board game reviews and discussions with a personal touch
Night had fallen over the village of Bodega Bay. Most people were at home, because they knew there were terrible creatures roaming the streets. Only a few brave heroes had ventured out into the cold, dimly lit streets to protect the inhabitants from the horrors that were lurking in the shadows. It didn't take them long to come across the first fiendish creature. As they looked upon the muddy Creature from the Black Lagoon, they were Horrified by Prospero Hall from Ravensburger.
It all began with a voyage across calm seas, as we boarded the ship and searched for a paradise of our own. From there, the path rose skyward, climbing a mountain one careful step at a time until the summit finally revealed itself above the clouds. Now the journey turns in a different direction, leaving sunlight behind and slipping beneath the surface, into the shadows of the deep. The silence is thicker here, the choices more pressing, and every step takes us further into uncharted territory. It is time for Tranquility: The Descent by James Emmerson from Wayfarer Games with artwork by Tristan Rossin.
The candlelight flickers across the damp stone walls, casting long shadows that stretch and twist.
I was reading Dan Thurot’s most recent article, titled "Anti-Fun", when, as so often with his writing, I found myself challenged in the best possible way.
Your skin is cold as you awaken in the dark.
As board gamers, we are obsessed with size.
The wind rustled gently through the trees.
We are all so very conditioned to play board games to the end.
It was like there were pixels: red ones, blue ones and black ones.
Sometimes I want to become the character on my player board, living out their adventure and experiencing a dramatic story filled with excitement and suspense.
