Commander Spotlight: Killing Wave

When it comes to pretty much any form of gaming, my instinctual preferences are for long-term planning goals and the ability to prepare for contingencies when my initial choices inevitably no longer work. It’s a strategic mindset that allows me...
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Commander Spotlight: Risen Reef

Thanksgiving is here in the US this week. As major American holidays go, it’s admittedly a modern oddity, though not necessarily in a negative way. Unlike all the other top tier holidays here (Christmas, Halloween, Easter, the Fourth of July),...
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Previewing: Thrones of Valeria

If you were going to be stranded on a deserted island, which items would you bring? It is one of the most ubiquitous thought experiments in existence – so much so that nearly everyone at some point is inexorably asked...
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Commander Spotlight: Clear the Land

One of the trademark elements to a game is that it’s played the same regardless of where you are or who are you playing with. That stability is essential for a game to be culturally shared with one another over...
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Time For A Little Break

Hey there, readers. We’re sorry for the interruption of your regularly (or irregularly) scheduled board game content, but we have an important message to share today. The short version of which is this: as of June 1, The Cardboard Republic...
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