Just Games
We just rotated a couple of new titles out onto the displays in-store, so now’s as good a time as any to talk a little about these! CASTLES BY THE SEA You and your fellow clan of tiny beach people have worked so hard all week, gathering and compacting sand, finding the right shells to […]
This season has seen a new batch of independent RPGs hit our shelves, so I wanted to take the time to highlight a few that have charm, wit, and theme just oozing out of their bindings. VISIGOTHS vs MALL GOTHS The year is 1996. You’re in the food court at the mall, hoping that Trevor […]
“…and then we fought about the rules so we put it back in the box and gave up.” If I had a string of lights for every time I heard this shared memory I’d be able to decorate the Rockefeller Christmas tree three times over. Getting your family to agree on anything can be tough, […]
Finding the right gift for the board gamer in your life can be daunting. There’s over 100,000 unique board game items, so we’ve curated a list of our go-to recommendations for different types of board game fans. Consider this list to be your industrial strength neodymium magnet, because it’ll pull a needle out of the […]
A riddle as old as they come: In front of the door stand two guards. One can only tell the truth, and the other can only lie. Wait a minute, YOU’RE one of the guards! And hang on, that’s not a door, that’s a card game! Welcome to Unrest, a new two player asymmetrical card […]
Photo credit: whitewhiskermusica I’ve been in your seat before. You overhear your friends talking about mana, lands, something called a Myr Retriever, and you think to yourself: “what the heck is a planeswalker?” But since you’re reading this article, that means you’ve got at least enough interest to poke your head in the door to […]
I get it. A dedicated group that consistently wants to jam some board games can be tough to come by. People come and go, move, get married, have kids, and embark on all sorts of other lame adult quests that get in the way of what we’re all REALLY put here on Earth to do: […]
Do you feel that? How the air has become so crisp it sends chills straight to the bone? How the leaves begin to turn, crinkle, and fall to the ground, returning to the earth the precious nutrients their tree had stolen? Our planet’s eternal cycle of life, death, and decay marches onward with or without […]
This article is about our Wed / Saturday ongoing commander achievement league, styled around a bingo-style grid of achievements. How to play Commander you can see the Wizards article. For how to build a commander deck, go here. Ah, Commander. The objectively goofiest format in all of Magic. A lawless land where even the tiniest […]
