Raf Reviews - War Co. The sergeant looked on in horror as the River Runner engaged the enemies Poseidon class ship. It was a suicide mission. The green blip moved rapidly along the radar, making up in speed what it lacked in power. At 600 meters the larger red blip pulsed; the bright green blip left a light afterimage that slowly faded away. A voice cut the silence from the rear of the bridge. “Well done Sergeant. Turn your focus to lower orbit and bring Starship Astrum online. The fate of the River Runner is 08/09/2016
The sergeant looked on in horror as the River Runner engaged the enemies Poseidon class ship. It was a suicide mission. The green blip moved rapidly along the radar, making up in speed what it lacked in power. At 600 meters the larger red blip pulsed; the bright green blip left a light afterimage that slowly faded away. A voice cut the silence from the rear of the bridge. “Well done Sergeant. Turn your focus to lower orbit and bring Starship Astrum online. The fate of the River Runner is
Gen Con Nightly Roundup While at Gen Con we recorded a nightly roundup of noteworthy plays over three days. Each episode below was recorded live at Gen Con under abnormal recording conditions. Come for the game discussion, stay for the interruption from a convention employee. Night One Night Two Night Three 08/08/2016
While at Gen Con we recorded a nightly roundup of noteworthy plays over three days. Each episode below was recorded live at Gen Con under abnormal recording conditions. Come for the game discussion, stay for the interruption from a convention employee. Night One Night Two Night Three
Raf Reviews - Guild Ball: Mid Season Every now and then I walk past the rows of miniatures at the FLGS and wonder about them. I like assembling and painting them, but committing to a game not called X-Wing has been tough because most of them haven’t appealed to me thematically. Enter Guild Ball, a miniature take on medieval mud ball. Mud ball is kind of like soccer. Except the rules were loose and people could get beaten up. Guild Ball pushes that to an extreme in a fantasy soccer-battle game that’s got me hooked. This is the 07/31/2016
Every now and then I walk past the rows of miniatures at the FLGS and wonder about them. I like assembling and painting them, but committing to a game not called X-Wing has been tough because most of them haven’t appealed to me thematically. Enter Guild Ball, a miniature take on medieval mud ball. Mud ball is kind of like soccer. Except the rules were loose and people could get beaten up. Guild Ball pushes that to an extreme in a fantasy soccer-battle game that’s got me hooked. This is the
Episode 24 - Labeling Games: Useful or Harmful? Raf and Charlie talk the pitfalls of labeling games party, filler, or an experience. Gen Con (Excited About) - 0:59 Ferox - 6:00 War Co. - 14:10 Crazy Karts - 28:20 Scythe - 39:35 Labeling Games: Useful or Harmful? - 48:45 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher 07/27/2016
Raf and Charlie talk the pitfalls of labeling games party, filler, or an experience. Gen Con (Excited About) - 0:59 Ferox - 6:00 War Co. - 14:10 Crazy Karts - 28:20 Scythe - 39:35 Labeling Games: Useful or Harmful? - 48:45 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher
Dr. Eureka - Not a Game for Charlie In my house Dr. Eureka is derisively referred to as Dr. Jekyll. No other game has offered such a dual experience of fist pumping joy and back breaking anguish. Half the table seems to be throwing high fives while the rest of us poor schmucks are hanging our heads and asking if we can assemble a five man team to pull Cthulhu Wars off the shelf and wash the acidic taste out of our mouth. Dr. Jekyll is very much a case of the have and the have nots. It does have a sense of style. You can't deny 07/23/2016
In my house Dr. Eureka is derisively referred to as Dr. Jekyll. No other game has offered such a dual experience of fist pumping joy and back breaking anguish. Half the table seems to be throwing high fives while the rest of us poor schmucks are hanging our heads and asking if we can assemble a five man team to pull Cthulhu Wars off the shelf and wash the acidic taste out of our mouth. Dr. Jekyll is very much a case of the have and the have nots. It does have a sense of style. You can't deny
Ferox - 80's Exploitation Slaughterfest A sadistic film crew. Tribes of unforgiving cannibals. A battle of unparalleled brutality. Yes, yes, and yes. Some games just stick a knife through your eye and start twisting long before it even hits the table. Like a sadistic puppet master, Ferox grabbed a hold of my scalp and started dragging me about when I first read about it. That pillaging of my faculties continued when the physical product arrived. Coming from an independent publisher with a humdrum name like Craft Fair Games, it's 07/15/2016
A sadistic film crew. Tribes of unforgiving cannibals. A battle of unparalleled brutality. Yes, yes, and yes. Some games just stick a knife through your eye and start twisting long before it even hits the table. Like a sadistic puppet master, Ferox grabbed a hold of my scalp and started dragging me about when I first read about it. That pillaging of my faculties continued when the physical product arrived. Coming from an independent publisher with a humdrum name like Craft Fair Games, it's
Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together Again: T.I.M.E Stories Through Under The Mask This article assumes you have played all T.I.M.E Stories scenarios through Under The Mask. Spoilers be here like flies on a corpse. You have been warned. T.I.M.E Stories has dug through my skull and is firing electric right into my dopamine receptors. As soon as it starts to fade at the back of my mind, like that picture of Marty McFly's siblings, a new chapter hits and I'm 9 year old Charlie tearing into the latest LEGO set on Christmas morn. While The Asylum and Marcy Case were my two 07/14/2016
This article assumes you have played all T.I.M.E Stories scenarios through Under The Mask. Spoilers be here like flies on a corpse. You have been warned. T.I.M.E Stories has dug through my skull and is firing electric right into my dopamine receptors. As soon as it starts to fade at the back of my mind, like that picture of Marty McFly's siblings, a new chapter hits and I'm 9 year old Charlie tearing into the latest LEGO set on Christmas morn. While The Asylum and Marcy Case were my two
Episode 23 - The Social Contract of Gaming After discussing the usual, Raf and Charlie take on that murky term "the social contract" and how it applies to gaming. Excited About - 0:43 Guild Ball - 7:40 Zimby Mojo - 16:05 Ticket to Ride - 26:20 Tyrants of the Underdark - 33:00 The Social Contract Discussion - 45:10 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher 07/13/2016
After discussing the usual, Raf and Charlie take on that murky term "the social contract" and how it applies to gaming. Excited About - 0:43 Guild Ball - 7:40 Zimby Mojo - 16:05 Ticket to Ride - 26:20 Tyrants of the Underdark - 33:00 The Social Contract Discussion - 45:10 iTunes Soundcloud RSS Stitcher
