Stephen Hall
When I was growing up, I played a lot of Starcraft. It was one of my favorite computer games, and I had a blast getting lost in its sci-fi world. Nexus Ops took everything I loved about Starcraft and put it into a board game. Nexus Ops (Charlie Catino, 2005) is a two to four…
Designer: Raymond Edwards, Suzanne Goldberg, Gary Grady Artist: Arnaud Demaegd Publisher: Asmodee, Space Cowboys Category: Deduction, Storytelling Players: 1-8 Price: $44.00 Amazon.com Content Guide In keeping with its theme, Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective deals with crimes, usually murders, that the players work to solve. The theme is pretty tame, but there are infrequent references to taverns,…
Content Guide Letters from Whitechapel deals with some intense subject matter. Being a game about Jack the Ripper, themes of murder and prostitution permeate the experience. The graphic design of the board features blood spatters, and the game makes references to Jack’s letters describing his crimes, including his so-called “From Hell” letter. The person playing…
Designer: Tim Fowers Artist: Ryan Goldsberry Publisher: Fowers Games Category: Card Game, Print & Play, Word Game Players: 2-5 Price: $24.99 Fowers Games Paperback is a deck-builder where players simulate the roles of novelists trying to finish stories for their editors. The game was successfully kickstarted on July 16, 2013 to the tune of $37,493 and…
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