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This week we sat down with Christopher Yoder, the designer of Tangl, a really cool and quick puzzle game live on Kickstarter now! We got to talk about how he got into board games, how the idea of Tangl came about, and the whirlwind process going from prototype to getting signed by a publisher. Check […]
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This week Jakub sits down with Eli Mamane of Meeple City Games and designer of Vector Wars. They talk about this 2 player game which includes a lot of deep strategic choices underneath a really cool Tron-like exterior with some simple choices each turn. The layers that this game shows are quite deep and interesting. […]
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This week, we give Treasure Mountain by August Games its long overdue review! Treasure Mountain is a worker placement game for 2-4 players (1-4 if you have the expansion), where players compete to earn the most points by mining gems our their personal mines and earning the King’s favor. The most unique element is that […]
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This week Jakub sits down with Don Riddle and Andrew Birkett to talk about their game Ruins of Mars coming to Kickstarter on September 24, 2019. The game is about uncovering the secrets of the lost civilizations which inhabited a metropolis found on Mars! You dothis through rondell style action selection with a cool twist […]
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This week Jakub sits down with Marshall Bradshaw to talk about his gamer story, how he got into LARPing, what exactly it means to LARP, and why he loves it. Marshall talks a lot about what LARP means to him and some of his best experiences with it so join us for the ride. We […]
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This year at WashingCon we had a chance to learn from a panel of LARP organizers and designers about all the different games you have within driving distance of Washingcon, what makes them unique, and how to get involved. The panel is guaranteed to get you excited for a game you hadn’t heard of before! […]
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We were really lucky this year to have a game design panel at WashingCon that was by kids for kids! Our panelists were two young game designers Alex and Scarlett and the moderator was Justin Johns of Labyrinth. Alex and Scarlett bring a great new perspective to the ideas of game design, showing that no […]
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This year at WashingCon we return the annual panel about game design! Our guests on this year’s panel are: Elizabeth Hargrave, designer of Wingspan and Tussie Mussie. Jon Gilmour, designer of Dead of Winter, Dinosaur Island, and head of game development at Pandasaurus Games Dr. Catherine Croft, designer of Neuro Hero, Crazy Cats, and Atomic […]
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This past weekend we went to WashingCon! Join us for this recap of the con, talkign about the things we did, games we played, people we talked to and our overall experience beiing volunteers and helping to run the Con. We got to talk to Elizabeth Hargrave of Wingspan Fame, Dominic Crapuchets from NorthStar, and […]
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This week on Dragon’s Demize Greg, Lesley, Hunter and Jakub sit down to talk about their favorite game mechanics. If you want to see the first episode that inspired this one you can go check out our Least Favorite Game Mechanics Here. We talk about a lot of different games and why we like the […]
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This week Lesley and Hunter Join Jakub to talk about the games they played at Gen Con! We talk about the games they liked, bought, played, or would rather have skipped so stay tuned for a quick look at the hotest new Gen Con games! Special thank you to Agata Poniatowski for the Artwork and […]
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Lesley and Hunter were at Gen Con this year! They came on to talk about all the cool things they they got to do at the convention. Lots of laughs, games, and fun was had. Join us for a fun recap of their experiences at Gen Con, and next week we will have Part 2, […]
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This week Jakub and Greg talk about two games about building things! They preview LOTS and review Teotihuacan. LOTS is a fun, quick, dexterity game about building up a tower and trying to score the most points without knocking the tower over. There are some great mechanics that keep it interesting even if it is […]
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This week Jakub sits down with Nicholas Yu, the designer of Adventure Tactics to talk about the game, how it works, how it was designed, as well as Nick’s time in the industry and of course favorite donut. It was a fun discussion that included everything from Game Theory to Co-op quaterbacking so be sure […]
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Do you have a board game mechanic that you just loathe? Does a game with that mechanic have to clear enormous hurdles for you to even consider playing it? If you answered “Yes” to these questions, have we got an episode for you! On this week’s Dragon’s Demize, Lesley, Jakub, Hunter, and Greg commiserate over […]
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Dragon’s Demize’s coverage of Origins 2019 continues! While we of course had an amazing time trying out new games and seeing old friends, we also had a blast talking to some truly incredible people from within the gaming industry. This year was especially wonderful because it marked Hunter’s first ever interview, with the one and […]
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We just got back from Origins recently and have a lot to talk about. Firstly, we cover all of the games we were introduced to this Origins, new and old. Some of these games are still prototypes, others just released, and some were already a few years old but one of us tried them for […]
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Hello listeners, and welcome to the fourth installment of our Board Game Glossary! Today we’re talking about other games, games which don’t fit into the neat buckets we’ve created in the other Board Game Glossary episodes. There are many of these games so we focus on what makes some defined categories different and why we […]
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It’s been a minute since we’ve reviewed a Red Raven game, but the drought is over! Ancient World is the latest worker-placement, resource-managey goodness, and it plays 2-4. Players compete to collect banners which will earn them points at the end of the game. Banners can be found on Empire Cards which can be built, […]
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Hello listeners, and welcome to the third installment of our Board Game Glossary! Today we’re talking about social games, games which are all about heavy player interaction and usually best with large numbers. This is also the first time we break things out into subcategories. In this case, we’ve got Hidden Identity, Restricted Communication, and […]
