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Dungeonslayers

Feb 25, 2012 1 Comment by

Role playing games usually have big rulebooks, filled with plenty of rules, mechanics, traits, skills, attributes, gear, magic items and everything else that a player might need in order to have a great experience with the game. Some RPG’s go with the multiple books style (D&D always comes in this form), giving you a player’s [...]

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Caylus Magna Carta

Feb 23, 2012 1 Comment by

My last couple of game reviews were dominated by very fast and intense games. It kind of culminated with the fastest possible game – Frenzy (check out my last article if you already didn’t!), but now I’m going to slow things down a bit. To be honest, I don’t like fast, real-time, intense games so [...]

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Isla Dorada

Feb 19, 2012 1 Comment by

It is a time of adventure! Many embark on great zeppelins in order to get to the newly discovered lands. These new lands are full of ancient treasures just waiting for someone to pick them up and make a fortune by selling them. And so one day, you and your fellow band of adventurers have [...]

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Frenzy – Real Time Fantasy Battle!

Feb 17, 2012 2 Comments by

Welcome to Frenzy, the real-time fantasy battle card game! Frenzy. Name of the game sounds pretty good, right? Must be something exciting, something fast & furious. It’s a card game, OK, fine, that is right in our alley, up until now every game I reviewed was a card game, so again, nothing unusual there. It’s [...]

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A Game of Thrones: Tactics and Houses

Feb 15, 2012 No Comments

In my last article about A Game of Thrones the board game I reviewed the differences between the second and the first edition and different things that make the second edition much better. The main characteristic of the second edition is that it is better balanced then the first edition. Although, each expansion made the [...]

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World of Darkness – Part 3

Feb 13, 2012 1 Comment

Your investigation has led you to this place… A house outside of the city. A secret place, hidden from the eyes of curious strangers, the perfect hiding spot! Your hunt has lasted for six months but whoever killed those people is here, finally within your reach! You kick in the door and see a large, [...]

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World of Darkness – Part 2

Feb 07, 2012 1 Comment

In my previous post we discussed the world of darkness role playing game. It is a game set in a dark, twisted and mysterious version of our own world. Vampires, werewolves, ghouls, ghosts, wraiths and all the other nasty things that you can imagine exist! The world is threatened by the supernatural and very few [...]

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World of Darkness – Part 1

Feb 01, 2012 3 Comments

The world is not as it seems… You hear rumors and stories everywhere… Old creepy houses that are haunted by the spirits of the past. Creatures that hunt humans in the night and drain them of their blood. Men that can change shape at will. Cults that perform dark rituals to summon beings from other [...]

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A Game of Thrones: The Second Edition

Jan 28, 2012 1 Comment

Before I move on reviewing this game I would like to say few things. As this is not really a new game, but rather old and one of the best board games out there I would try to make this review a bit different than the ones I use to write. This is actually a [...]

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Palladium Fantasy Roleplay – Part 3

Jan 26, 2012 1 Comment

In my previous posts, I presented the Palladium Fantasy Roleplay to you. I talked a lot about character creation and the options that you have available to you while creating your fantasy hero. Now that we have covered the character creation process, we can check out the rest of the interesting stuff that the core [...]

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