7 reasons why Ashes is better than Magic

Below you will find the seven reasons why I prefer Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn over Magic: The Gathering (MTG). This list is purely my opinion and I still think MTG is a great game but just prefer what Ashes has done with the two player, spellcaster, card game genre.

Scythe is the most anticipated boardgame of the year. Was it worth the hype?

I finally got my copy of Scythe, I’ve seen the Watch it Played video read all the KickStarter posts and was finally ready to play this game that’s been in the boardgame geek hotness list for what seems like forever.

Board game designs and Kickstarter musings

So I’ve been designing a load of board games recently. Some of which I am close to finishing (the on paper stage). Then I can finally start making some prototypes and seeing just how wrong I was and get some feedback.

Whimsical Times

I'll admit straight away that I'm one of those people who liked Cards Against Humanity. It appealed to my dark sense of human and worked in my group who aren't as into strategy games as I am and prefer something lighter.

Halloween Game Night 2014

As it is Halloween I thought I would do something horror related for my blog.

As you may have noticed I play a lot of board games. Amongst my collection are several horror themed games.

So we are planning a horror board game night while some of our favourite horror movies play in the back ground.

I would love to stream this event but sadly I don’t have access to a decent enough camera, yet!

A new card game (to me) that captures the feel of a video game - Anima

While there are a few board games out that are based on video games there are also those that feel like you are playing a video game.

We have Gears of War, Bioshock Infinite and the upcoming XCom and Witcher, which in some ways capture those games they are based on, we also have games that feel like a video game. Be it either their theme or even their mechanics.

My inspiration for this is due to playing a very JRPG game called Anima the Card Game, my hopefully soon arrival of the Video Game High School board game and the fantastic beat-em style game system Battlecon (another backed KickStarter project I should have before Christmas).

I'll talk about Anima a bit as it's not a new game, in fact the card game originally came out in 2006 with a revised edition a few years later and two follow up standalone add-ons.

Zombie 15' Review

The horde is coming will you survive.

I have backed a few Kickstarter projects in the last year and finally they're starting to be delivered. This week I was fortunate enough to get my copy of Zombie 15', a co-op, zombie, survival board game.

This is the first Zombie board game I have played (I'm not counting Zombie Dice). I have also been playing more and more cooperative games lately as MMO's or other multi-player video games don't provide that human element that a bunch of friends in the same room does.