When the concept of Run For Your Life, Candyman! (Smirk & Dagger Games, 2005 – Curt Covert) was explained to me, I just started to laugh. During my first game of it everyone was laughing pretty much the entire time. It’s not like Candyman is a great game. In fact, it’s not even a good…
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Game Review: Drive
Every once in a while, my wife and I play a two player game that instantly grabs us, one we want to play continuously and often. Lost Cities was the first such game, and over the years, a few have followed. The latest in this rare group is Drive (SimplyFun, 2005 – Michael Schacht). I…
SimplyFun: Plext
As soon as I saw Plext (SimplyFun, 2005 – Alvin Madden) and read the rules, I knew that my wife would enjoy it. Word games are fascinating to us as a couple, and ones that allow players to work with a set of letters, rather than be constrained by using solely the letters given with…
SimplyFun: Simply Catan
When I first heard about Simply Catan (SimplyFun Games, 2006 – Klaus Teuber), I had a hard time imagining how Settlers of Catan could get any simpler. Then I realized that I was a person who enjoyed Cities and Knights of Catan, + Seafarers + Fisherman + whatever latest flavor of the month was, and…
Comic Review: Wasteland
Looking for something new to read at the comic store? Why not check out Wasteland from Oni Press?Wasteland is a new comic book by Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten, published by Oni Press.Wasteland takes place in a devastated, post-apocalyptic future America. Set one hundred years after a catastrophe known as the “Big Wet’, it’s the…