by Joe Unfried | May 10, 2022 | Articles
A Retro Board Game with Real World Roots. By Josef J. Unfried The game of Snoopy and the Red Baron is, of course, not even close to a true story, and I will get to my review of this well-crafted analog test of hand-eye coordination in a bit. But first… Who Was...
by Joe Unfried | Oct 4, 2019 | Articles, Reviews
Designed by Larry Harris, Jr.Published by Nightingale Games (2019) “The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards, and its fighting done by fools.” —- Thucydides Ladies and Gentlemen, we live in uncertain times....
by Joe Unfried | May 2, 2019 | Articles
When I checked in at the lobby of the Manhattan address I’d been given, the doorman greeted me: “Oh, you must be here to play Othello.” I was looking for Vlad Petric, director of the Silvia Petric Memorial – U.S. National Othello Championship. Foxy met me at the...
by Joe Unfried | Apr 9, 2019 | Articles
THIS WAR OF MINE: The Board Game, designed by Michal Oracz and Jakub Wisniewski, brought in over $600,000 British pounds in its Kickstarter project of May 2016 (over $700K American). In 2017, the game was released by Awaken Realms (and many other publishers). “Not...
by Joe Unfried | Apr 3, 2019 | Articles
5) VOICE OF THE MUMMY (1971)Published by Milton Bradley. (No designer credit.) This game has many merits. The components look great, and so does the board, with specific places to put the eerie green gems, and little stairs etched into the board to use when the mummy...
