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I played a game last night of Distilled by Dave Beck and Paverson Games. Distilled is a game where players run distilleries making spirits (alcohol, not ghosts). This first play of the game was entertaining, even with two of us making some big mistakes. Making mistakes on the first play of a game…
Continue readingDisclaimer: I wrote this review and then submitted it to ChatGPT to see how it would write the review. This is the ChatGPT text; It’s a little flowery, in my opinion. Pipeline, a captivating creation by Capstone Games, stands proudly on the gaming shelf alongside CO2: Second Chance…
Continue readingAge of Comics: The Golden Age is a medium weight board games that lets players “print comics” to gain fans, gain income, fulfill orders (to gain even more fans), and win at being the most successful publishing company at the game table. The game starts with each player…
Continue readingCities: Skylines 2 is about to come out. It has been available for preorder for a while now and I’m excited to get it. But it does have one flaw that most video toys have: The developers are trying to make it a game. I think that the…
Continue readingI just finished my first game of Union Stockyards. This is a game themed around the Union Stockyards of Chicago in the late 1800’s. More info can be found here. I played a two-player game with me being both players. The game board is two-sided and one of…
Continue readingI was recently able to play Ark Nova 2.25 times. Two of the games were real games with 4 players and then 2 players. The other quarter of a game was my solo learning game where I played each of 2 players myself. Ark Nova is a zoo-themed…
Continue readingAnno 1800 is a board game designed by Martin Wallace (Brass, Rocketmen). It is a medium to heavy game that takes at least two hours to play. I played it for the first time a few days ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Anno 1800 is a crafting game…
Continue readingThis game is all about rescuing astronauts who are in cryogenic pods before it gets too cold out and they die from the cold. You would think that cryogenic pods would work well in a cold environment but that’s not the case in this game. There is a…
Continue readingLast night, I taught five other people how to play Viticulture. Here are the things that stood out: 6-plays works very well in this game. The only issues were that spaces ran out on the wake-up track and on the board filled up quite a bit. Note that…
Continue readingViticulture by Stonemaier Games is a worker placement game where players plant grapevines, harvest the grapes, make wine, and sell wine. Rules and Gameplay Summary Players in Viticulture first take turns picking a player order during the Spring season; this is their “waking” order. This fairly innovative feature…
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