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Keyforge Call of the Archons by Fantasy Flight Games has really taken off in popularity. It is an easy game to pick up and learn. Like any game that uses the English language, there is …

Keyforge Call of the Archons is a new and very popular game from Fantasy Flight Games. It was designed by Richard Garfield, the man who brought you Magic the Gathering. Keyforge is what he envisioned …

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines game as an activity engaged in for diversion or amusement. It also says game is a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to …

Trevor opens up Comanauts to show us the contents. Comanauts is the second installment in Jerry Hawthorne’s Adventure Book system following Stuffed Fables. This game of exploration and danger builds on the mechanisms first introduced …

Have you ever bought a board/card game that came in a big beautiful box and then open it at home to find it only uses about 20% of the space inside? Does that irk you …

Trevor opens up both Root and Root: The Riverfolk Expansion to show us the contents. Root is a game of adventure and war in which 2 to 4 (1 to 6 with the ‘Riverfolk’ expansion) …

Intellectual Property (IP) Games are those that incorporate a known entity into their game. The easiest example is Monopoly. You can buy Monopoly that is branded with multiple IPs. They have Sailor Moon Monopoly, Rick …

Monopoly is a staple of most board game collections. Most people have played some version of Monopoly in their life. Even if you were never subjected to the rigorous real estate game, you undoubtedly know …

Nope, that is not a typo. We are not talking about Dumbledore’s derriere. We define Magic Buts games as those that get describes as “Just like Magic, but…”. Magic the Gathering has been a very …

Danny from ZiaComics.com teaches us how to play the abstract strategy/hand management/pattern building game, Reef by Next Move Games. In the game Reef, players take on the role of the reef itself, alternating turns in …

Danny from ZiaComics.com teaches us how to play the abstract strategy area control/area influence game, Grackles, by Fireside Games. Grackles are noisy, iridescent birds that love to gather on telephone wires at sunset throughout the …

Danny from ZiaComics.com teaches us how to play the abstract strategy game, Dragon Castle by CMON Games. Dragon Castle is a game freely inspired by Mahjong Solitaire. During your turn, you take a pair of …

Danny from ZiaComics.com teaches us how to play the cooperative play / hand management game, The Mind. This is a game for 2-4 players ages 8 and up. A full playthrough should take approximately 15 …

Danny from ZiaComics.com teaches us how to play the beautiful card game, Kanagawa by IELLO Games. Game Description 1840: In Kanagawa, the great bay of Tokyo, the Master Hokusai decided to open a painting school …

Danny from ZiaComics.com teaches us how to play the deck building game, Shards of Infinity, from Ultra Pro. Manufacturer Description One-hundred years ago, The Infinity Engine was shattered and its reality-bending shards have destroyed most …