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Strat-o-Matic Baseball: A Card Game Review from The Boardgaming Way
By Fred Manzo Strat-o-Matic Baseball Last winter we played Strat-o-Matic Baseball for a month or so. It’s an old-school (1962) paper baseball simulation, originally designed by Hal Richman. But we used its 2009 edition
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Nexus Ops – A Boardgaming Way Review
By Fred Manzo Nexus Ops Recently we played Nexus Ops, a game designed by Charlie Catino and initially published by Avalon Hill (Hasbro) in 2005 and, in a second edition a few years ago,
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Dawn of the Zeds (Second Edition) – A Boardgaming Way Review
By Fred Manzo Dawn of the Zeds (Second Edition) “A teenager is someone who is well prepared for a zombie attack but not ready for tomorrow’s math test.” – Anonymous Zombies are hot. Hot,
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Merchants and Marauders: A Boardgaming Way Review
By Fred Manzo Merchants and Marauders At Origins last summer, three of us tried Merchants and Marauders, a Euro published by Z-Man Games in 2010 and designed by Kasper Aagaard and Christian Marcussen. It’s
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A Game of Thrones Board Game (First Edition) – And the question of “What is Fun?”
By Fred Manzo A Game of Thrones James Dunnigan once said “movement equals fun.” I’d say “Interaction equals fun,” movement being just one way players interact. For example, a typical Euro “multi-player solitaire” game
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Ad Astra: A Card Game Review from The Boardgaming Way
By Fred Manzo Ad Astra: A Card Game Review We recently played the 4 player version of Ad Astra, a SF game designed by Bruno Faidutti and Serge Lagett and published by Fantasy Flight
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Fury of Dracula: A Boardgaming Way Review
By Fred Manzo Fury of Dracula Designer: Stephen Hand and Kevin Wilson Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Fury of Dracula is a great, but not perfect, 5 player game. The five players represent Dracula (of
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A Beginner’s Guide to Labyrinth: The War on Terror 2001-? – A Boardgaming Way Player’s Aid
By Fred Manzo Labyrinth: The War on Terror 2001-? Designer: Volko Ruhnke
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Arkham Horror: A Boardgaming Way Review
By Fred Manzo Arkham Horror Overview Arkham Horror is a boardgaming extravaganza published by Fantasy Flight back in 2005. Designed by Richard Launius and Kevin Wilson, it is based on H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu works
Read More »A Grimm Tale of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) – of GMT’s Board Game Labyrinth: The War on Terror 2001 – ? – A Boardgaming Way Analysis
By Fred W. Manzo Labyrinth: The War on Terror 2001 – ? (A Boardgaming Way Analysis) As Harvey Mossman has already produced a fine review of GMT’s Labyrinth: The War on Terror for The
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