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Take me down to the ‘Unicorn City’ [A Movie Review]

I was just hanging with my friend when he suggested that we see this movie. I thought it was just a lame, low budget, wanna-be geek movie that was just […]

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D&D Next: The Future of Pen and Paper Role-Playing

“Galstaff, you have entered the door to the north. The pungent stench of mildew overwhelms you from the wet dungeon walls.” That line for many of us more than likely […]

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Nerd Approved Valentine’s Day Gifts: Round 2 [Pearl]

So, you’re wondering what to get your significant other for Valentine’s Day? If they’re like Pearl,  a Whovian/comic/Trekkie/tabletop nerd, then how about these: For the Whovian in your life – […]

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Tabletop Gaming News: USAPOLY 2013 Line-up

USAOPOLY, the largest board game manufacturer in the world, has unveiled their 2013 line-up of products. Showcasing their items at the 2013 American International Toy Fair in New York City, […]

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Saturday Morning Cartoons: Dungeons & Dragons

As the original RPG [Role Playing Game], Dungeons & Dragons released in the mid-1970′s to considerable amounts of praise — not to mention still thriving some almost 40-years later. Even […]

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A Personal Account of DEXCON 16

Greetings Another Castle readers! After taking the time to really explore quite possibly the tri-state area’s best and frankly most easygoing game convention, Double Exposure Inc.’s DEXCON, Another...

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Gen Con 2013: Sneak Peek

On August 15, the longest-running and most attended gaming convention in the world begins its 46th year of board gaming goodness.  Gen Con attracts over 40,000 visitors each year who […]

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The Perils of Kickstarter: How Erik Chevalier Failed to Make a Game with...

Since Kickstarter’s inception in 2009, many amazing projects have come to fruition through crowd funding and have left users generally happy.  Occasionally, a project may take a bit longer to […]

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Zombie Dice Review: Roll or “Die”

Zombie Dice by Steve Jackson Games is a simple, yet fun 2-99 player game where your ultimate goal is to collect braaaaaiiinnns (see what I did there?).  The game comes […]

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Cryptozoic & Creators of “The Doom That Came to Atlantic City” Pledge that...

via Will Brinkman of Cryptozoic: Irvine, CA (July 31, 2013)—Cryptozoic Entertainment™, a premier developer of original and licensed games, announced today that it will be publishing the board game The...

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How iOS Releases are Helping to Fuel the Resurgence of Physical Board Game Sales

When one thinks of playing a board game a few things may come to mind.  First there needs to be a group of people that want to gather together to […]

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A Short Review of Pixel Lincoln: The Deckbuilding Game by Jason Tagmire

Pixel Lincoln published by Island Officials/Game Salute and designed by Jason Tagmire is a 1-4 player deck building game where the object is to travel your way through time and […]

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Cavemen: The Quest for Fire Review

Cavemen: The Quest for Fire designed by Dan Cassar and published by Rio Grande Games is a card-drafting game where you play the role of a tribal leader and compete […]

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First Look: Installation 42

Installation 42 is a unique player- elimination deck-building game for 2 to 5 players where you are a member of one of five factions vying for control of a broken […]

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Winning the 2013 Spiel des Jahres: A Hanabi Review

The Spiel des Jahres is a board-card game prize awarded annually in Germany since 1979.  Games that were released in the preceding calendar year in Germany are eligible to be […]

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The Art of Theme: a Pastiche Review

Pastiche, a game designed by Sean McDonald, burst onto the gaming scene in 2011.   It won a Mensa select award in that same year, and was also nominated for an […]

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Boss Monster: A Step Back Into My Glorious Childhood

About 27 years ago, I had the best Christmas of my entire life—it was 1986 and I received the NES with about 5 games.   When my parents set the Nintendo […]

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Mage vs. Ooze: A Review of Dungeon Roll

Dungeon Roll is a dice game by Chris Darden, and was brought to the world through a successful Kickstarter campaign by Tasty Minstrel Games.  The goal of the Kickstarter was […]

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Pandemic: A Review

In Pandemic, a game by Matt Leacock, you assume the role of a specialist whose sole purpose is to treat and research cures for four different diseases that have spread […]

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The Clockwork Rooster Rings Twice: A Review of Mars Needs Mechanics

Mars Needs Mechanics has players competing for resources in order to send a rocket to Mars.  Based on that premise, this next fact may come as a bit of a […]

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