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My 2014 Tabletop Game of the Year: Eggs & Empires

January 7, 2015Jonathan H. Liu

Yesterday I shared the top picks for board games of 2014 from several of us, but today’s post is just my own. My choice for 2014 Tabletop Game of the Year: Eggs & Empires.

2 Games for Polite Society

November 9, 2014Jonathan H. Liu

There are some themes that are pretty common in board games: fighting (zombies or monsters or just other people), magic, farming, animals. I haven’t played many games that focus on, say, attracting a suitable husband in the early 1800s or the intricacies of societal norms in the early 20th century. But—lo and behold—here are two games about polite (or sometimes not-so-polite) society: Marrying Mr. Darcy and Lords & Ladies.

Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Eggs & Empires

April 14, 2014December 13, 2017Jonathan H. Liu1

The downside to writing about Kickstarter projects is that sometimes there are games that I really wish you could just go out and buy right now because I’m having so much fun playing the prototype versions. Eggs & Empires is one such game.

Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Cheesonomics

March 20, 2014December 13, 2017Jonathan H. Liu

Cheesonomics is a card game about—you guessed it—cheese. It’s a card game by Dale Tolley with elements of set collection and hand management (plus a bit of memory), and it’s currently on Kickstarter. I’ll warn you now: the game is pretty cheesy (it says so right on the box), so if you’re lactose-pun-intolerant then you might need to sit this one out.

Pirate Dice: Voyage on the Rollng Seas

January 1, 2013December 13, 2017Jonathan H. Liu

Pirates in pursuit of the fabled treasure sail through treacherous waters. The most treacherous part, of course, may be all the other pirates. Pirate Dice: Voyage on the Rolling Seas is a dice-based “programming” game that funded successfully on Kickstarter …

Sling Some Rocks in Caveman Curling

February 29, 2012Jonathan H. Liu

Overview: Cavemen on ice! Caveman Curling is a dexterity game that has you flicking “rocks” across the ice and using your special hammers and totems to get them closest to the center of the hut. It was successfully funded on …

Create Masterpieces With Pastiche

May 17, 2011April 17, 2020Jonathan H. Liu

Overview: Should board games be considered art? I don’t know that all of them should, but Pastiche, a recent board game from Gryphon Games, certainly makes a good case for it. The game features 34 famous (and not-so-famous) masterpieces, and …

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