Seven Happy Players Spot Hawks, Pigeons Way back in ye olden days, I backed a little game called Birds of a Feather: Western North America. I was neck deep in…
“Lure of the Unknown”: Learning How to Play
This is the second post in a series of posts about my relationship to Spirit Island and how gaming has improved my mental health. You can catch up on all…
Ecos: First Continent — A Top 10 Review
Tableau building (with a twist)… check! Gameboard map building… check! Bingo game mechanics… what?!
On Spirit Island, Or Letting a Game Be Your Life
In gaming and in life, there are thresholds I cross through that paginate who I am and who I am becoming. Stepping from one gate to the next, there’s a…
Container: First Impressions
by Justin Difazzio On its surface, Container sounds like maybe the most boring theme anyone could make a game about. Make containers. Sell containers. Buy containers. Ship containers. I fell…
Winter Rabbit: Indigiplay mischief and a non european take on competition
It’s not often that a board game has the potential to parent in a whole new style of game playing, and though Winter Rabbit, might not make as significant a splash as it deserves, it will create a whole new set of table top experiences for many of those that try it out.
Top 10 Games I Love to Show People
These are the top 10 games I grab when I want to encourage magical gaming moments, big and small.
Stichspielcon Göttingen 2026 (Trick-taking-days)
This year I visited a small trick-taking & shedding convention for the first time, and it was quite the experience.
Top Ten Games I like to Show
Some of these games are all time favourites of mine. Most of them are not. All of them show off some radically different way of thinking about games that people…
Top 10 Games I Love to Show People
One of the (many) exciting parts of playing board games and hosting game nights is showing people games they have not played before. If I could only pick ten games I like to show people, these ten would be the ones, because they all have something special that really stands out and where I love to see peoples faces when they realize this magic.