Come for the games, stay for the drama.
We’re working as hard as we can to be able to play Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion the way we want to play it — by making a quick, easy to set up and play game an exercise in overcompensation. We play a lot of board games. One thing common to all the most popular … Read more
The huge, 20 pound box that Gloomhaven comes in can be more than a little intimidating, but that’s nothing compared to all the boxes, cards, tiles and popout tokens inside the game box. Gloomhaven is more than just a campaign-style adventure. It’s a system that supports the construction and play of millions of custom scenarios. … Read more
It struck me last night, as I was pulling Unrest for our fireplace room group, that it was the experience of taking a camp and pulling mobs to it for the group to kill — probably EverQuest’s core gameplay — is precisely the gameplay feature that no other MMO has valued enough to include in … Read more
Again, my huge advantage over Kasul is that I still am forced to work from home, but on the plus side, I get to get in the Aradune queue early and am usually able to play by the time I am done work and have supper cooking. The question of what to do during the … Read more
Aradune has returned to the endless queue strategy, which is a huge upgrade, I guess, from the “let everyone in and watch the server die” strategy they’d been trying for a couple weeks prior. This actually isn’t a big deal, for me. I work at home due to the pandemic, so about three or four … Read more