Hi Folks,WWW.CONNSQUAD.COM’sCommanding Officer, Charles Corrente, was interviewed by NBC 30. This interview discussed his role in the Rose Bowl Parade, which will take place on New Year’s Day, 2007 in California.Outside of the great interview, you get to see his massive Star Wars collection!Great job, Charles! 200 stormtroopers marching in formation in Cali, and you…
Game Review: Hart an der Grenze
There are a few games that, when I first read about them on the internet, I immediately know that I’m going to like them. When I heard about actual smuggling cards inside small metal suitcases, I knew that Hart an der Grenze (Kosmos, 2006 – Andre Zatz and Sergio Halaban) was a game I would…
Yes, Virgina, there is a Great Cthulhu
Dear Editor- I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Great Cthulhu. Papa says, “If you see it on Alt.Horror.Cthulhu, it’s so,” Please tell me the truth, is there a Great Cthulhu who will rise from the watery depth of the Pacific to clear the Earth of all living…
Game Review: Mimic
I pride myself on being able to tell how much I’ll enjoy / not enjoy a game by simply reading the rules. But occasionally I’m wrong – dead wrong – and Mimic: Safari Version (Funmaker Games, 2006 – Doug Cook) is one of those times. It looked like a bland card game, and the rules…
HowTo: Diagnose Your iPod
I recently stumbled upon something very interesting and I’d like to share it with you.Many people already know that if your iPod locks up you can reset it by holding the middle button and “menu” down until it reboots. This works for the occasional lock-up but what do you do when the occasional becomes common?You…
Game Review: Ticket to Ride: USA 1910
As a game reviewer, I play piles of new games each year, which means that most of my games stay in pristine condition, receiving only a handful of playings a year. Ticket to Ride is an exception to that rule, however, receiving so many playings that my box, board, and – most of all -…
Game Review: Number Chase
When reading feedback from the Dice Tower, one of the hottest topics revolves around games for kids. In fact, about once a week or so I get an email from someone who is looking for good, interesting games to play with their children. Invariably I will point them to the Bright Idea line of games…
Game Review: Justinian
I was very pleased when Justinian: Intrigue at the Emperor’s Court (Phalanx and Mayfair Games, 2006 – Allessandro Saragosa and Leo Colovini) arrived, because it was on the exact day that I was teaching about the Byzantine emperor. I showed it to my class, announcing that this was exactly what we were talking about, even…
Game Review: Castle Merchants
All right, I’ll be honest; when I first read through the rules of Castle Merchants (Z-Man Games, 2005 – Jerry Dziuba), I was less than impressed. Moving goods around from castle to castle really sounded like a drab affair, even though I heard that the game was an excellent “gateway” game. Armed with this information,…
Looking at Stocks: 12-22-2006
This is the December 20, 2006 update.I think I’m going to take a break on this “stock market” series of articles.To be honest, I’m getting quite bored with them.I’ll try and throw up some investing content again in the future but for now I’m done with this line of work.
Game Review: HeroCard: Galaxy
The first four games from TableStar are unique in the fact that they all have the same basic “HeroCard” engine – a card dueling game that becomes the backbone for four very different board games. This is an intriguing idea, and I was very pleased to see the good quality of components from this new…
Game Review: Heroes Incorporated: S.U.P.E.R. expansion
I’m a big fan of expansions, and I want to see them produced for many of my favorite games. Many expansions really enhance the experience and cause me to almost exclusively utilize them when playing the basic games. But in the case of S.U.P.E.R. Scrap’s Upgrade Pack and Expansion Revision (Quest Machine, 2004 – Sam…