Fleet Admiral is a card game where each player takes on the roll of the captain of a star ship. Set in the theme of Portable Galactic Empire, each player’s captain is represented by one of the races from the Fate, Politics and Heritage expansion set.

It’s rare that a game is both challenging in style and also in its ability to be reviewed, but Fantasy Flight Games and Michael Menzel have thrown down that gauntlet with the recent release of Legends of Andor.

As any good gamer knows, there’s a point where one type of game can get saturated on the market. Currently, everyone and their brother (and their brothers!) has a deck building game. Dominion launched a craze, and everyone is getting in on the fun. While most are fun, quantity doesn’t always equate to quality.

 
“It’s like a B-Movie!” – Tim Norris, Grey Elephant Gaming
That was one of the funniest, and yet appropriate ways, I’ve heard Zombicide described to me going into this Critical Review.  I unfortunately was under a gigantic boulder of a rock last year and didn’t pledge into the Zombicide Kickstarter from Cool Mini or Not andGuillotine Games.  However, have no fear, as our Friendly Local Game Store, Dragon’s Lair in Austin, has provided us a copy of the base game to provide a review for you, the Critical Fans!
Zombicide is everything you …

We recently got a copy of this unique adventure game billed as the “Deck Building Board Game of Adventure”! How can you not like that?  Check out the awesome storage and colorful pieces, bits, bobs, and trinkets inside the land of Fantastiqa from Gryphon Games!

Last year, City of Gears won the “Steampunk Challenge” for best Steampunk themed game so when I had the opportunity to get a copy for review, I was very curious, being a lover of cogs, gears, clockwork anything, and of course, steam powered contraptions.

2012 was a great year for gaming!  Let’s face it, no matter what genre you like, there was goodnes all over the place!  Whether it was big name publishers providing beautiful, exciting, and adventurous fun, or it was Kickstarter/Indiegogo sites providing creative avenues for others to bring their creations to light, there was a LOT of fun to be had on tables everywhere that’ll likely bleed into 2013!
As we close out the old and ring in the new, I’m a big believer in looking back to know where we’ve been …

In this customizable racing game, your Hot Rod Creeps team is your ticket to glory!

Red November is a cooperative game in a gnomish attack submarine where everything is going wrong.

Enrico walks through his collection in chronological order (Part One)