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Final Fantasy Tactics
If you ask “What is the best Final Fantasy game?”, or read any Final Fantasy games tier-list or top list, you’ll find Final Fantasy VI and Final Fantasy VII most often cited as the best Final Fantasy games every. Along side those two, many will also cite Final Fantasy Tactics, even if you’re not really talking about spin-off games. The cult following that adores Final Fantasy Tactics is strong and pervasive.
Super Dice Battle – Board Game Review
In Super Dice Battle, players take control of one of the four asymmetric characters, and engage in real time combo building. Using D8’s, you roll your dice, then you can commit one of those die results to one of your combos. Then, keep rolling your dice! When someone completes an attack combo, they shout out “COMBO!” to stop everyone else from rolling. They designate a target, roll the Combo dice to determine damage, the target has a chance to resolve a defense combo, if they have one queued up, then, play continues.
Top 100 Video Games of All Time – #50 – #41
It's the mid-way point! Hopefully you're able to ascertain what kind of gamer I am, and what types of games really tickle my fancy. 50 - Cuphead Year Released: 2017 | Platform: PC I utterly love the super cute aesthetic, reminicent of the hand drawn animation of...
Last Will – Board Game Review
Taking the plot of 1985’s Bewsters Millions, your uncle, who has amassed a great fortune, realized on his deathbed that he never got to enjoy the fruits of his effort. So he’s provided each of his descendants a small sum, and challenged each one to live lavishly, as whomever is the best at spending money will inherit the rest of his fortune, and win the game.
Top 100 Video Games of All Time – #60 – #51
Almost at the halfway point! It’s at this point that I start to feel fatigued with these lists, but once I break past the halfway point, I pick up enthusiasm again. It’s not that I’m unenthusiastic about any of the games that have come so far, it’s just that the top 50 are really a cut above all the rest. I also have to purposefully stop myself from just skipping right to the top 10!
Dorfromantik: The Duel – Board Game Review
I suppose I should state my experience with the extended Dorfromantik universe upfront. I’ve played the video game for about 2 hours, but I have not played the first board game. Dorfromantik: The Duel is the two player competitive follow-up to the 2023 Spiel des Jahres winning board game. Designed by Michael Palm and Lukas Zach with art by Paul Riebe, and published by Pegasus Spiele in 2023, this version of the game was perhaps the game that most people were expecting when sitting down to play Dorfromantik.
Top 100 Video Games of All Time – #70 – #61
It’s fascinating how my tastes for some of these games can change from week to week. When this list was built, I was pretty happy with it, but now a few weeks later while I’m actually writing out the paragraphs of text, I find myself questioning some of my choices. Rock Band at #70? Above Final Fantasy X? Seems strange, but hey. No one ever accused me of making sense before, and they surely aren’t going to start now!
The Game Makers – Board Game Review
If I had a nickel for every time a board game about making board games came out, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s odd that it happened twice in such a short time frame. The first to hit crowdfunding was Tabletop Inc in March of 2024. That game was originally called Meeple Inc, but had to change their name after receiving a cease and desist letter from Hans Im Gluck claiming they own the rights to the term Meeple. I’m not sure how that case ever really shook out, but it felt like a pretty ridiculous claim to make.
