After about 3 years of development and playtesting, my game "Hands in the Sea" is finally going to be published! Hooray!

http://kck.st/17rokCIIt's a 2-player deckbuilding game on the First Punic War, i.e. the first big war between Rome and Carthage. So, not Hannibal, but Hannibal's father, Hamilcar. The mechanics are heavily inspired by a game ( Read more... )

This year's Tacticon has come and gone. Here's the rundown:

Friday

I started with a game of Agricola. It's an interesting variant of a slew of other Eurogames. It's basically a resource management game, though the Occupations and Improvements add a level of interest (and randomness) that doesn't exist in many other Euro's. Verdict: Good, but not ( Read more... )

Tonight I learned and played Vinci. It's a simple four player game that revolves around the rise and fall of various civilizations. It's along the lines of 'History of the World', but the civilizations are generic, random and it flows a lot quicker. We played two games in about 4 hours, and I even managed to win one game ( Read more... )

This week my copy of Here I Stand (Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555) arrived this weekend. The game looks very cool. The downside is that it's a bit hardcore (42 page rulebook) and would probably take the better part of a day to finish. Finding 5 other players to get through this will be tough. I may have to try it 3-player once first ( Read more... )