Category: Games

In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is an immense tree that is central in Norse cosmology, in connection to which the nine worlds exist. Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is central and considered very holy. The gods go to Yggdrasil daily to assemble at their things. The branches of Yggdrasil extend far into the heavens, and the tree is supported by three roots that extend far away into other locations; one to the well Urðarbrunnr in the heavens, one to the spring Hvergelmir, and another to the well Mímisbrunnr. Creatures live within Yggdrasil, including the wyrm Níðhöggr, an unnamed eagle, and the stags Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór. But in our house, when we are talking about Yggdrasil, nine times out of ten, we're talking about the board game. Yggdrasil Published: 2011 by Z-Man Games and Ludonaute Designed by: Cedric LeFebvre and Fabrice Rabellino # of players: 1-6 Suggested Ages: 13 and up Playing time: 75 minutes Purchase: Amazon (But it's selling for $98, which is way too much. Keep out an eye for it on ebay,...

Yeah, we played Nuts once a couple of weekends ago and I just don't think it's going to hit our table very often. It sounds cute enough. You're a bunch of squirrels gathering nuts, because squirrels love nuts, will do anything they can to get their paws on nuts, espcially big nuts. And they hat it when other people try to mess their nuts. Yeah, you see where this is going, right? Players gain a Nut card from the Nut card draw pile at the beginning of their turn but they can also grab other's Nuts by using a Grab card. Of course, people have Defense cards to block you from touching their nuts or make you steal from someone else instead. The goal is to gather 20 points worth of nuts. Each Nut card has a value on it from the measly 1 to the awesome Nut Henge worth 7 points. I like the pecan pie, personally. The cards have titles like Grab The...

It's been a while since I've had a boardgame post, but I had a couple of things I wanted to talk about. First, a few weeks ago we went to the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, always a great time of games, friends and food. And I won a t-shirt. Kinda cool, huh? My thanks to Longbow Games who were there promoting their upcoming game Hegemony Rome. We picked up one game while we were there, Shadowrift from Game Night Productions. The game's designer, Jeremy Anderson, sat with us for about an hour, explained the set-up and rules, and played a full game. It was a lot of fun, a cooperative deckbuilder where you work as a group to defeat the monsters killing folks in your town. Haven Town is facing total annihilation at the hands (and teeth) of a horde of monsters from beyond the Shadowrift. You the heroes must band together to drive them back.  To do this, you will need powerful spells,...