The board game Mysterium is a winner of the special award for the most beautiful game of 2015. Its designers, Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko, have made a meandering, but captivating, murder mystery world the setting of this spirits-and-mediums game. Once again, the unorthodox method in which one plays—wholly unlike any other game I’ve encountered—makes this an amazing experience to sit through. Mysterium seance-like experience storytelling needs a lot of help from one’s imagination to…
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My first impression of Ticket to Ride: USA was a wave of excitement. As a lover of strategic games, the…
You know that feeling when history and globe-trotting are your jam? Well, thinking about connecting cities across Europe during its rail heyday totally grabbed me. Plus, all those bright train cars scattered over an eye-catching map promised some serious brain-teasing fun—talk about hitting the sweet spot! Have you heard of “Ticket to Ride”? Yeah, it’s that famous board game saga—and the European trip is just one epic part of it. This version brings something extra…
A New Adventure in Tamriel My initial reaction upon learning that the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was becoming a tabletop…