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Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig is one of those games that does exactly what it sets out to do. Taking two independently successful board games and mashing them together doesn’t seem like the easiest task, but in both feel and gameplay Between Two Castles captures its predecessors. Players take turns picking and placing […]
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Quick, what has adorable forest creatures locked into an epic struggle for control of the woods? No, it’s not Watership Down, it’s Root! The latest from Leder Games, Root pits 2-4 players (or 1-6, with the expansion) against each other in a race for 30 victory points. The trick here is that each faction has […]
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We’re continuing our board game glossary here on Dragon’s Demize. For this week’s installment, we’re looking at the term “Amerithrash.” It’s a less common term than “Euro,” which we discussed a few weeks ago, but it’s still used to convey some very particular concepts. Greg and Jakub try to break it down into its components […]
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Howdy listeners! It seems like April is the month for us to review all the games we’ve been playing on stream! This time, we’re reviewing the CMON-published dungeon crawler Massive Darkness. Players choose a character but also a class and fight their way through hordes of enemies. There are some really solid mechanics here that […]
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Hello listeners! We’ve talked before on this podcast (and at past WashingCons) about how difficult it can be to truly define some of the terms we commonly use to describe board games. With that in mind, we have decided to tackle some of the most popular categories of games, and really try to break them […]
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Hello listeners! After months of playing SeaFall on stream, it’s finally time for us to give it a proper review! SeaFall is a seafaring legacy game for 2-5 players. Players take on the role of province leaders who must earn Glory through trade, combat, or exploration. As with most legacy games, there are twists and […]
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The ancient castle has lost the favor of the dragons, and now it is our chance to earn that favor for ourselves. That’s the premise of Dragon Castle, this week’s review. Players take turns removing tiles from the center castle and placing them into their own castles. By placing tiles from similar factions or sets […]
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It’s a deep dive on today’s Dragon’s Demize, both literally and figuratively! Greg is joined by Dominic Crapuchettes, Founder & Co-President of North Star Games, to discuss their upcoming game Oceans. Oceans is a standalone installment in the Evolution franchise which takes the players on a journey beneath the waves. By combining traits, players seek […]
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Today’s episode of Dragon’s Demize is all about mad science, with a review of Get Me a Fresh Brain! In this game, designed by Sean Scott Garrity and published by Baksha Games, 2-6 players race to build a monster that will destroy the town! Players control Doctors, who earn money, and Assistants, who buy various […]
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We’ve got another fantastic interview on this week’s Dragon’s Demize. If you’ve been watching carefully, you may already know who it is! AnnaMaria Jackson-Phelps is a board game reviewer, player, and jack-of-all-trades. She joins us to talk about her experiences in the industry, from her unexpected start to creating a more diverse and inclusive community. […]
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To the skies! Or at least that’s where our birds will go when we review Wingspan, the bird watching game that has taken the board gaming world by storm. Winsgpan is a Euro-style game for one to five players, designed by Elizabeth Hargrave and published by Stonemaier Games. Players compete to earn the most points […]
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We’re back with another interview! This time we have our friend Camilla Greer on to talk about the upcoming horror RPG zine The Demon Collective, Vol. 1. She and three other authors have each created spine-tingling adventures for the zine, which is currently funding on Kickstarter. Available in PDF or printed format, The Demon Collective, […]
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Hail, listeners! We’re bound for Viking lands on this week’s Dragon’s Demize, to review the 2017 Kennerspiel des Jahres nominee Raiders of the North Sea. This worker placement game has you building up your supplies and crew before going out to raid the English countryside. Your raids will bring you plunder and victory points, but […]
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Hello listeners! We’ve got a special treat for you today. Game designer and friend of the podcast Dave Chalker is back to talk about the upcoming Sentinel Comics RPG! In particular, he walks us through the extremely robust character reation process. Using nothing but the system, we create three characters from the ground up. Backstories, […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, where we’re looking at another one of our favorites for an updated review. Last time we discussed the card-building wonder of Mystic Vale, we weren’t able to talk about the expansions because they didn’t exist! Today’s episode looks at each of the five expansions and examines how the themes and […]
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Hello listeners! On this week’s episode of Dragon’s Demize, we’re reviewing the tabletop RPG Awaken. We’ve played Awaken on stream before, and both Greg and Jakub are big fans. In this dark fantasy RPG, players are members of the Vasalli, humans who have “awoken” the latent powers within themselves. These “gifts” give you the incredible […]
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Greeting listeners! On today’s episode of Dragon’s Demize, Greg and Jakub revisit one of our reviews from waaay back before Greg even joined the podcast. It’s Mysterium! In this cooperative deduction game, one player takes on the role of a ghost who can only communicate with the other players (mediums) via dreams. The other playeres […]
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Hello listeners, and welcome to our newest segment! We’ve enlisted our local Strategy Guru, Will, to give you all a practical guide to How To Win. On the first installment, Will and Jakub discuss one of Will’s all-time favorites: Terraforming Mars. If you’ve ever wondered which corp to choose or how to assess cards during […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, everyone! For our first official review of 2019, we’re tackling Whistle Stop. This tile-laying, pickup-and-deliver train game is full of colorful charm. Players compete to earn the most points by exchanging resource cubes for stocks and points. Along the way, they’ll build their routes, purchase upgrades, and maybe even dig […]
