Category: Board Games

The Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game amid a pandemic.

Posted on September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 by PatientRock

I found an app that lets you play the Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game against an AI opponent and was surprised by where I ended up.

Taking flight with the Wingspan board game

Posted on March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 by PatientRock

The meticulously-crafted Wingspan board game is luxurious with unwavering dedication to its theme, despite some issues with gameplay communication.

I’ve fallen in love with a dead game.

Posted on September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 by PatientRock

I’ve discovered and fallen in love with the card game, Android: Netrunner. Too bad the game has been officially declared dead.

Chess you can be bad at

Posted on July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 by PatientRock

A well-made chess set will always turn my head, even though I’m not actually any good at the game. I found a couple games where that doesn’t matter so much.

Where are you going to keep all those?

Posted on May 26, 2017 by PatientRock

Board game expansions are a trap. You shouldn’t buy them for you’ll never satisfactorily recapture that magical first encounter with the game you love. Never. And yet…

“No hitting each other.”

Posted on March 5, 2015November 17, 2017 by PatientRock

RAMPAGE, also known as TERROR IN MEEPLE CITY, is a dexterity-based board game. My review of this silly (and possibly terrible) board game.

Become the Most Average Farmer

Posted on March 18, 2014May 17, 2016 by PatientRock

A review of the board game, AGRICOLA. Farming ain’t easy. Animals insist on eating EVERY day.

Rooting For, Or Against the Setting of the Sun

Posted on April 6, 2012 by PatientRock

The best games are those that artfully balance the tension of losing versus the hope of victory. I was eager to break out the board game Last Night on Earth as it seemed to do the things I was felt was missing from “Zombies!!!” and appeared to have a nice mix of cooperative and competitive game mechanics. …

The Slog to the Helipad

Posted on March 9, 2012 by PatientRock

As I’ve written before about video games, it’s easy for games with a zombie theme to go wrong. Recently becoming the owner of two board games with zombie themes I got to see examples of either side, where one game has what I’m looking for and the other does not.

Day of Days and dice

Posted on October 13, 2011 by PatientRock

For a long time I’ve been itching to play “war” board games. Sure, Risk and Stratego were staples in my house growing up but there’s a whole other degree of game that I didn’t even know existed…