DOUBLE K IS BACK!
YOU GUYS! (Funny thing, I use “guy” as an asexual term. So is “”man”, in the context of “Hey man” or “Oh man!”. It’s not a sexist thing. Not consciously, […]
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Battlepug Vol. 1
Battlepug Vol. 1: Blood and Drool Writer & Artist: Mike Norton Colours: Allen Passalaqua Letters: Chris Crank Cover Artists: Mike Norton and Dominic Marco Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Battler: Giant […]
Move along please, nothing to see
Hello, Acguy here. I’ve just made some changes, moved some things around and hopefully made the site a bit neater. Aaron is a dreadful mess of a guy, so I […]
Atomic Robo 2x Combo!
Hey guys. Atomic Robo is great. No argument. You know the only thing better than Atomic Robo? 2 Atomic Robos! BAM! And DOUBLE BAM! As in, two issues of Atomic […]
The Manhattan Projects Vol. 1
The Manhattan Projects Vol.1 (Collects The Manhattan Projects #1-5) Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Nick Pitarra Colours: Jordie Bellaire Letters: Rus Wooton Publisher: Image Comics Crazy: “Robert Oppenheimer” Do you love […]
FTL Part 2: Further Thoughts Late
I previously wrote about FTL, explaining some of the mechanics and concluding that I liked the game. Why, though? The game is fairly random, and the randomness would usually be […]
Building Deck Building
Today I listened to an excellent interview with Donald X. Vaccarino, creator of Dominion, on the Little Metal Dog Show. I was surprised to learn that Dominion had its genesis […]
Son of a (Sixth) Gun
The first issue of The Sixth Gun is free on Comixology this weekend (14-16 September 2012), and there is also a sale going on at the same time for the […]
FTL: In space, no one can hear you scream obscenities at the rebel scum that just tore apart your beautiful ship
FTL was just released yesterday, and I am hooked. It’s a relatively simple title and is essentially a roguelike with spaceships. You start off with a pretty basic spaceship, and […]
Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life: So Good I Bought It Twice
I’m going to take a short break from all the board game talk to review a comic book. The Colour Edition of Scott Pilgrim Volume 1 came out last month, […]
You got your Deckbuilding Peanut Butter in my RPG Chocolate
So, Mike Krahulik (Gabe) from Penny Arcade is designing a deckbuilding RPG. From what I’ve read about it, it sounds like it has great potential and I am excited to […]
Did you hear the one about 4 mechanics?
I’ve previously mentioned that I got into board games bass ackwards as a result of researching how to create my own card game (sordid details here). Also, it is pretty cliche […]
Boardgaming in Perth
Soo.. I’ve been in Perth for work for the last month, and will probably continue to be here until October. Without my heap of games and network of willing accomplices, […]
The Growing Pile of Games
Was planning to do the Perth post today, but got sidetracked by looking through old photos and decided to post this series of photos instead. I went from this raggedy […]
The 2012 OR-lympic Games
So the Olympics happened. That was a thing, right? Since neither myself or my friends qualified for any of the events this time, we decided to have our own alternate […]
Board Games on Wells – June/July 2012
Two months since last post? No excuses accepted, best to just dive back in. Let’s talk about games! Suffice to say, we have been playing a lot of games at […]
Action Points! 