During our last weekly board game day/night I was talking another avid cardboard collector (read board game addict). We started discussing his experience the week before with his first 18XX game. He told me he went to a convention that the people from a gaming group called Heavy Cardboard threw and […]
Recently, the yearly LCG tournament circuit finished, or as far as I will probably ever go anyway. They hold Store Championships and Regional Championships in state, then the National Championships and World Championships are out of state. So, I will probably only ever partake in the Store Champs and Regional Championships as I am bad at saving for travel, haha. With the […]
There is no other way to say it. I spend lots of money on board games, and yes, a larger portion than I would like of my collection remains unplayed. Even though I may seem to buy games willy-nilly that is not the case! I make sure the games I […]
I just returned from the Colorado Scottish Festival, my first adventure as a RenScot. The Renaissance Scots are a living historical organization that attends various festivals around the area of Colorado. If you would like more info check out their website here. I don’t wanna focus too much on them as […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why yes, I did make up that word using Latin, thank you for noticing! I would like to start off today by sharing a discussion I had with a friend of mine about the game called Fief: France 1429: Me: “Okay, so this game is about trying to become the most […]
I have recently joined the team over at Double Exposure as part of their Envoy program. This wonderful program allows board game addicts, like myself, to obtain games for no cost upon agreeing to become certified in the game and perform a set amount of demos of the game. This […]
