Michael Coe Founder of Gamelyn Games – an Interview
We’re very excited today to have a chat with Michael Coe, founder of Gamelyn Games, and designer of Dungeon Heroes, about the newest title scheduled for release from Gamelyn Games, Fantasy Frontier!...
View ArticleAbstract Distraction—A Review of Yinsh
By Firestone A few months back I reviewed Zertz, which is part of Project Gipf—a group of highly regarded abstract games by designer Kris Burn. In today’s review we set our sights on perhaps the most...
View ArticleTop Promoter—A Double-Take Preview (With Video!)
“I’m gonna knock you out! Momma said, knock you out!” -LL Cool J Today we’re taking a look at Top Promoter, a card and dice game that takes place in the world of competitive boxing. The game is...
View ArticleRailways Express—A Double-Take Review (Plus a Video Review)
When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer. ~Corrie Ten Boom Today we’re taking a look at the new game from...
View ArticleChicken Caesar! A Mini-Review
- by Jeremiah A few weeks ago I wrote about my inability to get Chicken Caesar on the table. Well, we had a breakthrough a few nights ago and managed to fumble our way through a first playthrough. So...
View ArticleKickstarter Weekly – Sept. 26, 2013
It’s that time of week again, that special time when we bring you some really cool games that are trying to scratch and claw their way onto the gaming market. Will they make it? Will they fail...
View ArticlePixel Lincoln—A Double-Take Review—Plus A Video Review!
“Four score and seven years ago, I kicked some serious butt with a sausage link whip….” ~Abraham Lincoln Deck-builders and retro 8-bit graphics—two big gaming trends that have been smooshed together...
View ArticleThe Duke—A Double-Take Review—Plus a Video Review!
There have been some famous Dukes over the years. First we’ve got John Wayne—an iconic and larger-than-life figure. Then we have the Dukes of Hazzard. I can’t overstate the influence that show had on...
View ArticleUltimate Werewolf: Inquisition—A Review
By Firestone I’ve never been a big Mafia/Werewolf fan. It can be an incredibly fun time, but the player elimination means some people are always sitting on the sidelines waiting. And the bigger the...
View ArticleRiff Raff—A Review
by Firestone I wipe the sweat from my brow, and extend my hand slowly toward the swaying ship. “It’s just a small, light barrel,” I tell myself.” I’ve got this.” In the blink of an eye it’s raining...
View ArticleEmu Ranchers—A Double-Take Review
The poor, misunderstood emu. Large. Flightless. Tiny little wings. They’ve been overshadowed by the ostrich, and out-cuted by the kiwi. But you—YOU—see the emu for what it really is: $! The Overview...
View ArticleSuburbia—A Review
By Firestone Confession time: I’ve never been a big fan of Civ games. Not board games. Not video games. Not any games. They’re…boring. So Suburbia comes out, and lots of people call it a SimCity board...
View ArticleBoss Monster—A Double-Take Review
Yes, no, maybe… I don’t know. Can you repeat the question? You’re not the boss of me now, and you’re not so big! - They Might Be Giants Last year saw the onset of one of the biggest crazes to hit board...
View ArticleThe New Podcast is Here!
Yeah, so…we’re behind on podcasts. We have good reasons for it, but you don’t really care what they are. Just know that we’re back in the groove, and a new podcast just dropped. AND, we have another...
View ArticleNile DeLuxor—A Double-Take Review
The higher Nilus swells, The more it promises; as it ebbs, the seedsman Upon the slime and ooze scatters his grain, And shortly comes the harvest. Antony and Cleopatra Act II. Sc. 7. There definitely...
View ArticleYet Another Podcast! And Yet Another Giveaway…
We told you we had another podcast in the hopper. But you probably thought we were just blowing smoke. Well guess what? There’s another podcast up RIGHT NOW! Come on… It’s Saturday. There’s no football...
View ArticleZeppeldrome—A Double-Take Preview
Yes, they’re chaotic, and unpredictable, and sometimes full of take-that mechanics, but race games are also pretty stinking fun. 12SP Entertainment has just launched a new racing contender on...
View ArticleRelic Expedition—A Double-Take Review
September 13, 1997–I brought the machete down again and again today–cutting a swath through the dense jungle. It’s been days since we’ve seen anything besides this oppressive jungle and more bugs than...
View ArticleDraco Magi–A Double-Take Preview
“A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys. Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys. One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more, and Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his...
View Articleoddball Aeronauts–A Double-Take Preview
You’re at the doctor’s office. Or the DMV. (Shudder…) Or in line at at amusement park. Or waiting to buy tickets to a Radiohead concert. You’re bored. You don’t have a surface to play a game. But you...
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