Kyle Hagan


The Living Card Guy: Git Gud in 5 Easy Steps!

Git Gud in 5 Easy Steps! Less than a month ago I picked up A Game Of Thrones: The Card Game. I was impressed by the mechanics and I do like A Song of Ice and Fire series on which Game of Thrones is based, so it was an easy buy. […]


Boxed Culture: Similar Mechanics, Different Games – Agricola vs Caverna

Similar Mechanics, Different Games Agricola Vs. Caverna A long time ago I did a segment on games with similar mechanics that while superficially similar turn out to be very different experiences. Feel free to check out the first segment here. Today I want to continue where I left off and talk about Agricola […]


Boxed Culture: Gamers Teaching Gaming – Woah! Hold the Phone

Gamers Teaching Gaming Woah! Hold the Phone Here is another one of those good ol’ Gamers Teaching Gaming articles! Today we’re going to discuss how to handle events that happen during the first time people play a game. Not everything always goes smoothly and in fact the first time you […]


The Living Card Guy: Coping with Change

The Living Card Guy In this new segment, Boxed Culture author Kyle Hagan will cover all the cool stuff he does with Living Card Games (LCGs).  Since Boxed Culture is more board game-centric, these articles are meant to pull the LCG articles out, so they can live free on their own. […]


Boxed Culture: Expansion Madness!!

Expansion Madness!! A few weeks ago a new expansion came out for Elder Sign called Omens of Ice. For those not in the know, Elder Sign is a Lovecraftian themed, dice-rolling, cooperative game.  This expansion is similar to the last one in that it replaces the museum cards from the […]


Boxed Culture: Gamers Teaching Gaming – The Little Things

Gamers Teaching Gaming The Gamers Teaching Gaming segment is about teaching games. This is part two you can read them in any order but the other parts are here! The Little Things This is the ever awaited second part of the Gamers teaching Gaming segment. This segment is not going […]


Moviephors: The War on Aliens

The War on Aliens Moviephors – Metaphors in Movies, an Introduction Here is a quick breakdown on the concept of this article. Every other Sunday I will be posting a small essay on the metaphors or symbolism found in a particular film. Said metaphors may not be direct, but in […]