There were a lot of things occurring in the year 2004. The Presidential elections in the USA caused quite a ruckus, as did various other political events....
I've never played any of the Empire Rails series. For some reason, the "crayon-rail" games never had any massive appeal to me, but at the same time I wasn't...
When I read an interview of Martin Wallace on www.gamefest.com in mid 2004, I first saw mention of his game Struggle of Empires (Warfrog, 2004 - Martin...
Some games get unbelievable hype before they come out, especially if they are about a popular subject or theme. War of the Ring (Fantasy Flight Games and...
I love games and therefore am interested in people who are involved with games - whether they be designers, producers, sellers, or just simply enthusiasts....
Carcassonne has become quite the franchise in the past several years. On Boardgamegeek, I can pull up twelve different entries for the game, and five of them...
Recently I reviewed Dancing Dice, where I stated, "It's a lot simpler than Yahtzee, but the basic gist is the same where players try to roll different...
Interviews by an Optimist #2 - Francesco Nepitello Francesco is one of the three designers of the recent massively popular War of the Rings game, produced by...
Interviews by an Optimist #3 - Eric Hautemont Eric Hautemont gives this mini-autobiography... "Born playing "Risk" when it was still sub-titled 'La Conquete du...
I've always had a soft spot for Formula De, because its cool dice and boards helped bring me back into the boardgaming fold from my affair with miniatures and...
Hi Tom, I recently purchased M44 here in Korea and played it a few times with my some colleagues and it went over very well! Anyway, I loved this piece, Tom....
Interviews by an Optimist #4- Adam Hill Adam runs the online board game store www.Gamefest.com. Besides being an excellent place to buy games, Gamefest,...
Trick-taking games always need some kind of gimmick to make them interesting, to me at least. There's so many of them that a game has to have some new and...
Interviews by an Optimist #5 - Greg Aleknevicus Greg Aleknevicus is a computer programmer living in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He has written for...
Spooks: the Haunting Mystery Game (Hootie Games, 2002 - Paul Koch) is a bad Clue rip-off with a terrible rule problem. That, my friends, is all I should have...
Blood Feud in New York (Eagle Games and Rebel Forge, 2004 - Chris Toepker and Kyle Weinandy) took me by surprise. I usually keep an eye on upcoming Eagle...
Interviews by an Optimist #6 - Bruno Faidutti Bruno Faidutti is well known in the gaming world for his many game designs. He has designed over a dozen games...
7 Ages (Australian Design Group, 2004 - Harry Rowland), is one of the few games I've ever purchased knowing nothing about the game. I'm not even sure why I...
Howdy, After talking to one of your esteemed members, a Mr. Tom Vasel, I decided to join this group. Send me anything you want. Me and my friend feel...
Eagle Games has received, in my opinion, some unfair criticism over the past two years in regards to their games. People complain about the rules, mostly, and...
Interviews by an Optimist #7 - Guido Teuber Guido Teuber (30) is both representative Licensor at Catan GmbH/LLC and shareholder of Mayfair Games, Inc....
WHEN: Sunday Early – LATE WHERE: Steadman Country Estate www.jmsteadman.com/joe/joe WHAT: Warhammer 40K, WWII 1/285, misc. war-games and other boardgames ...
At Joe's place on Sunday I'll be running board games. Everyone interested in board games contact me, and let me know what board games you'd like me to bring....
Interviews with an Optimist # 8 - Anye Sellers Anye has always been a gamer from the time her dad taught her to play chess when she was about three. She...
Interviews by an Optimist # 9 - Harry Rowland Harry Rowland is the Managing Director of the Australian Design Group. He also has designed and developed several...
Interviews by an Optimist # 10 - John Bohrer Tom: John, can you start us out with a little background on yourself? John: I am just another board gamer. I...
(This review assumes you already know how to play Carcassonne.) Carcassonne: Inns and Cathedrals (Hans Im Gluck and Rio Grande Games, 2002- Klaus-Jurgen Wrede)...
Jeremy: From the moment I first saw Royal Turf, I was impressed. For one, it was in an ever-impressive Alea box (the Rolls-Royce of board game brands), but...
If you asked me the three best gateway games, I would without hesitation tell you Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan, and Carcassonne (Hans im Gluck and Rio...
(This review assumes you already know how to play Carcassonne.) For most people, Carcassonne: the River (Hans Im Gluck and Rio Grande Games, 2002 - Rudolf...
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