Tag: 6p

February 6, 2019 /

One of the best parts of the board gaming experience is finding a fun group of people with whom to play! Sometimes, though, coordinating a game night is easier said than done. We all must occasionally forego the group experience and face the world as the Lonely Only. But fear…

February 4, 2019 /

Are there still city planners? They go by a different name nowadays right? Civil engineers? Am I thinking of the wrong thing? In any case, you get to be one of those people in Welcome To…, which has one of the strangest titles for a game, especially when you look…

January 16, 2019 /

Oh, Nanuk. Why are you so disliked? Is it because some gamers can’t separate Steve Jackson Games from Munchkin? Are you then destined to just be “okay” because your cousin is so polarizing? No. I will stand up for you AND your other cousin Revolution! (review coming)! You are a…

January 7, 2019 /

So rarely does a game present itself that is both very difficult for highly educated people to learn the first play through, and is simultaneously easy enough to play in under 15 minutes whilst carrying on a conversation about something entirely different. Such is my love. Such is 7 Wonders.…

January 2, 2019 /

“I’m gonna bang you.”  Taken out of context, one might be slapped for saying such things.  While playing a rousing game of BANG! The Dice Game, it’s only too common.  To “bang” someone (in this game) is to shoot them.  With a gun.  While Purple Phoenix Games does not condone…

December 26, 2018 /

One of the funnest (yeah I know, it’s not a word) parts of board gaming is getting to introduce new people to the hobby! Whether it’s a family gathering or a party with friends, I love breaking out a fun game for any occasion! Some board gamers have an aversion…

December 24, 2018 /

Okay, so Saboteur isn’t one of the newest or shiniest board games on the market at the moment. Here’s the thing, it doesn’t need to be. It is profoundly unique, and well, scratched a BIG itch at its debut. I cannot think, off the top of my head, of a…

December 19, 2018 /

Bean farmin’.  Don’t get better’n that.  Unless you’re corn farmin’.  An’ we should know.  We are from the Quad Cities, the booger of the man made by Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana.  Look here.  Yes, we are surrounded by corn fields, but our home is not within a corn field.  Actually,…