Tag: ED APPLEBY

Some things were just not meant to be toyed with by insignificant mortals. But what’s the harm in a little peek…?

Life in ancient Mesoamerica can be a tough go—balancing day-to-day survival with piety and commerce. Luckily the gears of this game are well-oiled and run like clockwork.

Imagine living in ancient Egypt. So many resources dedicated to building great temples and pyramids, when the threat of a flood, drought, or poor harvest loomed at the turn of every season.

Let’s say you accidentally crashed your zeppelin onto a mysterious island far away from any civilization where strange curses are the norm. What do you do next? Call for help? Build a raft? Or greedily scour ancient ruins for fabulous treasures? I think we know that answer to that.

Space… there is a lot of it. And we’re going to sail this convoy right across it!

Games of chance are just that—chance. Wouldn’t it be great to play a betting game where knowledge is the deciding factor?

It is strange that aliens in most science fiction are pretty human. Xenomorphs, Klingons, and Hutts have two arms, teeth, and a healthy appetite for violence. Cosmic Encounter offers players the chance to play with some truly alien aliens.

Codenames is a party game for two or more players designed by Vlaada Chvátil and published by Czech Games Edition (CGE) in 2015. The players split into two teams, each lead by a “spymaster.”