So as you know from my reviews, I like to rank game reviews in three categories: gameplay, hobby, and lore. As you can probably guess, unless you've been living under a rock for the last decade and a half, the lore of A Song of Ice and Fire (from whence sprang Game of Thrones) is…
And, Importantly, Why Do I Care?
In an upcoming article I will be reviewing the game, but today I wanted to discuss what scale is Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings? And, more importantly, why do I care?
For starters, let me explain how I got into Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings. The answer…
So I guess this is a Hobby Streak post, but it's about an entire game--a game that I've become obsessed with lately. Marvel Crisis Protocol.
There are a lot of reasons why I love this game, and the first is that the gameplay is really good. This isn't the biggest reason why I love Marvel…
After you’ve started the Marvel Crisis Protocol Core Set, you’re going to want to expand, and that means you need to look at the Marvel Crisis Protocol affiliation list.
We’ve reviewed Marvel Crisis Protocol before (the gist of the review: we loved the Marvel Crisis Protocol rules and really kinda hated the fiddly models.) Things…
I have been hearing good things about Rivenstone since Adepticon. It seems that everyone who went has raved about the game, and the more that I've looked into it, and the more that I've seen the videos of content creators who have worked with the miniatures, everything about Rivenstone looks fun.
It's an alternating activation…
Turnip28
The first model I painted this week was an experiment into Turnip28, a completely unhinged game that is more of an aesthetic than a game. I mean, Turnip28 has rules (which you can access here on creator Max FitzGerald's Patreon), but the point of the game is not the game. FitzGerald has said in…
Marvel: Crisis Protocol Review—Overall Rankings
Lore: 9/10
Gameplay: 7/10
Hobbying: 3/10
With Spider-Man: No Way Home nearly out, I thought that it was high time that I give a Marvel: Crisis Protocol review. I had real questions about reviewing this game because I can't quite decide if it qualifies as a "wargame" per se. It's got very few…
Aside from D-Day, perhaps the best known battle in World War Two (in America, at least) is The Battle of the Bulge, and it has been the seed of many WW2 wargames. World War Two is without a doubt the most wargamed conflict in history, beating out ancients and medievals and Napoleonics handily. It's easy…
I have spent the last week busily working on a project that I have long wanted to complete: a Games Workshop Mumak from Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game. There were three things that drew me to paint this kit: first, the thing is absolutely gorgeous, from tip of the trunk to tip of the tail.…
A Review of Sludge War, by Sean Sutter at Metal King Studio
Gameplay: 7/10
Lore: 7/10
Hobby: 9/10
Sludge War is a fantasy wargame set in the age of black powder, and it is a gritty, gory delight. The gameplay is easy enough that the rules can be grasped in minutes (and summed up on one sheet of…