The latest episode has been posted! http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblogpost?contentBlogPostId=14613&contentBlogId=TDT In this episode, Mike talks about...
Two episodes of the Dice Tower have been posted. Episode # 91 http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblogpost?contentBlogPostId=14625&contentBlogId=TDT Episode #...
The Pied Piper is one of those stories that I've heard time and time again, in various media and styles – but with essentially the same plot each time. When...
I really didn't know what to think of Pink Godzilla Dev Kit (Pink Godzilla Co, 2006 – Christopher Rama Rao) when I received it in the mail. I did a little...
Dungeon Twister is one of my favorite games – a game that I wasn't expecting much from when I first heard about it, but a game that has become one of the...
Imagine if you took a wonderful game, one that just has interesting mechanics, and then hired a group of people whose sole goal was to make it as uninteresting...
You'd think after all the games that I've reviewed that I'd learn not to judge a game by its cover, but I just can't help it sometimes. It was with quite a...
Episode # 88 has been posted... http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblogpost?contentBlogPost... In this episode, Sam discusses playing Marvel Heroes with his...
After my review of the Out of the Box game CoverUp, I was deluged by comments and emails that pointed me to Gobblet (Blue-Orange Games, 2001 – Thierry...
The buzz for The Scepter of Zavandor (Lookout and Z-man Games, 2004 – Jens Drogemuller) was really humming when it first was released; but I basically...
I think it's safe to say that Tide of Iron (Fantasy Flight Games, 2007 – John Goodenough) is one of the most anticipated games of 2007. It seems to be the...
When I opened the box of Alchemist (Mayfair Games, 2007 – Carlo A. Rossi), I was greeted with the site of 160 wooden cubes, amongst other components. The...
Having lived in Korea during two World Cups, it's amazing to see the level of excitement non-American countries have for the sport of soccer (football to the...
Age of Steam, while only having 6,000 copies in existence, certainly has attracted a hardcore following. I count twenty expansions on www.boardgamegeek.com,...
Rummy games are becoming more and more popular – with a few variants garnishing critical praise, such as Mike Fitzgerald's Mystery Rummy series. I'm always...
Episode # 95 has been posted! http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblogpost?contentBlogPostId=14663&contentBlogId=TDT On a biweekly schedule now, the Dice Tower...
I managed to jump into a game of Diamant a couple years ago at Origins, led none other than one of the designers himself – Alan Moon. The game was quick,...
I am fairly nervous to write a review of Combat Commander: Europe (GMT Games, 2006 – Chad Jensen, most because wargaming is not really a genre that I am...
Episode # 96 is up! http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblogpost?contentBlogPostId=14676&... In this jam packed episode, Mary interviews many notables in the ...
I was extremely excited about Battlelore expansions, but I enjoyed the basic game enough that I didn't pay much attention to upcoming announcements; so when I...
A few themes get me genuinely excited, and that of escaping from a prison is particularly fascinating. Section X (The Game Master, 2006 - Chislaine van den...
A game's replayability is very important, and when a game limits itself in this regard, I'm not sure that one can even call it a game! Welcome to my review of...
I first heard of Cineplexity (Out of the Box Publishing, 2007 – Jon Michael Rasmus and John Sams and Sean Weitner) on John Kovalic's blog, in which he...
I was interested in Numbers League: Adventures in Addiplication (Bent Castle Workshops, 2007 – Ben Crenshaw and Chris Pallace) for three reasons. First of...
24/7 the Game (Sunriver and Funagain Games, 2006 – Carey Grayson) may very well have one of the thinnest themes I've seen in a game. Yes, the numbers "24"...
Episode # 98 has finally been posted! http://www.funagain.com/control/viewblogpost?contentBlogPostId=14696&contentBlogId=TDT In this episode, we give a session...
I was drawn to Rukshuk (Zabazoo Corporation, 2006 – Malcolm Bisiker) initially because I thought the name was funny. It looked rather interesting, but there...
Initial reports of Colosseum (Days of Wonder, 2007 – Wolfgang Kramer and Markus Lubke) were not as thrilling as other Days of Wonder games, and I began to...
I'm still a bit annoyed that Capitol, a game about building towers in ancient Rome, hasn't been reprinted – and thus difficult to find. Not everyone enjoyed...
One thing about Scum (4J Enterprises, 2005 – Kevin Johnson) that made me laugh was looking at the rules, and how they designated one player "scum", and the...
