It's a given. If you own games and want people to play them with you, you are going to have to teach people how to play. It can be a daunting task; you may think that you have to know everything, or if you make a mistake, people will hate you and never want to play with you again. None of these things are true. In fact, it can be a fun and rewarding experience. Here are my tips on teaching games that will help you and your group get playing faster and, hopefully, want to play again. 1. Be excited about the game you are about to teach It seems obvious, but if you don't have any passion for the ..read more

All bird cards in the tray holder. Cards sleeved with Mayday standard USA size (MDG-7040) Bag automata and bonus cards Bag first player marker with bonus tiles Bag player action cubes with scorepad ..read more

Tiles and tokens in a Plano 3620 ProLatch tackle box Slide card and player boards over to the left to allow room to stand the tile boards on the right side Bag cards, player tokens, and money. Cards sleeved with Fantasy Flight standard euro sleeves (59x92mm purple label ..read more

For Floodgate Games’ dice-drafting hit Sagrada, here’s how to get everything to fit in the box, including the 5-6 player expansion and sleeved cards. Let’s begin with my crumply plastic insert… Next, bag all the 5-6 player expansion objective and tool cards. Cards are sleeved with Mayday premium card game size (MDG-7077). Roll up and place the glass bead bag in the upper right compartment. It’s hard to see in the picture below. Keep the 5-6 player expans ..read more

This post is an edited reprint of my original from Geekdad.com, posted April 29, 2019.You are an elite spellcaster, harnessing the power of elements to craft powerful creations and spells. Use all your resources at your disposal to defeat your opponents and claim the Godsforge!Godsforge, from Atlas Games and designer Brendan Stern, is a competitive dueling mage-style card game for 2-4 players, ages 14 and up. While there are a lot of dueling card games out there, what really grabbed my attention is that Godsforge features simultaneous play, dice rolling for resources, support for up to 4 playe ..read more

A few weeks ago, I received this email from GMT, a small-ish independent publisher of wargames and strategy games...Dear P500 customers,I'm writing today to let you know that after much consideration and after consultation with the designer, we have decided to pull Scramble for Africa off of our P500 list.It's clear to me that the game is out of step with what most eurogame players want from us, in terms of both topic and treatment. Over the past few weeks, we've heard from a growing number of gamers who had concerns about both in regards to Scramble for Africa. To those of you who took the ti ..read more

Happy spring! Things have been busy, and posts have been scarce, but we are ramping up some new content and wanted to give you a peek at my queue…Here at On Golden Age…I’ve spent some time this past month writing about my thoughts on the classic eurogame Puerto Rico and others that use colonialism as a theme. The post is finished, but I’m still doing some edits on it. It’s one that’s been on my mind for a while. Look for it in a day or so.Meanwhile… Still percolating is my exhaustive post/guide to Gloomhaven. I’ve been play ..read more