#engine-building

Expansion Review - Ark Nova: Marine Worlds @Capstone_Games

One of my favourite games out there is Ark Nova. For some reason it just scratches a whole bunch of itches (ok, maybe that came out wrong) and I really enjoy playing it. I’m in 2-3 games of it on Boardgame Arena and I’ll always play it if it’s offered at a game day (unless there’s something new that I’ve been dying to try out). It was our New Year’s Eve game, for heaven’s sake! Last year (it…

Review - Fantastic Factories @fanfactories @DeepWaterGames

One game mechanism I really like is dice rolling and engine building (ok, that’s two mechanisms). Who doesn’t like chucking a bunch of dice? Ok, Len in the back, maybe. But otherwise, who doesn’t? Fantastic Factories doesn’t let you chuck a ton of dice, but it lets you chuck a few and it also lets you build an engine to use those dice! Fantastic Factories was designed by Joseph Z Chen and…

New to Me #boardgames - April 2023 @Capstone_Games @LookoutSpiele

As mentioned in my April Gaming post, April was not a banner month for games. Too much time off and missing a regular game day really sank that. It also affected my “new to me” games because I only got two of them played! While I will admit that I enjoyed both games, there were really no knockout games that just floored me. One might do that if I get the right players, but that certainly…

Empire's End from @JohnDClair and @bwisegames on Kickstarter now!

I’m kind of backing off some on the Kickstarter gravy train. While I did back Halls of Hegra a couple of months ago after some amazing video footage from my good friends Zilla Blitz and The Players’ Aid, I have come to the conclusion that I don’t really need all of this stuff. At least not as huge and overpriced as typical Kickstarter games are. My only exceptions to that will be Garphill Games…

Kickstarter Backing - Arcana Rising @greyfoxgames

Sometimes it’s a good thing to be subscribed to the various boardgame company emails.

I would normally say “especially as a reviewer,” but that hasn’t really paid out much.

Instead, I’m saying this as a consumer who was alerted to the Kickstarter campaign for Grey Fox Games‘ Arcana Rising, a Kickstarter campaign that ends on August 28.

The game is designed by Tim Armstrong with art by…