Spencer Patterson
I'm a professor, writer, and board game reviewer. My wife is my favorite gaming partner, and our daughters are my favorite reading partners. @authorspencerpatt
Gladiator: Fight to the Finish is a fast-paced, 2-player card game about gladiatorial combat in the colosseum. Does this low-budget game get dragged out of the arena, or is it an unlikely victor?
Is The King’s Dilemma a fun experiment that lacks practical balancing, or is it a glorious step into a new type of tabletop games? In short, it’s both.
Animo is a living deck game based heavily on Pokémon. The game strives to be both mechanically and theologically sound. Does it do so?
In Jungle Race Digital, players influence the 5 animal drivers, trying to have their favored drivers end up medaling by the end of the race.
Evolution almost perfectly meshed theme and gameplay. Does the digital adaption live up to the award-winning games’ origins?