Original publication May 29th 2018 @ Counterfeit Nickels
Missile Command Unboxing
Missile Command unboxing time! The latest addition to IDW Games’ Atari classics lineup, Missile Command is packed full of wooden bits, cardboard, and cards. Worked into a tabletop game as a social diplomacy game, players must build up a stockpile of missiles and make (and break) alliances to ensure their the ones that come out on top. All the components …
Sellswords: Olympus Review
Designers: Dan Manfredini Publisher: Level 99 Games Year: 2017 MSRP: $25.00 Players: 2 Play Time: 30 Min Ages: 10+ Rules Available Online: No BGG: Sellswords: Olympus Prelude Sellswords: Olympus is Level 99’s follow-up to their original Sellswords with a few minor rules tweaks, Greek Gods instead of general fantasy characters, and some new special powers to keep things fresh. The gods of Olympus have gone to war and it’s up …
Counterfeit Nickels – Week of May 21nd 2018
Original publication May 22nd 2018 @ Counterfeit Nickels
Senshi Review
Designers: Dan Manfredini Publisher: Arcane Wonders Year: 2018 MSRP: $19.99 Players: 2-4 Play Time: 15 Min Ages: 14+ Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: Senshi Prelude At first glance, Arcane Wonder’s Senshi looks a bit similar to another of their titles, Onitama. Similarities end at the box art as Senshi is quite different, indeed. As warrior-monks players manipulate stacks of tokens that represent Strength, Agility, Wisdom, and …
EXCEED: Seventh Cross Review
Designers: D. Brad Talton, Jr. Publisher: Level 99 Games Year: 2018 MSRP: $25 Players: 2 Play Time: 10-30 Min Ages: 10+ Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: EXCEED: Seventh Cross Prelude Level 99 Games’ EXCEED Fighting System, its successful card-based, arcade-like fighting game, is back for Season 2. This time the cards are from their Seventh Cross universe, a horrific world where The Church fights hideous monsters in an …
Counterfeit Nickels – Week of May 14th 2018
Original publication May 15th 2018 @ Counterfeit Nickels
Mountains of Madness Review
Designers: Rob Daviau Publisher: IELLO Year: 2017 MSRP: $39.99 Players: 3-5 Play Time: 60-90 Min Ages: 12+ Rules Available Online: Yes BGG: Mountains of Madness Prelude “I could not help feeling that they were evil things — mountains of madness whose farther slopes looked out over some accursed ultimate abyss.” ― H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness The Antarctic mountain awaits, strange, unexpected, and containing cyclopean ruins …