Shane Dayton
The first thing you notices is the heft of the catapult, ballista, and battering ram that come with the game. These are well made pieces that are designed to just smash the very lightweight stones and figures. Add in fish, beehives, and boulders and those small little pieces promise an enormous amount of fun and …
Element is a delightful style of game that often produces some of the best styles of previous Table for Two episodes that we have enjoyed. This game is simple in rules and execution, but loaded with thinking and strategy. That’s a great combination that leads to a game that’s easy to follow, that clearly is …
Sometimes you just want a cooperative board game where it’s you and your fellow gamers against the game, not each other. Believe me, our gaming group has been there before, and so aside from the competition we’ve been known to take a break with a good co-op game once in a while as well. As …
If you’ve been a long-time fan of the Zelda series, you were incredibly excited when Breath of the Wild was announced for Nintendo Switch. The response after the fact has been stunningly interesting to watch as there are incredibly differing options about this game. Is it too hard? Is it actually too easy after the …
If you’re a fan of cooperative boardgames in general, or Pandemic in particular, then chances are you were as excited as we were when it was initially announced that there would be sequels, spin-offs, and then a version that plays like a tabletop RPG campaign. That last one was especially exciting, and then the release …
There’s no question that 7 Wonders is a game that gets a lot of play around our table. It requires strategy, card drafting, and a lot of strategy not only focusing on your own hand but what the other people around the table are doing. And sometimes no one is sure who is really ahead …
In the right situation, most of the feats in 5E can be incredibly powerful for players, and a headache for the DM. While I won’t go so far as to call most feats “broken,” depending on the type of DM you are, how much you struggle to adapt to certain challenges, and the campaign involved, …
Uh-oh – the tour buses are back! This was a really fun episode the first time they played (if you missed it the blog post summary and On Tour playthrough are both linked, respectively). This is a great high energy game with a lot of thought on travel, strategy, and it’s a roll and write …