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Skat: Episode 2: Variants and Tournaments

In this episode, we go over a few variants to the game of skat as well as touching upon how to engage in a skat tournament. With the variants that are found in this episo

Skat: Episode 1 - The Basics

With Skat, it’s a trick-taking game, is part of the Ace-10 family, and trumps are used. It’s played between 3 players with a modified deck that consists of 32 cards inste

Mad Dragon 2

With Mad Dragon 2, it’s a childhood anger management game used to help children between the ages of 6 and 12 to learn techniques on how they can go about controlling thei

Mario Kart Gaslands

With Mario Kart Gaslands, it takes elements from both the video game franchise Mario Kart and mixes it with Gaslands Refuelled. Although the base mechanics of this game c

Spades

With Spades, it’s a trick-taking game, is part of the Whist family, and spades constitute the trump suit. In order for a player to win the game, they need to be the first

Eldritch Horror: Episode 5 - Optional Rules and Campaign Mode

With this episode, it addresses the optional rules and campaign mode for the game Eldritch Horror. So it has elements that can be added to base play as well as how to go

Eldritch Horror: Episode 4 - Incorporating the Expansions

With this episode, it goes over how to incorporate the 8 officially published expansions to the game Eldritch Horror as of the writing of this episode and consists of the

Eldritch Horror: Episode 3 - Playing the Game

With this episode, it addresses how to go about playing the game Eldritch Horror. With that said, we hope you enjoy this episode and of course, happy gaming. Credits W

Eldritch Horror: Episode 2 - Setup and Basic Mechanics

With this episode, it addresses the means of setting up the game to play Eldritch Horror as well as the basic mechanics of the game. With that said, we hope you enjoy thi

Eldritch Horror: Episode 1 - Game Overview and Objective

With this episode, it is the first in our five-part series on how to go about playing Eldritch Horror. With Eldritch Horror, it is an H.P. Lovecraft inspired boardgame pu

Stadium: A Sports Odyssey Lore Primer

With this episode, it goes over the primer lore for Stadium: A Sports Odyssey as obtained from the 1.0 rulebook, the Vixens expansion box, the Stadium website, Stadium's

Blackjack: Episode 4 – Tournaments

With this episode, it addresses how to go about engaging in tournament play for blackjack.  This includes, but not limited to, the entry conditions, tournament progressio

Blackjack: Episode 3 – Variants

With this episode, it addresses a few variants that we came across for the game of blackjack and includes specialty hands that can be made along with unique side bets the

Blackjack: Episode 2 – Irregularities

With this episode, it addresses irregularities that can occur during a hand of blackjack.  Besides addressing the matter, it addresses how to go about dealing with said i

Blackjack: Episode 1 – The Basics

With this episode, it is the first in our four-part series on how to go about playing blackjack. In this episode, we go over the basic mechanics of the game which include

Dune: Imperium –Episode 9: Bloodlines Solo, 2-Player, and 6-Player Variants

With this episode, it goes how to incorporate Bloodlines into a solo, two-player, and six-player game of Dune: Imperium. So instead of playing with three to five players,

Dune: Imperium –Episode 8: Bloodlines Tech Module

With this episode, it goes over the mini-expansion known as the Tech Module which allows players to incorporate the tech tiles mechanics without having to rely upon the r

Dune: Imperium –Episode 7: Bloodlines Base Play

With this episode, it is the initial episode on our series pertaining to that of Dune: Imperium – Bloodlines. It goes over the base play mechanics for Bloodlines as well

Cribbage: Episode 2 - Variants

With this episode, it goes over a few variants that exist for the game of cribbage. So with that said, we hope you enjoy. Credits Writer - Bradley P. Thomas Producer -

Cribbage: Episode 1 - Basic Play

With this episode, it goes over the basics of cribbage which includes the components, the basic mechanics of the game, and scoring. So with that said, we hope you enjoy.