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Happy New Year listeners! Well not quite. But that isn’t going to dost us from celebrating by taking a look back at all of the amazing things that happened for Dragon’s Demize’s in 2018. Join Greg and Lesley as they talk about the past and look to the future. We’re so excited to share 2019 […]
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Hello listeners! It’s Christmas Eve, which means many of you may find yourselves in the company of family or friends who aren’t avid hobby gamers. If you’re like us and can’t wait to convert everyone you know, we have a list of games you might consider starting with! Each of these games has a lot […]
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Hello listeners, and welcome to the final Dragon’s Demize gift guide of the 2018 holiday season! This week, as you might expect after our last two installments, we’re tackling the big boys. These are games that take a lot of strategy, brain power, and (last but not least) time! Perfect for the hardcore gamers on […]
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Hey listeners! We’re back with another holiday gift guide. This time, we’re looking at games that are moderately complex. These aren’t necessarily long, but they tend to have a fair number of mechanics or strategy to consider. Think Illimat or Palace of Mad King Ludwig. As always, let us know if you think we missed […]
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Hello Listeners! The holiday season is upon us, and for many of us that means gifts! Dragon’s Demize is here to help you pick the perfect board games for your friends and family. First up, we’re taking a look at some short, relatively simple games. These are games that make an excellent choice for people […]
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Hellooooo listeners! We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, or a great week if you’re outside the US. We sat down to review Einstein: His Amazing Life and Incomparable Science. A tile-laying game for 2-4 players, Einstein features unusually-shaped tiles that can be played in different configurations. Each player is attempting to create their own […]
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Hey everyone! On this week’s episode of Dragon’s Demize, we’re reviewing the complex strategy (and stunning miniatures) of CMON’s Rising Sun. Rising Sun is one part territory control, one part action selection, and one part trying not to get BACKSTABBED BY YOUR ALLIES. Each player attempts to lead their clan to victory by marshalling their […]
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Ah Kickstarter. That wonderful place where creativity knows no bounds. We love to talk about the amazing board games that have come out of Kickstarter, but those aren’t the only projects out there. On this week’s episode, we’re highlighting crowdfunded tabletop RPGs. From reboots of old systems like 7th Sea and Scion to incredible new […]
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YES IT’S TIME! Dragon’s Demize is finally reviewing the much-discussed Spirit Island. Spirit Island is a “cooperative settler-destruction” game for 1-4 players. You take on the role of spirits who are trying to drive the invaders off their island. There’s tons of replayability, as the spirits, adversaries, power cards, and even the island itself can […]
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IT’S BACK! Two games go head to head in this week’s Meeple vs. Meeple podcast! This time, it’s the titans of legacy: Pandemic Legacy Seasons One and Two. While each of these games has a lot to offer, our champions give no quarter. Greg and Lesley think that Season One’s superior storytelling and relationships between […]
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It’s another exciting RPG episode here on Dragon’s Demize. We’ve talked before about how much we love worldbuilding. Constructing massive cosmologies and dynastic politics can keep us entertained for hours. But what about the smaller stuff? What do the NPCs do when the players aren’t around? Who writes the music that the bard plays down […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, listeners! On today’s episode, we’re reviewing one of Jakub’s long-time favorites: In The Name Of Odin. In this card-based game of Viking conquest, players have to manage their ships, heroes, and vikings in order to conduct succesful raids. Each action card has multiple uses, so carefully balancing your available resources […]
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Hello listeners! We’re excited to bring you a new style of episode today. We had a lot of fun breaking down what was good or not in co-op games, so we decided to expand on that format! On the first ever Good, Bad, and Ugly, we tackle Dungeon Crawlers. Games like Zombicide, Gloomhaven, and others […]
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Hello listeners! On today’s episode, Jakub and Greg review Reef, the new abstract pattern-building game from Emerson Matsuchi. Players use cards to collect coral and score points based on the patterns that appear in their reef. Since the cards that gain you coral are the same ones that score points, you have to make sure […]
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On today’s RPG-focused episode, Greg and Jakub shine a light on one of the less popular adventure settings: swamps. Everybody’s seen the standard Tolkein-esque campaign on the plains and in the forest. Ports and mountins get their hare of love too. But what about swamps? Join us as we examine some of the fantastic things […]
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Don’t worry, you’re not having a stroke! We’re just examining board gaming themes! Our intrepid panelists discuss how theme can amplify the mechanics of a board game and tie everything together, when chosen carefully. They also talk about what’s popular and discuss opportunities to explore less common themes.
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Worker Placement. Euro game. “Heavy” vs. “Light.” If you’ve played a board game in the past five years, there’s a good chance you’ve heard these and other terms used to describe and categorize games. But what do these terms actually mean? Join our panelists as they discuss where these terms came from, how and why […]
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It’s a safe bet that most people who call themselves “gamers” have mused on the idea of designing their own game. But how would that work? At this WashingCon 2018 panel, four board game designers talk about what it takes, from designing your first game, to getting it published, to making your passion a career.
