One Player Two Cats

2019-07-24

Rambling About Race for the Galaxy and The Gathering Storm – A Review of Sorts

How to review a game that you’ve been playing on and off for many years? It feels like reviewing pasta or rice, like reviewing a staple, like reviewing something that you obviously have on your shelf.

2019-07-16

In the End It Has to Stay: A Review of Deep Space D-6

Deep Space D-6 is a “solitaire crew assignment game.” The story takes place on a starship that’s just been lured into a trap by a vicious enemy. Your job as the captain is to organize your crew and try to survive the onslaught. As a trekkie, I had to check this game out!

2019-07-11

Escape Room Games and Why I Don’t Like Them

I’ve been curious about escape room games for a while. I’ve read and watched many positive reviews, and I tend to like a game that offers a puzzly challenge. I bought two escape room games that can be played solitaire. Then I had two of the worst gaming experiences of my life.

2019-07-09

Why No Buzz? A Review of Pixel Glory: Light and Shadow

Pixel Glory: Light and Shadow was released in 2018. It has a highly playable solo mode, is easy to set up, quick to play and a lot of fun. So how come people aren’t talking about this game? Is it because of the misleading information on the box? Or a menacing conspiracy of wargamers? I might be unable to answer these questions, but I’ll give you a rundown of the game and share some thoughts.

2019-07-06

Fantastically Metathematic – A Roll Player Review

Are you so much into gaming that you’d consider playing a game about gaming? I know I am!

2019-07-02

If Looks Were Everything… A Review of Pulp Detective

Pulp Detective is a quick, lightweight game in a gorgeous package that has just the right looks for it’s theme. If looks were everything this game would have been a keeper, but for me it falls short on several accounts.

2019-06-30

Eight? Epic? A Review of Eight Epics

In Eight Epics you (or you and up to seven friends) take on the roles of eight Avatars of Hope trying to defeat the Avatars of Woe and save the world from destruction. The game is a dice-rolling game in a tiny box and it was designed by Seiji Kanai who made the famous Love Letter.

2019-06-28

Please Reprint This Game, But… A Review of The Cards of Cthulhu

The incongruous out-of-print game The Cards of Cthulhu is riddled with peculiarities, and I love it. Read this review to find out why.

2019-06-25

A Review of Maiden’s Quest

In Maiden’s Quest you take on the role of a maiden held captive in a tower. No brave knight has been able to rescue you so you take matters into your own hands. The tower is guarded by vicious creatures, but the real challenge is the rule book…

2019-06-19

A Review of The Lost Expedition: The Fountain of Youth and Other Adventures

When I reviewed The Lost Expedition I enjoyed it so much that I bought Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth, a game based on the same set of rules. I reviewed that game as well and liked it even more. Two of the reasons for this was the higher variability and the greater sense of discovery. Could an expansion add some of that to The Lost Expedition?