Well Hard Boyz is finally over and I hope the 11 local players who managed to field armies had fun.   I only observed a bit of the play but it seemed like most of the players complained a lot about the games.  As s ... Read More »

I recently pulled out the old favorite Family Business by Mayfair Games and played it with a group of college students.  This simple card game of killing off other mobs to be the last gangster standing still has the ability to capti ... Read More »

Recently I was talking to a Vampire Count player That had just played a game and his magic had failed him.  He required his magic phase to create a lot of models and when it did not then he was helpless. He had spent 1100 on charact ... Read More »

The last two fantasy books have been quite a disaster for Fantasy and now the demon book is going to throw another aweful book into the mix.  These books have all introduced blanket abilities which are a problem, are full of broken ... Read More »

Magic's newest set Shadowmoor has an interesting Rochester connection.  One of the designers of the set is an RIT graduate and Boldo's Alum Sean Fletcher.  For those who do not know Sean was a frequent player at the store i ... Read More »

With the release of the vampire counts I think that magic at tournaments is entering a binary phase.  Either you go huge or go home.  The Vampires introduce another army that will consistently field 12 or so dice effective ... Read More »

I watched two players battling it out the other day.  One had a tricked out army with a killer BSB with a 100 pt banner which was just controlling the game.  Turn after turn he got into combat and won over and over. ... Read More »

I recently went to a small tournament in another town.  I was able to go and  play rather than run this so it was refeshing but I remember why many places fail wiht their tournaments. I was impressed with the turnout as 18 ... Read More »

Wizards has been for a while printing fewer and fewer non creature cards.  It almost seems that the braintrust at WOC has decided to make magic into a game of creature wars where the only acceptable artifacts are equipment and the a ... Read More »

There have been a series of Norse themed games recently like Midgard and Beowulf but the best of these is Vikings by Rio Grand Games.  It really is a shopping game where on your turn you buy a lot which includes one person and one l ... Read More »