“At long last… it’s over.” We’ve torn up all the cards in the world. The game is finished. We saved the world, although it was a close-run thing. My wife, always environmentally conscious, suggests putting the empty box and the torn-up cardboards in the recycling. But that would be like burning baby photos. This game, […]
My wife and I have been saving the world for 2 months, 1 week and 5 days. We should be watching The Good Place. Instead we’re playing Pandemic Legacy again, trying to stop the world from being torn asunder. Because the pull from Pandemic Legacy is better than the best show on Netflix. In our alternate timeline, it is September. […]
If your family needs some help with Christmas presents, here are some new(ish) games you should put on your wishlist. Kingdomino Designer: Bruno CathalaPlayers: 2 – 4Play Time: 15 – 20 minutesRecommended Ages: 8+ Kingdomino is a strange beast. It’s a modern take on dominoes, with a dose of area control in it. Enough people were impressed by Kingdomino that it took […]
Pandemic is probably the most popular cooperative board game in the world. It’s certainly the highest ranked.* If you’ve only ever played Monopoly, it’s an epiphany. But cooperative games suck, and here’s why I’m never playing Pandemic again.** Wait, but what… Two steps back. Cooperative board games, on one level, are genius. For so long, board games have been about […]
