Unplugged: Holiday Guide 2015
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Posted on December 15th, 2015 by
Give the gift of face to face time with a boardgame. It’s time once again for me to preach to the masses on the greatness of boardgaming. Nothing beats the social aspect of in-person gaming with friends. Last year’s run-down remains a great list of recommended games. Here again are some great examples of boardgames to get you and your family gaming. You might not find all these titles at your local mega-mart but many can be found online or in a friendly local game store. Some may argue $50+ boardgames are expensive, but compare that to videogaming (and where multiple copies are required for multiplayer play) and the economics of boardgaming shows their true value. Good boardgames are timeless, just as good today as they will be years in the future. They will provide many more hours of entertainment than most video games. In that vein, feel free to delve into some past year’s guides for 2013, 2012, 2010, and 2009.
The Three Amiibos
Posted on December 11th, 2015 by
I’ve been lucky lately and have been able to get pretty much all the Amiibo figures that have been released recently, so let’s take a look and see what I got this time!
Fallout 4 Vault Dweller’s Survival Guide (Book)
Posted on December 2nd, 2015 by
Fallout is a super popular post-apocalyptic action RPG shooter series, and the newest game, Fallout 4, was recently released. It’ll probably end up being one of the big Christmas titles this season, so you’ll want to be prepared with the Fallout 4 Vault Dweller’s Survival Guide. It’s a robust, super-thick paperback strategy guide, and we’ll take a look at a few sample pages in this review.
Neato Nintendo News
Posted on November 29th, 2015 by
There are a couple of Nintendo related news bits that I thought you all might be interested in, so I wanted to post them right away. One is that Pokémon toys are in McDonald’s Happy Meals through December (and you can get a rare Pokémon on your 3DS via their Wi-Fi stations, and the other is about a Nintendo Holiday Mall Tour! Click to read more!
Unplugged: The Little Prince: Rising to the Stars (Boardgame)
Posted on November 19th, 2015 by
Designers: Antoine Bauza, Bruno Cathala
Publisher: Ludonaute
Players: 2-6
Ages: 6+
Time: 15-30 minutes
Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), protagonist of the third most translated book in the world, is back in the form of another boardgame. This time, it’s a young aviator who is leaving her grandfather’s house to fly to meet the little prince on his home planet. Players use cards to move their personal aviator across the map while collecting stars. The twist is in the turn order. The last place plane always takes the next move. The Little Prince is a quick little game that makes a good filler (a quick short game), but despite its art and straightforward rules it does have some aggressive play that may not fit well with younger players.
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Amiibo…Amii-whoa!
Posted on November 13th, 2015 by
Here’s another blog where I show off my Amiibo figure collection additions. This time we have the Classic 3-Pack, a couple of Amiibo figures included in recent games, and some exclusives I thought I wouldn’t be able to get! So let’s check them out!
Unplugged: The Star Wars RPG – Force and Destiny
Posted on November 7th, 2015 by
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to appear a month from now. Aside from repeatedly watching the film’s trailers, how will a Star Wars fan manage to occupy their time? Enter the Star Wars Role Playing Game from Fantasy Flight Games. A story-oriented game, it features streamlined rules so that player actions aren’t bogged down with complicated rules. Many aspects of combat, such as range, are abstracted and most actions are quickly resolved with a simple roll of custom dice. The core rules have been released in three different settings, with the newest one, Force and Destiny, focusing on force sensitive characters under the Empire’s rule (Episodes IV through VI.)
Citrusoft Presents the Chibi-Robo Product Line!
Posted on October 23rd, 2015 by
Hello everyone and welcome to Citrusoft, the leading manufacturer of fictional robots! Today on this blog tour, I’m going to show you our most successful product line: Chibi-Robo! And yes, this is just a creative way for me to write a blog about all the Chibi-Robo games in the series, in honor of the recently released Chibi-Robo: Zip Lash on the 3DS.
Splendor (Boardgame, PC, iOS, Android)
Posted on October 22nd, 2015 by
Splendor is a gem-themed game of economic growth. Players use consumable gem chips to purchase point cards, which serve as permanent gems. As players accumulate cards, they are able to purchase more expensive cards worth more points. In this way, the game steamrolls into a finale of large point card purchases. While it sounds rather dry, the game has an attraction as a simple “snowball” game where one’s resources accumulate and become more powerful over time.
Unplugged: Fish Fish Squish! (Boardgame)
Posted on October 8th, 2015 by
A good kid’s game will involve a bit of actual thinking (looking at you Candyland) and a bit of physical interaction (to help those squirrelly ones.) Fish Fish Squish! has a bit of both, matching cards and smashing play-doh fish as a reward for success. This makes it fun for kids and agreeable to parents playing along.
Fish Fish Squish!
Publisher: Winning Moves
Ages: 5+
Players: 2-4
Time: 20 mins
(Review copy provided by Winning Moves)