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Gaming is an incredible pastime, that can bring together people from all walks of life. Gamers as a community thrive when everyone is made to feel welcome, regardless of their identity or background. Washingcon is no different, and strives to embrace these principles. This year’s inclusive gaming panels featured an incredible group of people discussing […]
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Welcome back listeners! We’re back to the reviews this week, with a look at Warsaw: City of Ruins. In Warsaw, 2-4 players attempt to build the highest scoring district within the titular city. Along the way, they’ll construct theaters and parks, compete for public buildings, and weather two World Wars. While drafting and tile-placement are […]
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Howdy listeners! If you’re anything like us, you just spent the past 48 hours hanging out with some awesome board gamers at WashingCon 2018! As always, we had a blast and we’re super excited to bring you a rundown from the convention. There were classic events like Two Rooms and a Boom, exciting new activities […]
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Hello listeners, and happy Labor Day! We’re celebrating with a review of the super fun new game Palace of Mad King Ludwig. As a spiritual successor to Castles of Mad King Ludwig, you can imagine that there’s plenty of strategic tile-laying and maximizing adjacency bonuses. But in Palace, all the players are building one giant […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize! On today’s episode, Greg and Jakub cast a critical eye at one of their favorite genres: co-op games. We love co-op games, but they do have some issues, including quarterbacking and finding the right difficulty. We discuss these and more on today’s episode. Don’t forget to send us a message […]
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Hello listeners! It’s Greg and Lesley on the podcast today, bringing you a review of Path of Light and Shadow. A deck-building meets territory control game for 2-4 players. Each turn, you can use your hand of followers to build, promote, and conquer. By putting together a winning strategy, you can earn the most influence […]
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Hello listeners! On this week’s episode, Jakub and Greg tackle another RPG topic: high level campaigns. We had the pleasure of running one for Jakub’s recent birthday shindig, and it really got us thinking about some of the unique opportunities and challenges presented by late-game RPGs. Whether it’s designing an encounter or making full use […]
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Welcome back to another episode of Dragon’s Demize! This week we’re reviewing Space Base, a tableau-building game for 2-5 players. Each player has an array of ships, numbered 1-12. On each turn, they roll two dice and activate ships according to the values rolled, either individually or combined. They earn income to buy more and […]
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Hello listeners! Got an extra treat for you this week. Jim Felli of Devious Weasel Games, who we had a chance to sit down with at Origins this year, is at Gen Con right now celebrating the release of his game Duhr: The Lesser Houses. We thought this would be a perfect opportunity for us […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, listeners! Today, Jakub and Greg are tackling game components, and the impact that they can have on a game. We’ve all had games with excellent components, and otherwise great games whose components are… lackluster. We look at a few examples of each and discuss our thoughts as players on what […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, listeners! We’ve got a treat for you this week. Not one, not two, but THREE reviews! We’re reviewing three small games that we’re talked about several times before, but never actually reviewed: NMBR 9, Small Star Empires, and Fantasy Realms. Each is distinct, but they all share core mechanics that […]
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Hello listeners, and welcome back to Dragon’s Demize. We’ve talked a lot about the podcast and what we do here, but there’s one thing that we haven’t talked as much about: ourselves! On today’s episode, Greg, Jakub, and Lesley sit down to answer some questions about who they are as people, as gamers, and as […]
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Hello listeners! Dragon’s Demize is back to our old habits with a good old-fashioned review. This time, we’re reviewing Xia: Legends of a Drift System, and its expansion Embers of a Forsaken Star. Both games really live up to their space opera-inspired names. Xia is best described as a 3x game: Explore, Exploit, Exterminate. Players […]
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Hello listeners! Thank you for joining us as we continue to recap the amazing time we had at Origins 2018. Last time, we focused on all the cool things we did and people we met, but this time it’s all about the games. Games we demoed, games we bought, games we played and wish we […]
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Hey listeners! As you may have seen from our Facebook posts and Youtube videos, Dragon’s Demize went to Origins 2018! We had such an amazing time and did so many incredible things that we couldn’t hope to cram it all into one episode. Today, we’re recapping the Origins experience: everything from the people we met […]
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Hello listeners! Are you ready for some head-to-head action? Today on Dragon’s Demize, we’re debuting a new format: Meeple vs. Meeple. We take two games that are similar in theme, mechanics, or overall feel and debate their merits for an impartial judge. We’re kicking off the format with a battle between Century: Spice Road and […]
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Hello listeners! We’re reviewing an absolutely gorgeous game today: Azul! Azul has been getting a lot of attention, not just for its high-quality components and lovely patterns, but also for its solid gameplay. Players attempt to earn the most points by tiling their mosaic walls efficiently and effectively. The game requires some interested strategic considerations […]
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Hello listeners! Today on Dragon’s Demize, Greg and Jakub discuss RPG editions; how they change the game, how they can be good, and how sometimes they can be confusing for players. The discussion was prompted by the open “beta” for Pathfinder 2.0, but there are plenty of examples to go around. It’s a far-ranging discussion, […]
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Hello listeners and welcome back to Dragon’s Demize. One this week’s episode, Jakub and Greg review Petrichor, the most interesting game about clouds they’ve ever played. Petrichor is a delightfully thematic game where 1-4 players compete to control the shifting winds and nurture the most plants. It has some really interesting and complex spatial elements […]
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Hello listeners! Got an extra special episode of Dragon’s Demize for you today. Our friend Daniel George from August Games is back and joined by artist Mac Hillier. Together, they helped bring Dragon Brew to life, and now they’ve got a new game on Kickstarter! It’s called Treasure Mountain, and it features the combination we’ve come to expect from August […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize! On this week’s episode, we’re jumping back into a familiar franchise with a review of Evolution Climate. Evolution Climate builds on the mechanics of the original Evolution, but introduces a few important new elements. The climate track and associate climate cards help to balance the game and force all players […]
