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I Met Death Today – A Hell of a Deal Review

21. September 2026 um 15:00
You can pinpoint moments where things change, where ripples meet ripples and creativity shifts. Dominion concocted deckbuilding. Love Letter gave the microgame sex appeal. The Crew pulled trick-takers from the ground like a necromancer. Now, Balatro is whispering in the minds of designers, calling forth Ace of Spades, Rolling Deep, and the subject of this…

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Video Review: The Struggle for Zorn: The Red Blight from Blue Panther

Von: Grant
23. August 2026 um 14:00

The Struggle for Zorn: The Red Blight is a 1-5 player semi-cooperative fantasy wargame. Players will represent the various Houses of the fictional Kingdom of Zorn, and these Houses have joined together to defeat the rising threat of the vile Red Blight. The Red Blight is an evil entity that has just launched an invasion of peaceful Slumbering Troll Valley, the northern-most province of the kingdom. The monsters of the Red Blight are now holding the citizens of the valley hostage and have absconded with the province’s valuables, treasures, and vital resources. The Houses have been summoned by King Rufus V of Zorn to launch a Royal Crusade to free the valley and rid it of this blight.

The game’s players will each control a Commander, a Magic User, and a House Army, made up of various types of military units. Each player attempts to defeat enemy units and capture Treasure Tokens, and by so doing earn Glory Points. The player scoring the most Glory Points will be awarded with the title “Hand of the Crown” and win the game. However, players must cooperate and assist each other as well. If the Red Blight achieves certain conditions, all the players lose the game, regardless of their situation or amount of Glory Points. If players can stave off The Red Blight’s attempt to exploit the valley for four full days, the monsters will lose access to the malignant power that sustains them. If this evil has been successfully thwarted, peace and freedom will be restored once again to the valley and one of the intrepid Houses will gain the ultimate royal reward.

We published an interview with the designer Hermann Luttmann and you can read that at the following link: https://theplayersaid.com/2023/12/18/interview-with-hermann-luttmann-designer-of-the-struggle-for-zorn-the-red-blight-from-blue-panther/

I also wrote a fairly in-depth First Impression style post and you can read that at the following link: https://theplayersaid.com/2024/05/14/first-impressions-the-struggle-for-zorn-the-red-blight-from-blue-panther/

-Grant

Mission Impossible – Valkyrie: A Black Orchestra Game in Review

09. März 2026 um 14:00
There are few acts of violence more righteous than killing Adolf Hitler. On July 20th, 1944, German Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg attempted to do just that. Not to spoil the 2008 Bryan Singer film, but von Stauffenberg failed thanks to the leg of an oak table. The 2016 board game Black Orchestra allows players to…

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