Posts Tagged ‘Dice’

Fight the Fear of Missing Out

by Andrew Borck on January 23, 2020

How should we as geeks deal with FOMO? Andrew provides some insight from his own experiences with it.

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Review – Unearth: The Lost Tribe

by Andrew Borck on October 4, 2019

Return to Unearth! The Lost Tribe adds new Wonders, Stones, and Delver cards! But can you fight off the encroaching darkness? Check out our Review!

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Review: Starfinder Beginner Box

by Andrew Borck on September 1, 2019

Do you like movies like Guardians of the Galaxy? Wanna play a RPG in a similar setting? Check out our review of the Starfinder Beginner Box.

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Designer: Wolfgang Warsch Artist: Weberson Santiago Publisher: Asmodee Category: Dice rolling Player Count: 2-4 Price: $39.99 In Fuji, players are placed into the boots of adventurers out to hike the mighty Mount Fuji. The only problem? The mountain has [...]

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Review: Dice Hospital

by Andrew Borck on February 6, 2019

Designer: Stanislav Kordonskiy, Mike Nudd Artist: Sabrina Miramon Publisher: Alley Cat Games Category: Worker Placement Player Count: 1-4 Price: $46.00 Dice Hospital puts players in the shoes of a hospital administrator, hoping to have the best, most [...]

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Review: Dice Stack

by Colby Bryant on February 9, 2018

FULL REVIEW Designers: Thierry Denoual Publisher: Blue Orange Games Category: Press Your Luck/Dice Game Player Count: 2-6 BoardGameGeek Rating: 6.62 (4 votes) Price: $9.99 As a long-time player of games, I’ve been familiar with stacking games like Jenga [...]

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Review: Steam Park

by Vince Chapman on June 24, 2017

Designer: Aureliano Buonfino, Lorenzo Silva, Lorenzo Tucci Sorrentino Publisher: IELLO Category: City building, Dice, Real-time, Science fiction Player Count: 2-4 Price: $48.15 The peaceful town of Roboburg is abuzz with anticipation of the fair that [...]

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Review: DOOM: The Board Game (2016)

by Chris Hecox on March 10, 2017

Designer: Jonathan Ying Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Category: Fighting, Video Game Theme Players: 2-5 Price: $79.95 Amazon In 1993, the first person shooter genre was forever changed. The impact of Doom not only laid groundwork for every predecessor [...]

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Review: Star Wars Battlefront – Season Pass (PS4)

by L.J. Lowery on January 15, 2017

Developer: EA DICE Publisher: Electronic Arts (EA) Genre: Third-Person/First-Person Shooter Rating: T for Teen Price: $29.99 After the first few months of playing Star Wars Battlefront, I thought I was done with it forever. A group of friends and I were [...]

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Review: Dice Stars

by Derek Thompson on November 18, 2016

Designer: Bruno Cathala, Ludovic Maublanc Publisher: WizKids Category: Filler, Dice Game Player Count: 1-4 BoardGameGeek Rating: 6.7 (59 votes) Price: $19.99 It is impossible to discuss Dice Stars without discussing Qwixx, so let me begin there. In 2013, [...]

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Review: Battlefield 1 (Xbox One)

by L.J. Lowery on November 1, 2016

Developer: EA DICE Publisher: Electronic Arts Genre: First-Person Shooter Rating: M Price: $59.99 I vividly remember gruesome images of trench foot and mustard gas victims that our teacher showed us while studying World War 1 during my high school years [...]

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Review: Mirror’s Edge Catalyst (PS4)

by L.J. Lowery on September 4, 2016

Developer: DICE Publisher: Electronic Arts Genre: First Person Action/Adventure Rating: T Price: $59.99 Back in May I got to indulge in some “hardcore parkour” when EA and DICE released a beta for Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, for which I [...]

E3 2016: EA Play

by Damien Chambers on June 12, 2016

Content Warning: The following footage may contain violence, sexuality, drug use, and/or language. Please view at your discretion. At Electronic Arts’ EA Play Event for E3 2016, the prolific publisher opted not to host an official E3 press conference [...]

Preview: Mirror’s Edge—Catalyst (PS4)

by L.J. Lowery on May 9, 2016

The original Mirror’s Edge released in 2008, which means that it is nearly a decade old. It has received a mostly postivite reception since then, but did have a few flaws like most video games. With Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst, it seems that DICE [...]

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Review: Amazing Discoveries in Outer Space (PS4)

by L.J. Lowery on February 14, 2016

Developer: Cosmic Picnic Publisher: None Genre: Adventure Rating: E for Everyone Price: $11.99 It was atypical Wednesday morning when I discovered Amazing Discoveries in Outer Space, also known as ADIOS. Typically, I am usually browsing the [...]