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    Mayday Games Card Game Premium Sleeves – Jordan’s view

    Published on May 7, 2013 by in Game Review

    Size: 2.5″ x 3.5″ (63.5mm x 88mm) Clear polypropylene Archival Safe (no PVC, acid free) The insert says 125% thicker but doesn’t indicate to what. That said, these are very good clear sleeves.  Much thicker than a standard penny sleeve and only marginally more expensive (after a bit or research on Amazon) compared to competitor’s

     
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    Dust Warfare – 300 points Axis v SSU

    Another video batrep for your viewing torture.  I mean, pleasure. Michael and Jordan get in a game of Dust Warfare.  

     
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    Hoplomachus: The Lost Cities – Jordan’s perspective

    Gladiatorial combat.  The cheering crowd!  The clash of weapons! The bloody sands! It is the time of ancient Rome and 3 lost civilizations have returned sending representatives to fight in the Coliseum. You will take control of the Gladiators of El Dorado, Atlantis or Xanadu. Each city brings some basic units, lesser Champions and Champions. 

     
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    Da Snotling 1000

    AUG hosts Michael and Jordan traveled to River City Hobbies in LaCrosse, WI to take part in this Warhammer Fantasy tournament.  Here is some random moments from the day. For the second straight year, Michael finished a solid 4th and I improved to 13th.  Yes, that is an improvement. Enjoy.

     
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    Legendary Marvel Deck Building Game – Jordan’s perspective

    Welcome to the Deck Building genre, X-Men.  Hope you survive! So Upper Deck dips a toe back into the Hero game format.  And does so with some success. Legendary is a deck building game featuring heroes of the X-Men and the Avengers battling Masterminds the likes of Loki, Magneto, Doctor Doom, Red Skull and their

     
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    DC Comics Deck Building Game – Jordan’s perspective

    Take on the role of one of the current Justice League members, battling villains and super-villains as you attempt to triumph over your opponents. So, you take on the role of either Cyborg, Wonder Woman,  Aquaman, Superman, Batman, The Flash or Hal Jordan Green Lantern, buying and battling your way to victory.  Each hero has

     
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    Warhammer Fantasy Vampire Counts vs Lizardmen 1000 points

    In this epic battle, two of your hosts face off for domination of the table top. Michael and his Lizardmen and Jordan and his Vampire Counts. Hilarity ensues.

     
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    Mice and Mystics – Jordan’s Perspective

    So right off the bat I was a bit leery of this game as mice are generally not the animals I gravitate toward.  Also, I was not keen on the whole Mouseguard thing and initial impressions were going in that vein. However, this is a very engaging game.  Solid story and mechanics soon moved me

     
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    Expedite – Jordan’s perspective

    You are a shipping magnate developing air trade routes to complete cargo runs. The playing field is a map of the world with various hubs across Europe, Asia, North and South America.  There are links between each hub including trans-Atlantic routes.  Strangely, there are no routes across the Pacific ocean. There are four basic game

     
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    Dungeon Heroes (prototype) – Jordan’s Perspective

    Dungeon Heroes by Smash Games is described as ‘a lunch time dungeon crawl’ and lives up to the description. This is a very quick game 1 – 2 player game. We were given rules for 2 players but Smash has since changed the description to 1-2 players so there will eventually be a rules update

     
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