Kyle Hagan

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 […]

Graphic Reviews: Locke & Key

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This week I’m making a return to the Lovecraftian with a review of Locke and Key, the horror series written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez. This is the first of Joe Hill’s works that I’ve ever read and I have to say that I’m seriously impressed. Locke […]

Roll the List #12: Kyle’s Take

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Here is an old Roll the List the never got posted. So enjoy it! This week is a pretty uninteresting list in my opinion. we are taking a look at Top 3 Controversial Party Games. These three games are pretty obvious and I am gonna choose them! 3. Clusterfuck: I […]

Boxed Culture: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo…

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This week I have been inspired by The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast‘s discussion about complexity vs. depth. I truly enjoyed the discussion about terms and them all having a very different definition about what the terms mean to them. However, to me the latter part seems most pertinent. Why do […]

Graphic Reviews: Pretty Deadly

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I’ve always been a sucker for fairy tales, especially when they involve Death (as a character, I’m not that morbid). This week I’ll be reviewing the stunning western/mythic/fairy-tale amalgamation that is Pretty Deadly. So far there are only five issues which have been collected into a single trade paperback volume […]

Roll the List # 30: Kyle’s Take 3

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Top 5 Classic Horror Films This week we take a few cues from our sister site Sickle and Efrit, and choose our top 5 classic horror films. Dalton and I both decided on 4 and left the 5th up to the person writing their list. Here they are in no […]

Boxed Culture: Cult Mentality 2

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Many of us within the community have heard the terms Cult of the Old and Cult of the New. The cult of the old are gamers who like to stick to older games. The name is also typically associate with gamers who like to really get their money out of […]