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Hey listeners! This week on Dragon’s Demize, we’re bringing you more insights about tabletop RPGs. Specifically, we’re talking about improvising your sessions as a GM versus taking the time to plan them out. In many ways, these two approaches exist on a spectrum. Neither is truly better than the other, and it’s important to have […]
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Hello listeners! Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize for a review of Dragon Brew. Dragon Brew is a worker and resource management game from August Games. Players take on the role of fantasy races and compete to brew the most prestigious beers. Each beer provides money and points, but is also judged according to three possible […]
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Hello listeners. We have a very special episode for you today: Episode 100! Dragon’s Demize has officially reached triple digits and we are so honored and happy to have you along with us for this ride. Through ups and downs and hiatuses, thinking about our listeners has always kept us going. Whether you’ve been with […]
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Hello listeners! Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, where today we are reviewing Munchkin. Munchkin is a popular card-driven game in which players compete to be the first to level 10. Along the way, you can acquire new gear, gain powerful spells, and generally screw over your opponents. It’s full of goofy tabletop references, which definitely […]
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Welcome one and all to Dragon’s Demize! This week’s review: Kingdom Builder! Kingdom Builder is a relatively territory control game in which the goals and abilities change every time. The core of the game involves building settlements on different types of terrain. Each player can place three settlements per turn. Additional abilities and points are […]
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Hello listeners. Today we’re bringing you a very special episode of Dragon’s Demize. March 8 was International Women’s Day, and we thought it would be a great opportunity to talk about the importance of positive female representation in board games. Lesley joins Greg and Jakub for a look at some of the games we think […]
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Hello everyone, and welcome back to Dragon’s Demize! On this week’s episode, Jakub and Greg offer some tips to tabletop RPG players looking to improve their gaming experiences. The topic range from ways to get comfortable with a new system, to working more collaboratively with your GM, to being conscientious of your fellow players. We […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, the podcast about what happens on, around, and behind the tabletop. On this episode, we’re joined once again by Lesley, who brings the enthusiasm for our review of Sentinels of the Multiverse! Sentinels is a co-operative card game for 2-5 players where you play as superheroes facing down a villainous […]
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Welcome listeners to the episode we’re all been waiting for. Sometimes we played it. Sometimes we avoided it because we hated getting murdered by Crowz. But it was always there: Zombicide Black Plague! That’s right, it’s finally time to review the original Dragon’s Demize stream game. Zombicide is on the shortlist of games we played […]
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Howdy listeners, and welcome back to Dragon’s Demize! This week on the podcast, we’re back to our bread and butter with a review of Vast: The Crystal Caverns. Vast is such a unique game and we’re extremely excited to tackle it. In Vast, 2-5 players take on wildly asymmetrical roles and fight to accomplish their […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, listeners. This week, Greg and Jakub jump back into tabletop RPGs with a discussion of how different systems balance storytelling versus mechanics. While there’s no reason the two have to be exclusive, it can be a helpful way to describe what a particular system emphasizes. With that in mind, we […]
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Hello everyone, and welcome to another exciting episode of Dragon’s Demize. This week, we review City of Iron Second Edition. In City of Iron, players compete to build the most successful empires through exploration, conquest, or industry. The game features an incredible variety of strategies, both in terms of how you acquire the resources you […]
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Hello everyone, and welcome back to Dragon’s Demize. For our first official review of 2018, we’re tackling Ignoble, a trick-taking card game where each card has unique abilities! Ignoble isn’t officially out yet, and we were honored to receive one of only 50 printed copies from the folks at DotStarMoney. Easy to learn but difficult […]
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Happy 2018, everyone! We hope your holiday season was filled with all the games you could ask for. Now that we’ve entered the new year, we’ve decided on a few resolutions to help make this year the best one ever for Dragon’s Demize. On today’s podcast, Greg and Jakub talk about their vision for the […]
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Merry Christmas listeners! We hope you’re having a joyous holiday season. Many of you are probably with friends and/or family now, which is the perfect chance to play some games. But what if you don’t have any games? Fear not! We here at Dragon’s Demize have come up with a list of fantastic games that […]
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Hello listeners! It’s been a pretty great year for us here at Dragon’s Demize. We’ve had a chance to play some amazing games and have a lot of laughs. We’ve preserved through some tense moments. And sometimes, we’ve just walloped each other. On today’s special episode, Greg and Jakub take a look back at their […]
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Hello listeners! It’s time for Round 2 of the Dragon’s Demize 2017 Gift-Giving Extravaganza! In this episode, we’re focusing on smaller games, games you might put in someone’s stocking. Since the pool is a bit smaller for thee, we also take the opportunity to expand our lists of expansions. All of the other rules still […]
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Season’s greetings listeners! It’s holiday season again, and of course that means that many of us our buying gifts for our loved ones (or ourselves). Just like last year, Dragon’s Demize has created a list of games from 2017 that we recommend. We did follow some fairly specific rules this year: The game had to […]
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Hey everyone! We’re back with another episode of Dragon’s Demize. This time, we talk to our friend Pedro about his time at the PAX Unplugged board game convention. Three days jam-packed with board games and RPGS sounds like our kind of weekend. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to make it ourselves, but we can live vicariously […]
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Jakub and Greg talk about building two cities at the same time! Join us for another great review on Dragon’s Demize!
