In this installment, Dan and Jordan go on a time travel episode for a special listener request, and end up in 2012. They encounter an appearance by the most important figure in modern history, Steve Piezcenik, and a special report about board games that they covered over 700 episodes ago.
Haven't posted anything in a while. The Backerkit campaign is still running and a lot of stuff is being offered - and yet I haven't really paid much attention to it until this one....
Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children better at math, according to a comprehensive review of research published on the topic over the last 23 years.
While it's not my favorite game, I know it's popular with the community and figured I would mention it for those who are interested. An alternate Dungeon Deck for the critically acclaimed Iron Helm.
I find myself more or less hoping for fixed game lengths when it comes to campaign games... at least int he board game realm. I've always felt the Pandemic Legacy games were a good sweet spot for a campaign (12-24 games) but I haven't played any good truly short ones yet. I have Legacy of Yu on my soon to play list, but what...
Buy with caution. A completely unrelated company has registered the previously abandoned Mayfair Games trademark and will begin releasing new games under it.
I know that replayability is an important factor for a lot of people in the hobby and I assume that your number might vary depending on the size of your collection (smaller collections probably have a higher play amount...)...
During the first minutes of the campaign launch Backerkit was lovingly hugged to death. Took me about ten minutes to finalize my pledge and I ended up being backer #60 or so :')...
At the time of posting we're about three and a half days away from the frighteningly packed crowdfunding campaign for Gloomhaven Second Edition, the Gloomhaven RPG, the miniatures line, and perhaps even more?...
That is, if anyone found their way over here at all. I'm looking for discussion about any of the Haven games, from the OG GH to the upcoming Backerkit campaign for Version 2.0....