Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs
A wannabe hero walks into the Crooked Bone and gets shrunk to button size, and somehow that's the most charming part of the whole box.
Friday, August 14, 2026
7 Wonders
What can be said about this one that hasn't already been said, and yet I'm still not entirely sure it's earned the reputation it has.
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Gauge Doesn't Care What I'm Reading
I named my cat after the instruments I stare at all night, and she has developed a very specific opinion about which books are acceptable to hold open on my chest.
Friday, July 24, 2026
Sky Team
You aren't allowed to talk to your co-pilot about what you're about to do, and that one restriction is where the entire game lives.
Thursday, July 23, 2026
Blood Meridian
Like watching a car crash, you can't look away, and by the end you're not entirely sure you were supposed to be able to.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Ankh: Gods of Egypt
No dice, no draft, close to pure area control, and it took me longer than I expected to see all the paths to actually winning.
Sunday, June 28, 2026
The Logbook I Keep for Books and Games
It's the same style of bound logbook the plant uses for shift records, and I didn't realize how deliberate that choice was until someone pointed it out.
Monday, June 22, 2026
The Social Conquest of Earth
Why are human societies so much like ant colonies, and why did we get so cooperative when being selfish pays off better for the individual, big questions, mixed answers.
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
The Hunger Games
A society that murders its own children for sport as the premise, and the book earns the discomfort instead of just trading on it.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Why I Won't Back a Kickstarter Anymore
I backed exactly one campaign, waited fourteen months, and decided the wait itself was the part I wasn't willing to keep doing.