Is Arydia the Next Board Game Superhit

Hot on the heels of checks notes a thousand other dungeon crawler campgain games comes another dungeon crawler campaign game! But wait, what is that smell? Is it… success? There’s certainly a buzz about Arydia. It feels like something is different, new, fresh. Some might say even exciting? Is it possible that this oversaturated genre is getting a shot of arydialine in its arm?

The answer, as it always turns out, isn’t so simple. Arydia is definitely a game that sports a wow factor but not everything is wow, some of it is just ow. More on this in the review itself.

Kinfire Chronicles and The Era of $150 Board Games

I long resisted the idea that board games are getting too expensive. They just cost what they cost. They’re complicated physical products targeted at a niche audience. But when prices reach the level of “I could buy a new kitchen oven or a board game” level, I think it’s time to ask ourselves some difficult questions.

Like, for example, how good does a board game have to be to justify that? Because make no mistake, Kinfire is pretty good. But is pretty good good enough?

And how do we even answer that? Let’s say that it is, but then four months later another $150 board game comes out that’s also exactly as good. And then another. And then another. Who can afford to keep buying them? Where’s the cut-off? At these prices, how do you continue to judge a game’s quality?

I ignored price for a long while as a board game reviewer, but I feel like it’s become unconcionable lately. A lot of people just can’t reasonably justify to keep making purchases like that. And I feel like the cut-off line has come.

A Review of Everything Too Many Bones

Howdy bone fans. What a video today - a comprehensive review of everything ever published for Too Many Bones so far. In this monstrous video you’ll learn about the popular dungeon crawler, why you’d want to buy it, why you wouldn’t want to buy it and what to buy or not buy. Is it a buyer’s guide? Yes. Is it a critical analysis? Yes. Is it too long and overambitious? Yes. The game, or the video? Yes.

Enjoy!

Descent: Legends of the Dark Review - A New Kind of Dungeon Crawler

NPI has the scoop on perhaps the hottest game of the summer, and what better way to avoid the plague than by staying inside and moving fantasy heroes around a map for hours on end in an expansive story driven campaign with cool combat mechanisms. Can Descent: Legends of the Dark deliver on all of that? You’ve come to the right place to find out.