This will probably be hard to read and understand if you haven't played Viticulture and Agricola. They are very popular, so many people have videos explaining both games. I mostly want to talk about what I like about them, and not if they are good or not. Both are excellent, but very different in implementation. I don't own many "worker placement" games, nor do I plan to acquire many more. This...
I feel like writing about board games. Board games have been my gaming focus for the last few years. In a way, physical cardboard has always been my focus, in gaming, and in life. Magic: The Gathering dominated my youth - I would spend an unhealthy amount of time thinking about the game, even though I never really pursued higher competition than traveling an hour to the big city to try and win...
Card games are my favorite type of game. This usually means physical cards, as digital card games are a more recent thing. I started playing Magic: The Gathering over a decade ago as just a kid, completely on accident, and I've been flicking cards back and forth in my hands ever since. But in recent years, I've found that while Magic is still the eternal king of the world, there are other games...
I've been giving First Person Shooter mechanics a lot of thought lately. With my favorite subgenre, FPS-Z, filling up with small and interesting looking games, and my general interest in game mechanics, I thought I would go through the list of features that are pretty standard and familiar to anybody who has played a shooter in the past decade or so. I'll sprinkle in other sections that I feel...
I consider myself to be somewhat of a Bungie fanboy. More accurately, I am a big Halo fanboy. I don't get into the lore all that much, but I really like the mechanics featured in all the modes. I enjoy how multiplayer can be enjoyed in so many ways, from hardcore competition, to completely stupid minigame maps. Many a LAN have started with Team Slayer on Guardian, and end with "Duck Hunt", whic...