Zombies. Post apocalyptic conditions. Arctic cold. A group of survivors that have broken into sub groups following their own leaders with varied goals. These are all elements of a fantastic horror movies and shows; they are also all elements of this weeks installment of Favorite Fridays; Dead of Winter.
The vitals
Released 2014
Designer: Jonathan Gilmour & Isaac Vega
Plays: 2-5
EPT: 100 minutes
Dead of Winter is one of the few games I learned about well before its release; arguably since early on in its design thanks to the awesomeness that is The Plaid Hat Podcast (which I would highly recommend). I recall many days listening to the guys discuss the next game in the Vegian cannon; not City of Remnants 2 or an expansion, not another video game adaption like BioShock Infinite, but a new IP using...
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Wild Card Thursday – Voice of the Mummy
Like most children I grew up familiar with Milton Bradley and their games. Sadly I was not familiar with their 1971 record player based game Voice of the Mummy until my cousin and co-host Sean introduced me to it many years into my gaming life. The idea of the game intrigued me as he explained it; I had heard of games that are soundtrack reliant, but a game from the 70s that was soundtrack reliant… that was shocking; especially when the soundtrack is on a plastic record!
The vitals
Released 1971
Designer: Unknown - released by Milton Bradley
Plays: 2-4
EPT: 30 minutes
As the game was explained to me I envisioned a giant old school record player sprouting out of a small game board with a candylandesque map. Then as I researched the game I was amazed at its...
Favorite Fridays – Arkham Horror
Let us journey back to the summer of 2011. My family is on vacation in Ocean City, Maryland in a condo a block from the beach. Those who know me well are aware I have 2 arch nemeses, one of which is the sun (a story for another time) and the other.. well we will discuss that later. I thus avoided the beach more often than not and withdrew to the comfort of the air conditioned condo to enjoy a book or game. My brother and my dad often joined me in this seclusion and we quickly turned to games to fill our time and it was thus that my brother introduced us to Arkham Horror.
The vitals
Released 2005 (remake of a game from 1987)
Designer: Richard Launius & Kevin Wilson
Plays: 1-8 (I’d recommend 4-5 and...
Camel Up (9.1/10)
Brian, Eric, and Sean take a look at the 2014 Spiel Des Jahres winner Camel Up; will it live up to the hype or fall flat like a camel out of the gate?!
Worker Wednesday – Caverna
It’s Wednesday; what does that mean? It means it is time for the first Worker Wednesday of 2015! The day of the week I look at worker placement games. These reviews will go much like every other review with a minor exception; they will all feature games that heavily rely on worker placement. For those who have known me for a while this would come as a shock; I was at one point in my life not a big fan of worker placement games; I would make the argument that they were all the same with minute differences that didn't add enough to the game to differentiate themselves from others, essentially saying, “If you've played one worker placement, you've played every worker placement.” Fortunately my life has changed and I have found a...
Follow Up Tuesday – Bohnanza
It is time for Follow Up Tuesday! What is Follow Up Tuesday you ask? Well on Mondays we look at various mechanics then on the day after we follow it up with a game that I think uses that mechanic very well or has revolutionised the mechanic in some way. Yesterday we looked at the mechanic of Hand Management; today we are going to look at a game that I think uses this mechanic in a genious manner arguably changing the way I viewed the mechanic entirely, so lets take a look at Bohnanza.
The vitals
Released 1997
Designer: Uwe Rosenberg
Plays: 2-7
EPT: 45 minutes
While Bohnanza was released in 1997 I was not introduced to the game until much later; mid 2000s in fact. I had heard of the game and knew it relied heavily...
Zoophoria (6.75/10)
Brian, Sean, and Eric take a look at the game Zoophoria
October Grab Bag – Gold Ahoy, QT, Big 2, Race Condition, Gangs of Four, and Offensive Band Name Generator
A new grab bag is up featuring Mayfair’s: Gold Ahoy, Robert Burke’s: Offensive Band Name Generator, Multinational Games: Race Condition, Days of Wonder’s: Gang of Four, Frantic Frenzies: QT, and Big 2
Ogre Chef (7/10)
Grab you bugs and rocks its time to get cooking! Check out Sean, Eric, and Brian’s review of Ogre Chef by Malevolent Donut’s Games.
Outer Earth (Kickstarter Preview)
Prepare yourselves; it is time to terraform! Check out our preview of Outer Earth; on Kickstarter now!
You can back the game here: http://www.tinyurl.com/outerearthKS