The Discriminating Gamer

New reviews for The Battle of Five Armies, Star Wars: Empire vs. Rebellion, The First World War, Johari, Firefly: The Game: Blue Sun expansion, Knightmare Chess and Commands & Colors: Napoleonics added to the Deseret News Reviews page.

May the Force be ever in your favor... Or something like that. In any event, Cody joins forces with the mysterious bounty hunter Boba Fett and together they look at Star Wars: Empire vs. Rebellion, a new two player card game from Fantasy Flight Games.

Do you scare easily? Do you dare check out Paranormal Investigation from Touch Paper Press? Cody does some paranormal investigating of his own.

In this segment, originally produced for The Dice Tower's Board Game Breakfast, Cody wonders about the future of apps in board games.

Feeling blue? Cody takes a look at this big box expansion to Firefly: The Game, from Gale Force Nine, and has a little help from a very special friend.

Arrrrr! Time to walk the plank with Dead Man's Draw, a new card game- based on an app- from Mayday Games!

Like light wargames but don't have a lot of time? Ars Victor, from Trip West Games, promises a wargame experience in just one hour! Just like those one hour eyeglass places- because when it comes to something as unimportant as your eyesight, you want something done fast! Sorry. Anyway, here's the Ars Victor review!

In this video, Shawn sings of his love for A Game of Thrones: The Board Game, 2nd Edition.

So, filming The Discriminating Gamer does not always go according to plan, and here are a collection of bloopers, outtakes, and things that for whatever reason didn't make it into our first season board game reviews. (Contains brief, mild profanity, usually born of frustration).

In this paid preview, Cody takes a look at the forthcoming fantasy light wargame, Battleborn Legacy, from Eric Bartlett and John R. Hughes.