Tension in Games

Humans are bad at randomness. That’s just a fact. The most salient example I can think of is that Apple had to make their shuffle feature less random on their early generations of iPods because of complaints that the randomization of songs didn’t feel random enough....
Pandemic: Fall of Rome

Pandemic: Fall of Rome

Introduction I guess this is my new tradition. Get sick, review a Pandemic game. I didn’t catch Covid like last time, but I was sick enough that I cancelled my weekend plans. I chose to spend my time thinking about Pandemic: Fall of Rome instead of spreading the...
Pandemic – Board Game Review

Pandemic – Board Game Review

Introduction Well, it’s May 2022 and my family and I have contracted COVID-19 for the first time. I thought I would spend our isolation time reflecting on the series of games with the name that no one really thought remarkable until it overtook our world; Pandemic....
Top 100 Games as of 2020 – #30 to #21

Top 100 Games as of 2020 – #30 to #21

Welcome to my top 30 games. We’ve slogged through the games that are ‘pretty good’ or ones that stand out from the crowd due to a particularly genius mechanic; from here on out the games listed are ones that I would play at any time or any place. 30 – Suburbia...