Category Archives: Unboxing
Mansions of Madness 2 – First Look!
The first part of our Weekend of Madness ~
Avery Abernethy, 4 August 2018
I bought a copy of Mansions of Madness 2 after playing it at MACE in late Fall of 2017. Mansions of Madness 2 is a cooperative horror, puzzle, exploration and combat game from Fantasy Flight Games. A groundbreaking aspect of the game is that a computer app (which can be run on a smart phone or a tablet) is an essential game component.
Mansions of Madness 2 (MM2) comes in a large box
The MM2 Box
SEAL Team Flix – First Look!
Who gives a flick about what’s in the box?! ~
Vance Strickland, 25 July 2018
Here’s an unboxing my latest game arrival, Seal Team Flix.
Big heavy box.
Here’s why it’s heavy. Lots and lots of cardboard and bits.
Pavlov’s House – First Look!
Cracking open DVG’s new Stalingrad game ~
Michael Eckenfels, 11 July 2018
The Battle of Stalingrad is a good time for wargamers – at least, for me it is. I do enjoy some Eastern Front WWII battlin’, but the campaign in 1942 is of special interest to me, considering its scope and objectives. Stalingrad isn’t just a well-represented source for games, but could fill a library with all the books written just on that battle itself, let alone all of Case Blue.
ed note: we also had pre-release proof copies of this one on the table at Origins. See what you miss when you’re not there!?
Pavlov’s House from DVG isn’t a grand-scale representation of Case Blue, though; it’s more of a microscopic view of one slice of that campaign, which makes it extremely intriguing. All I know is it not only represents the tactical battles over the apartment complex that was famously known as “Pavlov’s House,” but also the general area of that battle, as well as the Soviet Army sector in which it took place.
For reference purposes, I found a good map on the Trip Wire Interactive forums
From what I’ve seen online, it looks like a lot of folks mistake the Steam Mill (#6 in the pic above) as Pavlov’s House.
Anyway, you’re not here to read history…you want to make it, through this game. Let’s take a look at what Pavlov’s House has under the hood.
Just look at the cover of this game. It just reeks of Soviet strength and determination.
Armageddon War – First Look!
Armageddon War, and Burning Lands have both arrived ~
Vance Strickland, 24 June 2018
Just received my KS package for Armageddon War and here are some shrink-ripping pics!
Kickstarter basic package. Too cheap for solo expansion.
Medieval – First Look!
As the Kickstarter start to arrive, we check out what’s inside ~
Vance Strickland, 23 June 2018
Relaunching an old classic, the new version of Medieval is starting to make its way to Kickstarter backers. What’s inside the box?
Big heavy box
