Monthly Archives: July 2015

Graphic Reviews: Fables 1

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When you’ve been reading a series for a long time, having the final volume in your hands always feels like such a bittersweet moment. You desperately want to know how it’s all going to end and yet, if it’s a good one, you just as desperately want it to never […]

A Bard’s Eye View: Hip Hop Storytelling

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Some people enjoy hip hop for the beat, some look for the lyrics.  For me, it’s certainly a combination of the two.  Lyrically, I look for a good use of similes, metaphors, and an emphasis on wordplay.  I also really enjoy a good narrative within hip hop.  Even if the […]

Roll the List #31: Joe’s Take 1

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Roll the List: Fear is the Great Destroyer of Lasagna Behold the dark and mighty return of the Joe personality! I’m back with a new Roll the List article and I’m incredibly, unreasonably excited about this one. This week, I am guessing the top three Survival Horror Games of renowned comic […]

Roll the List #31: Kyle’s Take 1

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Stephen  Lynch, is one of my favorite singing comedians. He has some of the raunchiest songs out there. Moreover, he says stuff people are thinking…or at least what I am thinking. So what kinda games does the self-proclaimed son of the devil like? Let me try to guess his top […]

Boxed Culture: War is in the Cards – Now

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This is my follow-up to last week’s article about Warhammer 40k Conquest. If you have not read that article yet, l suggest checking it out here! To begin, I have been playing Conquest since its wider launch after GenCon last year. Since then we have started a local weekly Conquest game night at […]

Graphic Reviews: Pax Romana 2

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This week I’ll be reviewing the four issue what-if series Pax Romana, which is written and illustrated by Jonathan Hickman. I’ve always loved reading about history. Getting to see the ways in which people lived and thought about their own lives and those they interacted with, and how that compares […]

A Bard’s Eye View: A Pivoting Point

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I am happy to welcome Ryan to our team of crack writers. Ryan is a friend of mine that I was introduced to for the first time over a game of Talisman. Yes, we were still friends after that so it says a lot about our relationship. We are excited […]

Boxed Culture: War is in the Cards – Then 1

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I wrote this article about a year ago when Conquest came out. Next week I will write a follow up and reflection on the current state of the game, but enjoy this article for now! I have been listening to lots of podcasts about gaming, as I do with a […]