game mechanics - i.e., Disney adding Locations in their third release), Fantasy Flight Games has opted to make a change right away with the second set, and what we can expect is looking pretty promising.
News 6 months ago
Upgraded Bits are Nice, But Not Necessary – Board Game Rambling about Wyrmspan
Recently, Stonemaier Games sent us over a copy of Wyrmspan for review, and we think it is a brilliant game (more on that in the near future). Whenever we get review items from Stonemaier, they are sent to reviewers via the regional Stonemaier Games webstore. We have always been upfront with the fact that Stonemaier provides us the games at no-cost, but since they send it to us with free shipping, I always peruse the store and often will buy…
News 6 months ago
Monster Hunter Stories 2 is Better on PlayStation
A while ago, we reviewed Monster Hunter Stories 2 on the Nintendo Switch, and we really enjoyed the game. The downside to the Switch version was a bit of a graphical deficiency and some frame rate issues – when we were offered an opportunity to look at the game again on the PlayStation 5 (game is technically PlayStation 4) from Capcom I jumped at the opportunity. I really enjoyed this handheld game, but would it be just as much fun…
News 6 months ago
Why Nintendo Announced So Much
The latest Nintendo Direct has just ended, and I’ve seen a number of people asking why Nintendo has announced so many new titles with the Switch 2 potentially less than 12 months away. A lot of amazing things were announced, so let’s highlight a few of the newer titles and then discuss why so much is happening in 2024. Mario + Luigi – this is a fantastic series, although it has been left on a handheld system until now. I’ve…