Boardgaming in Perth Redux – A Return to Cafe Myriade
I previously wrote briefly about my experience with Cafe Myriade back in 2012. Well, since last November I’ve been back in Perth again for work and I’ve been attending more […]
I previously wrote briefly about my experience with Cafe Myriade back in 2012. Well, since last November I’ve been back in Perth again for work and I’ve been attending more […]
Airlines Europe Designed by Alan R. Moon Published by Rio Grande Games At the most recent WABA Mount Claremont meetup, I had the pleasure of joining in on a game […]
Today’s reviews will cover 4 games tied together by ridiculous names, a trio of which make for excellent couch-based multiplayer gaming. I’ll begin with the loneliest game I’ve played in […]
Are you prepared for this year’s nominations for GOTY? Are you confused as to why a musician would call himself “Game of the Year Edition”? Are you even hearing yourself […]
In this episode: Meteor-sized spoilers once again as Evan reviews the 3rd Puella Magi Madoka Magica movie a.k.a. End Of Madoka-lion. We also talk a bit about the dust up […]
I enjoy shuffling up some Magical Cards from time to time. It’s part of my yearly quota for my Geek Card renewal. (It’s like a Green Card, but it only […]
In this episode: We take a moment (or hour) to reflect on geek culture/media from the past year. Our hosts Aaron, Daniel, Evan and Adam discuss their favourite video games, […]
I didn’t actually get to play through most of 2013’s acclaimed games (Bioshock Infinite, The Last of Us, Gone Home), but I do own them (except for The Last of […]
I love reading comic books, but I don’t have a lot of space in my apartment, so I generally just wait to buy the trade paperback collections when they’re released. […]
2013 was a great year for board games. There were multiple standouts in the casual and hardcore strategy board game categories. It also marked a crazy period of expansion in […]
In this episode: We get together to review a whole truckload of board games that we played including The Manhattan Project, Sentinels of the Multiverse, Forbidden Desert, Trains and the […]
In this episode: MASSIVE SPOILERS once again, as we talk about all the TV shows and anime that ended the past 2012/2013 season. We also discuss some new and returning […]
In this episode: Adam joins us as we discuss Valve’s announcements of the SteamOS, Steam Machines and the Steam Controller. Aaron also shares his enjoyment of the dubstep gun in […]
After talks with a friend about how uncomfortable I feel supporting Team Ninja and their brand of “male-oriented” game design, I feel like I should elaborate on this topic in […]
In this episode: I round up some Magic-playing friends (frequent podcast guest/co-host Adam, Jonathan and Gerald) to talk about Magic, and the (then) new release of the Theros expansion. We […]
I’m back in Perth for work, for what is starting to become a trend of yearly work relocation. I was in Canberra for 3 months in 2011 and Perth for […]
Last time, I wrote about Parameters – the abstracted dungeon crawl where you click on boxes to make numbers go up (or down, in the case of your enemies). Well, […]
In this episode: Evan was over at my place so we fired up a mic and talked about some comics we read. Comics included Porcelain: A Gothic Fairytale, Cyborg 009, […]
Copycat Designer(s): Friedemann Friese Publisher: Rio Grande Games Copycat or Fremde Federn, in keeping with Herr Friese’s tradition of having his game names start with the letter F, is a […]
In this episode: We talk about Batman, Ponies, Horses, Horse Mastery, and some superhero themed board games. Note: Massive spoilers for Horse Master. Lots of talk about horses, Magic: the […]
In this episode: MASSIVE SPOILERS as we discuss Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons in detail. (Spoiler alert: I liked it). We also talk about some of our highest rated […]
In this episode: We have a more manga-centric comic review session, and Evan also covers some anthology comics that he’s been reading. In video games, we talk about Divekick and […]
In this episode: Evan catches us up on all the happenings at Manifest 2013 and we review everything we can! Spiel de Jahres 2013 winner Hanabi and nominee Augustus; Sharknado!; […]
In this episode: We discuss the joys of Pacific Rimming. Daniel gets very upset by fake Aussie accents. We all discuss our pooping habits at length. We get our anime […]
In this episode: We have special guests Wern and Mark on to talk with us about the official release of Dota 2 and the release of the Ouya! (Apologies for […]
In this episode: Adam returns as a guest to offer a layman’s (read: not a comic reader) perspective on Man of Steel. The three regular geeks give their post Aus […]
In this episode: We are joined by Adam to talk about the news and upcoming games we are excited about out of E3 2013, including The Great Microsoft Backpedal with […]
In this episode: We talk about stacks at PAX Aus! Woo! We got to test the Oculus Rift, played some great local and international indie titles (Duet, Tasty Fish, Johann […]
[Re-posted from evanritchie.blogspot.com] *** WARNING: Discussions of an explicit nature below, plus spoilers for The Last Of Us *** When approaching the world of anime and manga, there are a […]
In this episode: An extra long episode on TV – We talk about Matt Smith’s departure from Doctor Who, and look back on some TV shows that we have been […]
Village Designed by Inka & Markus Brand, art by Dennis Lohausen, English edition published by Tasty Minstrel Games. It is an action drafting game about managing your family’s life in […]
Two episodes this week! It is because I am a horrible hack and didn’t get last week’s episode edited :( In this episode: Daniel and I have some movie talk […]
It’s been quite a while since I’ve done a weekend gaming recap or written pretty much anything solely board game related. In fact, the last six months have been really […]
A while ago, in conversation with fellow podcaster/blogger Evan, I found myself needing to clarify something I had said on a whim. ‘I am not a gamer’ I proclaimed, and […]
The Manhattan Projects Vol.2 (Collects The Manhattan Projects #6-10) Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Nick Pitarra, Ryan Browne (Chapter 10) Colours: Jordie Bellaire Letters: Rus Wooton Publisher: Image Comics Whipping Boy: […]
I just finished a cute little Flash game called Parameters. It is essentially a total abstraction of the mechanics behind many computer RPG and ARPG games. It looks like this: […]
I was playing Duels of the Planeswalkers, the intro level Magic: the Gathering computer game, when I encountered this amusing situation: I was playing Liliana’s deck against the Hydra encounter, […]
Back after a very long hiatus. I’ve moved into a new place, that I now pay the mortgage for, in the intervening time. Packing up for the move and everything […]
I’m finally back in Melbourne! This means the triumphant return of Satruday Game Nights at Wells Street. However, the winds that brought my plane home also brought a heaping load […]
Back in Melbourne! And just in time to attend the midnight prerelease event for the latest Magic: the Gathering expansion set: Return to Ravnica! The prerelease event this time was […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
Back in the saddle! Apologies for neglecting my tiny corner of the web. I had a very good holiday in April, while Jeannie was here visiting, and I managed to […]
The last Games Night of the month of March heralded even more new games to be played, since I was weak and procured even more new games. To be fair, […]