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Board game review - Wingspan

9 Apr 2023 3 minute read 0 comments drazil

I spent yesterday evening at a friend's house and we had dinner and played a game he just bought. It's called Wingspan and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. Wingspan is a unique and visually stunning board game that takes players on...

Board game review - Dune: Imperium

3 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments drazil

Dune: Imperium is a strategic board game set in the Dune universe where players take on the roles of leaders of noble houses vying for control of Arrakis, the desert planet that is the only source of the spice melange, a valuable resource with extrao...

The more the merrier! - Patience pays off in tabletop gaming.

8 Jan 2021 2 minute read 0 comments drazil

Hey everyone. I'd like to start off today by introducing a concept called Game Fu. It's the mastery of gaming presented as a pretty bad pun. It's also quite real.Much like kung fu, or any other martial art, or really anything at all, you get better a...

Board game review - Tyrants of the Underdark

2 Jan 2021 3 minute read 0 comments drazil

I'm going to start off with being totally honest here. Tyrants of the Underdark is my favourite deck building game. Perhaps it's best to explain what a deck building game is. If you are already familiar, feel free to skip to the next section. Deck bu...

New game related blog/ Vampire: the Masquerade V5

24 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments drazil

Hey everyone. I'm new here so I thought I'd introduce this new blog.I'll be writing short pieces on all kinds of games. Reviews, opinion pieces and the like. To kick us off I'd like to jot down a few thoughts I have on the newest version of the pen a...