Come for the games, stay for the drama.
We have been preparing for this night for a very long time. Tom has always had an intense interest in Mahjong, especially in the Japanese variant, Riichi Mahjong. He’s got books and books about it. Lots of apps. A vast collection of Vita and Super Famicom versions. Once while I was visiting him when he … Read more
Finally, finally, FINALLY! All the work Tom and I have been doing in printing and painting miniatures and dungeon parts paid off last night as we finally sat down to play the first two scenarios in Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion. Jaws of the Lion is an introductory campaign to the Gloomhaven universe, where you … Read more
Trogdor!Trogdor!Trogdor was a manI mean, he was a dragon manOr maybe he was actually a board gameBut he was still TROGDOR! Burninating the countryside,Burninating the peasants,Burninating all the peoplesAnd their thatched-roof cottages!THATCHED-ROOF COTTAGES! (Insert guitar solo) Trogdor the Board Game is based on the iconic Strongbad E-mail #58: Dragon. You, and up to five of … Read more
Back in the Before Times, when we only had a small number of board games, Game Night would rotate between Magic the Gathering, Vast and Terraforming Mars. Now we have dozens of games to play, but Terraforming Mars is still on our rotation. When the local game store opened as part of Connecticut’s post-pandemic reopening, … Read more
First meeting of the full game group since the pandemic started! The governor of our state recently allowed family groups of up to ten people, but we only needed eight 🙂 In those lonely weeks and months stranded at home, Wizards of the Coast managed to release the new Ikoria set for Magic: the Gathering, … Read more