Joseph Farrell
Age of Steam is a pick-up-and-deliver game that is simple to learn but challenging to play well, since the other players will do whatever they can to get in your way. For 20+ years it has inspired countless designers to produce hundreds of maps, and even has its own annual convention in Kansas City. This […]
This is 4X in its purest and best form. Explore the systems around your homeworld, expand your empire, exploit its resources, exterminate your foes. The first player to destroy another player’s homeworld wins. With nothing but simple cardboard chits, the game hides a huge amount of information in plain sight. You can see where your […]
Aboard a doomed space station, chaos reigns and a dozen-plus wildly unique characters race to achieve their own ends. The noble station chief wants to stay aboard until the last moment, getting as many people into escape pods as she can. The telepathic rat wants to build itself a throne of corpses and shiny things. […]