Chugging on the Choo-Choo

This week, we played a train game! And no, it wasn’t Ticket to Ride. Yardmaster Express by Crash Games is a micro-game that takes only minutes to play. It’s fast, it’s small, it’s simple—and most importantly, it’s thematic and fun. While we play our fair share of micro-games, we don’t often use them in Game … Read more…

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Keep on Keepin’ On

Good game design balances choice—not only in the number of options a player might have, but especially in how meaningful those choices are to the outcome of a game. Some of the best games—at least in our opinion—are the ones in which choice matters enough to make us think twice before we roll the dice, … Read more…

Let’s Play Good Cop/Bad Cop/Drunk Cop

This week, the veteran gamer of our group, Tom, invited us over to play Police Precinct by Common Man Games. So naturally we grabbed a cop-themed beer and headed over to make an impromptu Game & Beer Pairing of it. In Police Precinct, players are cops trying to solve a murder before the killer can escape. But … Read more…

The Bullfrog Croaks; the Hoppin’ Frog Wobbles

Lately we’ve been playing a lot of games that rely fairly heavily on luck, so we’ve been craving something with a bit more strategy in our Game & Beer Pairings, something in which players have more control over the outcome. You know, like chess… except not chess. Bullfrogs by Thunderworks Games fits that bill perfectly. … Read more…

There’s a storm a-comin’… a storm with a thousand fins…

A riddle for you: What has a thousand fins, a million teeth, and comes in a cardboard box? The answer: The SharknadoTM tabletop game… coming to a table near you from yours truly, Devious Devices! We are hugely delighted to announce that we are currently working on the officially-licensed SharknadoTM: The Board Game!, based on … Read more…