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Hello listeners, and welcome back to Dragon’s Demize. On this week’s episode, we review Alien Artifacts, the new “4X-style” game from Portal Games. Alien Artifacts pits 2-5 players against one another as they attempt to maximize the value of galactic resources and build the strongest civilizations. It’s a surprisingly quick game packed with strategic choices. […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, dear listeners! On today’s episode, Greg and Jakub talk about some of their favorite game designers. Specifically, we discuss how some designers have signature mechanics that they return to again and again, and what implications that has for game design. It’s a fun, free-form discussion, and we hope you enjoy […]
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Hello listeners! On what might be one of our most ambitious episodes yet, Greg and special guest Marty take on Twilight Imperium 3. Together, they take a look at the mechanics, gameplay, and tense interaction that define this legendary game. From command counters to trade goods, they do their best to summarize this truly massive […]
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Hellooooo listeners! For this very special episode of Dragon’s Demize, Greg is joined by Thomas DiSalvo, one of the actors from the new movie Tournament. In the movie, a group of unlikely friends meet to battle in a trading-card tournament, only to have an outsider come in and shake things up at their local game shop. […]
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Hello hello listeners. This week on Dragon’s Demize, we’re a man down while Jakub is on a business trip. Greg and their good friend Pedro try to pick up the slack and talk about their tips for GMs. It’s always tough trying to balance the demands of being a GM, and we hope that our […]
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Hello listeners! Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, where this week we’re taking a look at Battle Gnomes! Battle Gnomes! is a card-based combat game for 2-6 players. Each player controls a yard full of gnomes, battling for supremacy of the neighborhood. You can equip your gnomes with better gear and litter your yard with defensive […]
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Hello listeners, and welcome to another episode of Dragon’s Demize. This week on the podcast, we’re trying out a new segment called Topic of the Week. In this inaugural run, we talk about some of the ways survival co-op games build tension, from attempting to overwhelm the players to introducing resource scarcity to restricting your […]
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Hello again listeners! On our latest episode, we review Vye. This card based territory control game is another game that has a very simple concept but very deep gameply. The artwork on this game is also phenominal, and the language independence as well as the small size makes it an ideal for travel. Check out […]
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More WashingCon goodness! Today, we’re bringing you audio from the Women in Gaming panel. This panel was moderated by Leslie Phillips and covered some important and impactful topics. From the challenges that women and non-binary people face when navigating gaming communities, to finding support throughout the hobby, this panel is essential listening for anyone interested […]
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Hey listeners! More great content from this year’s WashingCon coming at you. This time, we’ve got audio from the War Games panel, moderated by our friend Marty. Panelists include: Jason Matthews, designer of such games as Twilight Struggle and 1960: The Making of the President; Jerry Taylor, designer of the classic Hammer of the Scots; […]
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Drumroll please! It’s time for the showstopper, the final panel of the convention, the ever popular Future of Game Design! We had some amazing panelists and perspectives this year, and we were super honored to be a part of it. Come check out these designers’ take on recent developments in the gaming industry and what
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Hello everyone, we’re back! We apologize for the delay, but hope to make it up to you with a very special episode: our full recap of WashingCon 3. It was a fantastic convention this year, like every year, and we have so much to cover. We start off with our impressions of the con as […]
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Hello again listeners! It’s good to be back. On our latest episode, we review Tides of Time and Tides of Madness. These card drafting, set collection games are easy to play but hard to master. With extremely simple core mechanics and very few components, both are excellent candidates for travel games. Check out the episode […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, everyone! Today on the podcast, we review Takenoko, a fun, simple action selection game. Players take turns performing various actions in a bamboo garden. These can include adding new tiles to the garden, growing new bamboo by moving the gardener, and eating bamboo by moving the panda. The ultimate goal […]
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Hey listeners! Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize for another exciting episode. Today we’re reviewing Machi Koro, a delightful game about building the best city. In Machi Koro, players roll dice to generate coins from buildings in their city. Buildings can generate under a variety of circumstances, but usually when the player rolls a specific number […]
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Hello listeners! We’ve got something a little different for you today: two reviews for the price of one! We take a look at Race for the Galaxy and its re-imagining Roll for the Galaxy. While both center on action selection and engine building, we’re comparing the particular aspects of card drawing versus dice rolling and […]
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Welcome back, listeners, to another episode of Dragon’s Demize. This week, we review the Lovecraftian behemoth Eldritch Horror. Edritch Horror is a cooperative game for 1-8 players. Players take on the role of investigators, and travel around the world attempting to prevent the awaking of a particular Elder God. Gameplay revolves around skill checks, with […]
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Hey hey listeners. Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize. This week, Greg and Jakub are excited to be reviewing Terraforming Mars, the engine-building strategy game about, you guessed it, Terraforming Mars. Players compete to earn the most points by playing cards from their hand and by raising one of three parameters: oxygenation, ocean coverage, and temperature. […]
