Jan 13, 2021

During the course of 2020, I played over 50 different board games solo. As such, I created this series of three videos listing my top-50 solo-friendly games that I played over the course of 2020. Numbers 50 to 31: Numbers 30 to 11: The Top 10: Do you have any games that you particularly like to play solo? – Pineleaf...

May 9, 2020

Board Game Geek has posted the winners for their 14th Annual Golden Geek Awards (for games released in 2019). These awards are chosen by the Board Game Geek community. The big winner for this year is…. Wingspan took half the awards (8 out of a total of 16). Game of the Year Artwork Presentation Card Game Expansion (for the European Expansion) Family Game...

Apr 9, 2018

I have recently had the opportunity to play the latest update to Tales of Candlekeep: Tomb on Annihilation.  In the video below, Here I play a session with the new Explorer Mode. Drac takes a full look at the updates in his update announcement. As a player of the board game series, I expect to generally play with the classic rules, as the game seems to be...

Nov 6, 2017

The fall is proving to be chock full of video apps for tabletop games. The latest entry to this list of The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game. Here you play an Harry Dresden and his friends to solves a mystery before time runs out. This game is designed for 1-5 players (controlling 3-5 characters total). Below is a video where I run through a sample Side...

Oct 24, 2017

The folks at BKOM are working on honing the Tales of Candlekeep play experience. In this video, I head into the second adventure  (ignoring the tutorial) in Tales of Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation while discussing what changes had been made in the last week. In this adventure, I need to find the Vegepygmy chief. Hopefully I can do this faster than I can say...

Oct 17, 2017

Late 2017 promises quite a number of video games based on board and card games. One for the most anticipated of these (and most related to our site) is Tales of Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation. This is a video implementation of the latest member of the Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Board Game Series: Tomb of Annihilation. As such, I have much of my free...

May 19, 2016

  Were you even in the mood for a dungeon crawl board game but not in the mood for the long setup time? One Deck Dungeon may be the answer. In this game, setup is simple: Choose your character (rogue, mage, warrior, or archer) Choose your dungeon (one of four) Shuffle the game’s single deck which contains the obstacles you will face. Wait, what about...

Feb 13, 2016

Now that Drac has shown us how to create a gnome, I will take a look at a gnome in play. In this video, I take a look at the gnome racial tree, forget to buy some spell components, and test a gnome wizard against the Collaborator.   So, does anyone else think a vorpal mace sounds strange? Pineleaf Needles...

Aug 28, 2015

  The Order of the Stick started a little under twelve years ago, soon after the release of the Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Edition. The comic started mainly as a parody of D&D but has since gained a really epic story line. The last few strips were building to the 100th episode and this strip did not disappoint. If you have never followed The Order of...

Mar 21, 2015

In this game, you follow the story of Drizzt and his companions. This series is inspired by a series of books written by R.A. Salvatore. While I have heard of Drizzt, I have never read any of the books (something that I will have to rectify in the near future). As this game is based on a set of stories, the adventures here are more thematic than those in other...

Mar 15, 2015

Today, we will take a look at the second game in the Dungeons & Dragons Board Game series: Wrath of Ashardalon. Contents 41 Dungeon tiles 1 starting tile (double sized) 22 standard dungeon tiles 18 special tiles 6 Dire Chamber tiles 6 Horrid Chamber tiles 3 Alternate start tiles 2 Exit tiles Vault tile 200 cards 30 Monster cards (3 each of 10 different...

Mar 9, 2015

Today, we will take a look at the first of the Dungeons & Dragons board games: Castle Ravenloft. Contents 41 Dungeon tiles 1 starting tile (double sized) 20 normal dungeon tiles 20 named dungeon tiles 200 cards 30 Monster cards (3 each of 10 different monsters) 50 Power cards (10 for each character, generally by class) 45 Treasure cards 10 scenario treasure...

Mar 2, 2015

With all the discussion related to the upcoming Temple of Elemental Evil Board Game, I finally decided to purchase the earlier games in the D&D Adventure System. I have played a few adventures and am ready to share my initial impressions. In this article, I will present my opinions about the system in general. In the upcoming weeks, I will post additional...

Feb 22, 2015

The Dice Tower has released reviews for two upcoming games inspired by Dungeons & Dragons. In these reviews, they take a look at the components of each game and tell us something about how it is played. Whether or not you are interested in Tom’s opinions on these games, you may at least be interested in having a look at the components. The first of...