Clash of Thrones has an impressive name, and promises a new board game with depth to enjoy. Unfortunately it’s neither new, nor especially deep. It’s a Risk clone with a couple of optional rule variants, none of which make the game any more strategic, or intelligent. We like Risk, but…
Read MoreClash of Thrones has an impressive name, and promises a new board game with depth to enjoy. Unfortunately it’s neither new, nor especially deep. It’s a Risk clone with a couple of optional rule variants, none of which make the game any more strategic, or intelligent. We like Risk, but…
Read MoreYou’ve got to love when retailers sneakily launch games early. People in Australia just got lucky – usually the afterthought in the world gaming scene, they were the first to play Portal 2. And the good news for the rest of the world? Totally worth the wait. Portal 2 is…
Read MoreYou’ve got to love when retailers sneakily launch games early. People in Australia just got lucky – usually the afterthought in the world gaming scene, they were the first to play Portal 2. And the good news for the rest of the world? Totally worth the wait. Portal 2 is…
Read MoreConsider this: Advanced Tactics: Gold is the work of a handful of people. In that context, and for all its unwieldiness, it’s a brilliant, complex, nuanced game that grognards (wargamers) can easily lap up. It’s going to be impossible to explain how Advanced Tactics: Gold plays. It’s a game that…
Read MoreConsider this: Advanced Tactics: Gold is the work of a handful of people. In that context, and for all its unwieldiness, it’s a brilliant, complex, nuanced game that grognards (wargamers) can easily lap up. It’s going to be impossible to explain how Advanced Tactics: Gold plays. It’s a game that…
Read MoreA circus is creepy. The bright colours, the laughing clowns, the freak shows and the interplay between humans and various deadly animals are, on the surface, an entertaining escape from the real world for a day, but in reality it’s a grand mockery of humanity. It’s the kind of horror…
Read MoreA circus is creepy. The bright colours, the laughing clowns, the freak shows and the interplay between humans and various deadly animals are, on the surface, an entertaining escape from the real world for a day, but in reality it’s a grand mockery of humanity. It’s the kind of horror…
Read MoreMajesty 2 is a real time strategy of the the Age of Empires/ old school Command and Conquer mould. Thankfully the game is very much an entity its own right, taking a Monty Python-esque humour to the genre, narrated by a voice suspiciously like that of Sean Connery. The premise…
Read MoreMajesty 2 is a real time strategy of the the Age of Empires/ old school Command and Conquer mould. Thankfully the game is very much an entity its own right, taking a Monty Python-esque humour to the genre, narrated by a voice suspiciously like that of Sean Connery. The premise…
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