I’m a gamer, always have been. Problem is for a large number of years that’s really just consisted of the video variety. That’s a huge mistake on my part, to not enjoy the video game’s analog brethren… the board game. There’s actually a vibrant and intense board game world out there that’s been pushed to the sidelines by game players such as ourselves for too long. Recently I’ve been wading back into the board game waters and I’ve decided to bring the noteworthy stuff to my fellow gamers.

In this semi-regular column I’ll be doing my best to introduce some of the cooler games out there. We’ll also be taking detours into comically terrible games from the past as well.

Of all the games we own this is easily my wife’s favorite. Why? Cause she always beats me at it. It’s not for lack of trying on my part, I just always seem to get thrown on the defensive and by the time I know what’s happening my Queen is nearly surrounded. But I’m getting ahead of myself; perhaps I should start by explaining how the game works.
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