Archive for the ‘Board Game’ Category
Endeavor
This review is part of the 2009 Game Cryer Holiday Gift Guide.
Once upon a time, the planet was a blank canvas with many areas waiting for discovery by the seafaring people of Europe. Endeavor asks players to cover the globe with their influence, using a simplified system for colonization and conquest. Spreading across the seas, [...]
Ad Astra
Science fiction would have you believe eventually we’ll wear out our welcome on Earth, or perhaps more accurately, we’ll wear out Earth itself, and at that point everyone has to look for new worlds. Hence, Ad Astra, wherein mankind has split into five factions based on the subspecies they have evolved into, each of which [...]
Bill of Rights
Two hundred years ago the Forefathers wrote the United States of America’s Bill of Rights. They did a pretty good job and the Bill of Rights has served the U.S. well. But what if there was more to the story? Bill of Rights from Bucephalus Games ($29.99) gives you the chance to re-write the [...]
Star*Craft
Merchandising. As they said in Spaceballs, that’s where the real money of the movie is made. Game companies have finally learnt the same lesson, but it’s about more than just money – it’s about crossover potential. I know a guy who owns one game, the Mustang version of Monopoly, because he likes vintage mustangs. So [...]