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Hello listeners! Thank you for joining us on this week’s podcast, where we review Tiny Epic Galaxies, and its new expansion Beyond the Black. Tiny Epic Galaxies is an action management game in which players compete to build the greatest galactic empire ever seen. They do so by sending ships around the galaxy to gather […]
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Hello listeners, and happy Friday! This week on Dragon’s Demize, we took a stab at Nevermore, a card-drafting game inspired (loosely) by the works of Edgar Allen Poe. In Nevermore, players use five different suits of cards to perform various actions, including attacking, regaining health, and earning victory points. Along the way, they also earn […]
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Welcome back listeners! This week we have another exciting episode of Dragon’s Demize for you! We review T.I.M.E. Stories, a fully cooperative, mystery solving board game. Each game takes place in a different setting, ranging from contemporary America to ancient Egypt to an alternate fantasy timeline. In each scenario, players must work together to track […]
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Welcome back, listeners, to another exciting episode of Dragon’s Demize. This week, we review A Distant Plain, a complex strategic wargame based on the War in Afghanistan. As you might expect from such a fraught topic, the game features lots of asymmetry in its design and your allies one turn may be your rivals the […]
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Welcome back listeners to another episode of Dragon’s Demize. This week on the podcast, your intrepid hosts review Trains, a combination deck building and route building game set in contemporary Japan. Players compete to connect different stations around Japan, but must also keep their decks from becoming too clogged with industrial waste. Trains takes these popular but […]
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Hello listeners! Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize. Today we’ll be reviewing Roll Player, an ingenious game where players compete to build the best RPG character. Although the game relies heavily on dice, it features a ton of mitigation effects which minimize the randomness. It’s a quick, fun game that will feel especially relevant to anyone […]
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Hello hello faithful listeners! This week on the podcast, your intrepid hosts review 10′ To Kill, a game about deception, strategy, and murder. Players move pawns around the game in an effort to set up their targets for a kill. The trick comes once a target has been killed, and police officers on the scene […]
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Hey there listeners! On this week’s podcast, Jakub and Greg discuss the punishingly difficult cooperative deck-building game Shadowrift! In Shadowrift, players construct decks in order to protect the town of Haven and defeat the invading monsters. The game features lots of elements that have to be carefully managed, including surviving villagers, walls and magical defenses, and the […]
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Welcome back to another exciting installment of Dragon’s Demize. This week, we review Mars Needs Mechanics, a commodity trading game with steampunk flair! In, Mars Needs Mechanics players trade Components for Cogs and vice versa in order to gain the biggest stack of Cogs. Prices fluctuate according to demand, so buying low and selling high […]
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Hello listeners! Dragon’s Demize is back with another review: Sherwood’s Legacy. Sherwood’s Legacy is a tactical combat game similar to the popular tower defense genre of video game. Players take on the role of heroes from Robin Hood mythology and defend the village against the invading forces. The game also features resource management and an […]
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Hello and welcome back to Dragon’s Demize! Today, we’ll be reviewing The Castles of Mad King Ludwig. In Castles (as I’ll be referring to it for the rest of this post, because damn), players take on the role of architects, designing castles for King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Each round, players purchase rooms from the […]
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Welcome back listeners! This week on Dragon’s Demize, we review Paris Connection, a game about stocks and trains and how sometimes they’re the same thing. In Paris Connection, players compete to earn the most points by hoarding “stock” in six different colors of railroad. Each railroad is worth a number of points based on the […]
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Hello again listeners! On this week’s episode of Dragon’s Demize, we decided to do things a little differently. Rather than review one game, we examine social deduction games as a whole. Using two of the biggest names in the genre, The Resistance and Secret Hitler, we break down what qualities are shared among most social […]
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Welcome listeners to another episode of Dragon’s Demize. Today, we review Viceroy, a strategy game where players compete to build their pyramids of power. In Viceroy, players collect gems in order to acquire and play character cards. Each character card can be played into a pyramid at any level, provided there are free cards beneath […]
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Hello listeners, and welcome back to Dragon’s Demize. This week, we’re reviewing one of Jakub’s personal favorite games: Dead of Winter. In Dead of Winter, players each control multiple survivors, and attempt to fulfill public and secret objectives. These secret objectives often require you to stockpile resources, which can create tension among the survivors. Even […]
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Hey listeners. Got another great episode for you today, as we review Lanterns. This colorful tile-matching game holds a surprising amount of strategic depth. Players compete to earn the most honor by earning matched sets of colored lantern cards. The more sides you match with a single play, the more you earn, so it pays […]
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Hello listeners! We’ve got an extra special episode for you today: we had an opportunity to interview Daniel George, founder of August Games and designer of the delightfully fanciful Dragon Brew. Daniel has been designing games for years and had lots of great insights to offer. Our conversation ranged all over, from advice to aspiring game designers, to […]
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Put on your wizard robes and hats, listeners, it’s time to go to Wizard School! This week, Dragon’s Demize reviews Wizard School, the new game from DFTBA games. In this cooperative card game, players take on the role of students attempting to keep their grades up, fight off magical monsters, and survive long enough to graduate. Each […]
