Geek-Craft

Tagged: Kickstarter

WBC – New Games Galore 0

Conventions

WBC – New Games Galore

After two days at the World Boardgaming Championships, I am happy to say that I played 16 new games and expansions. I got to hang out with some friends, meet some people from Twitter, and tried a lot of games I’ve been aching to learn. There will be a more in-depth post later, and reviews of several of the games, but here are the new games (not expansions) that I got to play over the last two days: Château Roquefort Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War Crows Eruption Fürstenfeld Leaping Lemmings Lost Cities: The Board Game Mammut Revolver:...

Down time – What to do when you’re not gaming 0

News

Down time – What to do when you’re not gaming

This may come as a shock to some of you, but I don’t actually sit down and game every waking hour. There are times where I’ll go days without playing a board game. But there are things to do when you aren’t playing board games that can still help scratch that itch. I’ve listed some of my favorites below, but feel free to add your own in the comments.

I’m a Rocketman! – Alien Frontiers Review 0

Kickstarter / Reviews

I’m a Rocketman! – Alien Frontiers Review

    Alien Frontiers was put up on KickStarter back in 2010, and I had no idea the game even existed. Now it’s one of my favorite games to play. It has wonderful graphics, a great balance of luck and strategy, and keeps me coming back for more. I haven’t gotten to play it nearly as often as I’d like, but I feel that everyone should be aware of how good this game really is.

Grudges 3

News / Reviews

Grudges

I try to keep this site’s focus on positive things, but sometimes the bad needs to be faced. I recently tweeted that there are three boardgame companies that I have personal issues with: Mayday Games, Tasty Minstrel Games, and Valley Games. I’ve been asked by several people for the stories concerning each company, so I figure I’ll explain publicly. If you have questions or comments after reading my views, please feel free to comment. Just because I have an issue with a company doesn’t mean you should or shouldn’t. Also note that for some of these stories, it’s been some time,...

She blinded me with SCIENCE!!! 0

Conventions / Reviews

She blinded me with SCIENCE!!!

Before I went to Origins, I saw some information online for a game called Compounded. I didn’t know much about the game, but I knew it was about Chemistry, and I knew it was very pretty. I don’t want to say I’ll buy a game just cause it’s pretty, but I have to admit that I have done just that in the past. I also really wanted to get a look at it, as one of my good friends is a Chemistry Grad Student. I saw that the game was coming out through Dice Hate Me Games and that they...

Supporting the industry 0

News

Supporting the industry

If you happen to be a regular to the site, you’ll notice there’s now an advertisement on the right hand side of the frontpage. I was approached by Clever Mojo Games about putting up the ad for their Kickstarter project of releasing Alien Frontiers on the iPad. With Alien Frontiers being one of my highest rated games and Clever Mojo Games coming out with more and more awesome looking products, I wholeheartedly agreed. I’ll be putting up a review of Alien Frontiers soon, and my review of Compounded is waiting on approval from the designer. After that, I’m planning on...