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Model railroading: a lifelong love

For as long as I can remember, I always wanted to do something with trains

March 6, 2025March 2, 2025
A+E

“The Princess Bride” board game is really a rogue-like video game

No, this title isn’t clickbait. There’s a board game roguelike for “The Princess Bride”, and apparently it’s not even the only adaptation like this. It’s absolutely insane and I love everything about it.

March 6, 2025March 2, 2025
A+E

Pick Your Poison: Does every game need to be competitive?

“Pick Your Poison” is a 2016 card game that seeks to formalize the classic party game “Would You Rather?” It does so by trying to make the game competitive. This was a mistake.

February 27, 2025February 23, 2025
A+E

“World Auto Racing”: A car game that’s not for car people

World Auto Racing (2022) is a card game that has some small mechanical concerns, but more importantly, misses the mark of being a game that reflects the street-racing culture that inspires it.

February 20, 2025February 16, 2025
A+E

Xiaohongshu: My review of this TikTok replacement 

It likely comes as no surprise that on January 19, TikTok, a beloved short form

February 13, 2025February 10, 2025
A+E

“Red Dragon Inn” and the value of game expansion packs

Red Dragon Inn (2007) is a deckbuilder-lite last-one-standing game about celebrating at a pub; it has some mechanical issues, though also has strong theming and concepts. There are major questions about long-term expansion and viability of the game, however.

February 13, 2025February 10, 2025
A+E

Steampunk Rally: My favorite game I will never play correctly

Steampunk Rally is a 2015 steampunk-themed racing game. While it has a lot going for it, from strategic mechanics to a wide variety of game set-ups, a central flaw related to the scale of the game makes it difficult to play correctly.

February 6, 2025February 2, 2025
A+E

Explaining the “Half-Life 3” rumors 

The Half-Life video game series is one of the most influential PC video game series

January 30, 2025January 27, 2025
A+E Local Opinion

Art Institute of Chicago’s “Project a Black Planet”

On December 15, 2024, the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) opened a new exhibition to

January 30, 2025January 26, 2025
A+E Opinion

“Farms Race”: Innovative parody or intellectual knock-off?

Farms Race, a 2024 board game, ostensibly parodies Catan and takes notes from Risk. However, it fails to deliver on most of these concerns, and instead seems to unintentionally – and awkwardly – parody George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945).

January 30, 2025January 30, 2025

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