Role Selection is an interview series in which we chat up folks who work, live, and play board games in a variety of ways to learn about the roles in the hobby they’ve chosen. Character Name: Tony Vandenberg Role:...
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Watch any player long enough and you’ll see a pattern of behavior, either in terms of the way they play, the decks they build, or both. It’s not that players are predictable necessarily. Rather, it’s just that we all have...
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The next in our monthly To Be Played series has been posted. Check it out! We want to know if you’ve played any on our list or what you hope to get to your own table this month.
The next video in our monthly Haul series has been posted! Welcome back! September wasn’t the best month for us in terms of actually playing games, but that certainly didn’t stop us from getting more. It’s a sickness at this...
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“I told you I got it. Look, that’s my arrow right there. This one is mine.” “Oh whatever, Ashley. Just because you hit it for once doesn’t mean you killed it. I stabbed it like fifty times.” “Fifty, Liam?” “Or...
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Greetings one and all! As members of the board gaming site, The Cardboard Republic, we want to tell you a story. It involves robots. And ninjas. And elves. And factories. And ships. And aliens. And zombies. And sheep. What sort...
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Episode 127 Length: 1:17:11 Show Links: RSS | iTunes | Stitcher | Download Episode Welcome back to Vox Republica, the Cardboard Republic Podcast! We post new episodes every other Thursday, with each episode being about 45 minutes long. Vox...
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The chief challenge with any Euro-styled microgame is distilling it down in a way that captures the essence of the genre its evoking while retaining the enjoyment those games bring. It can be especially difficult attempting to whittle down games...
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Part of the reason Magic continues to keep players excited and interested is how it intersperses both small mechanical innovations and rich, ever-changing flavor. This is all in spite of the game offering the same core mechanics that it did...
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There’s an age-old argument among gamers when it comes to jazzing up a game: miniatures or meeples? Miniatures are usually highly detailed and help encapsulate the world that they’re representing. These tiny plastic and resin statues add an extra immersive...
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