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Tabletop Roleplaying Games: Telling a Story with Funky Shaped Dice

Until recently, Michael always assumed role-playing games were “too nerdy”. Read about his journey from role-playing virgin to Game Master aficionado!

Review: Dogs of War

Michael reviews Dogs of War, a game that combines the strategy and depth of a Euro game with the theme of a war game. Also there are lots of hats!!

Avengers: From Silver Age to Silver Screen

To mark the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Michael spent his weekend talking to his Dad about his comic collection.

Review: Homeworld Remastered Collection

Almost 16 years after it’s original release Homeworld and it’s sequel have been re-released in glorious HD. Michael takes a look.

Review: Dead of Winter

On paper, Dead of Winter really shouldn’t work as well as it does but Michael finds that it does excel and stands way above its stiff competition.

Preview: Monstrum

Michael Barclay plays an early access build of Monstrum, a procedurally-generated horror game. Both very scary and at times frustrating, read on to find out if its worth purchasing in its current state.

Review: Colt Express

Michael Barclay spent his Christmas and New Year’s pretending to be a cowboy and playing with a toy train set. Read on to find out how much of a good time he had!

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