board game review

TDG: Ticket to Ride: Rails & Sails

Dec
15

What's this? Ticket to Ride goes global? And... Great Lakesal? In any event, check out Cody's look at this latest edition of the classic game from Days of Wonder. Will he answer the age old question- What is the greatest lake? Let's watch!

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TDG: Escape From Colditz

Dec
12

Do remember that wonderful scene in "The Great Escape" when Steve McQueen jumped the motorcycle over the barbed wire, then the Germans arrived and played the "No Escape By Motorcycle" card? If only he'd rolled doubles, right? Anyway, Cody investigates this game of pulling the wool over Jerry's eyes, from Osprey Games!

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TDG: New Angeles

Dec
08

Milton Friedman lives! Cody takes a look at this capitalism-out-of-control themed game that feature negotiation and a hidden traitor. To quote Oingo Boingo, "There's nothing wrong with capitalism/There's nothing wrong with free enterprise..."

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TDG: Blood Rage

Dec
03

Direct from Valhalla to your tabletop! Cody takes a look (loki?) at this Viking fantasy game from Cool Mini Or Not, and learns a thing or two about Ragnarok in the process.

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TDG: The Godfather: A New Don

Nov
29

"How can I refuse you this blue dice with five pips showing, on this, my daughter's wedding day" -So said Vito Corelene at the beginning of the iconic 1974 film, The Godfather. Now, you can fulfill that request- in board game form. Join Cody as he looks at this dice rolling area control game from IDW Games. What was that other thing he said in the movie, "I'm gonna make you an offer. Refuse, don't refuse. What do I care?"

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TDG: Potion Explosion

Nov
17

Do you like to blow things up? Have I got the game for you. Cody takes a look at this marble set collection game from Cool Mini or Not. Let's watch!

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TDG: Back to the Future OUTATIME

Nov
10

Let's all return to the past! To 1985 to be exact, or to the far future of 2015! In any event, Cody takes a look at this push-your-luck dice game from IDW Games, and learns a thing or two plutonium in the process.

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TDG: Legendary: Civi War

Nov
08

Let's face it, most wars are distinctly uncivil. Cody, however, takes a look at this conflict centering on the Superhero Registration Act, in which each side offer the other tea, crumpets, and the occasional reluctant smile. Will this latest Legendary expansion from Upper Deck conquer your heart, or secede from your affections? Let's watch.

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TDG: Agamemnon

Oct
29

Cody checks out Osprey's Games new offering set in ancient Greece. But will it be an epic Odyssey, or a Trojan bore? Let's watch!

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TDG: Batman: Gotham City Strategy Game

Oct
21

What happens when a college student Denny's Manager gets bitten by a radioactive bat? He becomes the Bat-Man! I think that's the origin story. Anyway, check out this game of criminal masterminds, area control, and comic book mayhem from WizKids!

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