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Hello listeners, and welcome back to another explosive episode of Dragon’s Demize! We’re reviewing Alchemists today, so grab your ingredients and we’ll see what kind of concoction we can brew. Alchemists is an action management game in which players compete to earn the most victory points by making and selling potions, acquiring powerful artifacts, and, […]
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Hello listeners! This week’s podcast features a review of Flip City, a deckbuilding game with a unique twist (or should I say flip). Each card is double-sided and you can upgrade them to dramatically change the mechanics of your deck. It’s a little game, but we’ve got a lot to say about it, so be […]
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Hello agents. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to this week’s podcast about Codenames. This simple word-association game has picked up a huge following since its release just two years ago. Since then, it has sparked the creation of two standalone variations: Codenames Deep Undercover, full of raunchy and inappropriate […]
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This week on Dragon’s Demize, we review New Bedford, the unexpectedly compelling game about 19th century whaling. With a solid core of worker placement and resource management and meticulously researched flavor, New Bedford is well worth picking up. We also discuss what we’ve been playing lately, including Time Stories, Fairy Tale, and Star Wars Rebellion. […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize! It’s been a while since our last update, but we’re excited to kick off the new year with one of our favorite new games: Inis. This territory-control game with heavy Celtic themes is both gorgeous and fun to play, so we hope you’re encouraged to check it out after our […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, where today we’ll be taking a look at digital games. We know that many of you are traveling for the holidays but still want to keep in touch with your friends and gaming group. For that, we offer this quick primer on what games have digital versions available via mobile […]
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Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, where we continue our month of specials with a look at what games you can play with your families at home. We’ve got some great recommendations this week, covering everything from social, party-style games to some of the more beginner-friendly strategic games. We hope you’re encouraged to pick up one […]
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This week on Dragon’s Demize we have our Small Games Special! Greg and Jakub discuss what are some of the defining characteristics of small games, including the obvious ones before diving into the full range of small games available. We hope you enjoy this week’s special episode! Thanks as always to Agata Poniatowski for the […]
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Join Greg and Jakub as they review the immensely popular Splendor on this week’s episode of Dragon’s Demize. They also talk about the election (of 2008), evolution, and what it’s like to be shipwrecked, so there’s something for everyone!
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This week on Dragon’s Demize, Jakub and Greg talk about tiny strategy games, the travails of Pandemic Legacy, and the brand new RPG Polaris. To top it all off, they get into the spooky spirit with a review of Betrayal at the House on the Hill and its new expansion, Widow’s Walk.
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Hey everyone! Sorry for the late post this week; we got a little lost in the fog while reviewing Via Nebula! We hope you’ll still tune in to hear us discuss our experiences from the role-playing table, the new expansion to Betrayal at the House on the Hill, and of course our thoughts on Via Nebula.
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Welcome back to Dragons Demize! Join us for this week’s episode, where we talk about introducing friends to an old favorite, struggle with the mechanics of shuffling double-sided cards, and review the new game Crazy Karts.
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This week on Dragon’s Demize, Greg and Jakub venture into an alternate 20th century where World War 1 was fought with Mechs as well as soldiers. The war now over, the world of Scythe unfolds as the powers of the time vie for control over the Tesla factory which created the towering war machines.
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This week on Dragon’s Demize Greg and Jakub give a toast to their review of The Dragon and Flagon by Stonghold Games. Join them as they talk about some of the games they’ve been playing, and Jakub’s latest D&D adventures before they delve into the main game.
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Join Greg and Jakub on this week’s episode, as they bring you tales from the role-playing table in addition to their regular rundown of what they’ve been playing lately. Then stick around for a review of what is possibly the most cutthroat game about trees ever created: Arboretum!
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Welcome back to your regularly schedule programming! This week on Dragon’s Demize, Jakub and Greg talk about their most recent board game adventures, take a look at what’s new in board games, and review a new favorite: Mystic Vale.
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On this weeks special episode Greg and Jakub look back on WashingCon 2. We share some of our favorite games, discussions, and panels from the convention and give you a sneak peek at what’s to come from our coverage of WashingCon. We hope you enjoy and continue following us for even more from WashingCon!
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This week on Dragon’s Demize, Greg and Jakub discuss what they’ve been playing this week, discuss gaming groups, and review the game that’s lets you build your own creatures and ecosystems, Evolution and its Flight Expansion.
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This week on Dragon’s Demize, Greg and Jakub bring you the best of what they’ve been playing this week, Greg learns a new word, and they review the storytelling, worker placement sensation Above and Below.
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This week, Dragon’s Demize welcomes a new co-host: Greg B! Join us as we discuss Dragon’s Demize 2.0, what’s new on Kickstarter, and one of Greg’s personal favorite games: Brew Crafters.
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This week on Dragon’s Demize I am joined by my good friend Jen to talk some games we are really looking forward to as well as what we’ve been playing recently. Check out the two games we highlight on Kickstarter now! We have a last minute shining endorsement for Thwarted
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On today’s episode of Dragon’s Demize, Jakub and Greg talk about what they have been playing lately and review the game Heat.
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