We’ve always professed our preference for Star Trek over Star Wars. Even though we both saw the original Star Wars in theaters in 1977, it’s probably the fact that Star Trek has had numerous television series over the years that ...
I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve used the pandemic as crutch to avoid doing some things. Whether it’s travel, upgrades to the home, what to make for dinner or a doctor’s appointment to treat an ailment, I’m ...
I’ve been doing a lot of reminiscing lately about movies, TV shows, cartoons and toys from my childhood and young adult years. It could be the result of excessive hours locked up inside or maybe it has something to do with the realiza ...
Nostalgia is a powerful driving force. I was just talking to my parents the other day about the cycle of toys and when they become a long-term collectable. Quite often the toys that rise in collectability are the same ones that were popular ...
Back at the beginning of the year, we featured two lists about Star Wars themed games. We tried to focus on versions that you probably don’t see at your local retailer and mostly excluded mass-market titles. There were so many, we had ...
If you’ve ever played any of the scores of 18XX games on the market, you know it’s a multi-hour experience. Combining track laying with stock manipulation, these games are among the heaviest the hobby has to offer. They have a h ...
What do you do when you’re invited to join a game that is made up of a bunch of things you hate? You give it the benefit of the doubt and play. Potemkin Empire from Indie Boards & Cards is a city-building game (that part I like) t ...
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve seen a new trend in games as of late. We’ve featured a number of these new roll-n-write games this year, including Rolled West, Second Chance and Dice ‘n Score Farm. We ...
Back in the good ol’ days, when we were bored we would go to a movie or meet up with friends to play games. We might head to the mall or any random store to go shopping. Of course, visiting friends or family was also an option. Travel ...
One of the reasons we search for games at thrift is because you never know when you’ll find that rare one. And by “rare”, I mean one that almost no one has heard of. This is usually because it was issued by a small publish ...
