Killing Bunnies Drove Us to Drink

Okay, we have to admit, we sort of reverse-engineered this one. We were moseying around our local beer vendor when we came across—no kidding—a carrot cake beer. What would you do if you were us? You’d buy it. And then you’d find a game to pair with it, because that’s why we drink (mostly). So … Read more…

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The People Want an Amusement Park

Imagine you’re the mayor of an unusual little town that consists of nothing more than a wheat field and a bakery. You want what’s best for your people, but your citizens have delusions of grandeur. They don’t want clean streets or to vote “yes” on Proposition 213. No, they want things like a shopping mall, … Read more…

Drinking While Playing a Game About Drinking

The Red Dragon Inn seems like a game that was made for a blog like ours. The basis of Slugfest Games’ biggest hit is that the quest is over before you’ve begun; the heroes are done with their dungeon-delving for the day and have retired to the local tavern, the eponymous Red Dragon Inn, for … Read more…

Avast! We be plunderin’ booty (and other pirate nonsense)

Pirates are awesome. At least, the romanticized version of pirates—sailin’ the high seas, pillagin’ and plunderin’ and scrimshawin’ and shawshankin’… or whatever—are awesome. Pirate’s Cove by Days of Wonder does a good job of including all of the best aspects of being a pirate, covering everything from annoying parrots to mutiny to firing volleys of … Read more…