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One Day

So just as an aside from boardgaming, I will be displaying One Day with my classmate Angela today at our End of Year student Game show! If you want to play it, check out the link...

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Push Your Luck Episode 61: Session Impressions

Push Your Luck Podcast Episode 61 is released! Jon and I discuss some games they have played recently.Games covered are:Deep Sea AdventureXenoShyft OnslaughtLetter TycoonSoulfallDark SeasAntike...

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Push Your Luck Video #61 and #62 released!

PYLV #61: Dark Seas by AEGPYLV #62: CHEW: Cases of the FDA by IDW Games

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Push Your Luck Podcast Ep62: Spiel Des Jahres 2015 predictions!

Eric and Jon discusses the games recommended and nominated for the Spiel Des Jahres and Kennerspiel Des Jahres 2015 awards. They also discuss 2 games they have played recently which is Aquasphere and...

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Review - Specter Ops

I'm smirking, smile so wide it seems to be eating my face. I've just finished all my objectives, the hunters have no idea where I am, and I'm about to make a break for the closest exit. Victory should...

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Push Your Luck podcast Ep 63 released!

Eric and Jon discuss the games that they are looking out for at GENCON 2015! Eric will also be at GENCON at the Asmodee Demo booths as part of the demo team! So if you see him there, go say hi! Games...

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Push Your Luck Videos #67: Codenames

Alright after playing a few games today I had to get my video review in ASAP because it is a good game. Similar in feel to games like Fake artist goes to NY, Spyfall and Mysterium, Codenames is a light...

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The Ultimate PS Vita Twitch Game - Beat My Record!

Just a bite sized update before Eric shows us all the wonders of Gen Con! This isn't a board game review, unlike what I've written before about Specter Ops and Warhammer Conquest.I quickly look up at...

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Area Control with a Chinese Flavor

Legend has it that the board game Go was used to train future leaders in the hopes that it would aid them in the struggle for control of a fragmented China. Had it been around, Eternal Dynasty might...

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Grief and The Grizzled

For the "Lost Generation", World War I was the Great War, the War to End All Wars. Today, what we remember are the numbers - 100 years ago, 19th century tactics against 20th century tech, hundreds of...

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CODENAMES Tournament! (NYU Game Center students only)

Well its official! I will be organizing a CODENAMES tournament for NYU Game Center students on 1st October 2015, thursday, 7-10 pm (after playtest thursday).Form teams of 4 members each and sign up...

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Push Your Luck Episode 66: Essen Top 7 and a new section!

Jon is back and we talk about our Top 7 anticipated games from the upcoming Essen convention! I also introduce a new section called Can't Stop the Sackson where my classmate Alexander Bevier and I...

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Push Your Luck Podcast Ep 67: Let's Talk with Emerson Matsuuchi and Arnold...

In the next installment of Let's Talk, I chat with Emerson who designed Specter Ops, a tabletop game inspired by a video game, and Arnold who designed Card Crawl, a card based video game that looks to...

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Woot Woot! my second article on Kotaku talking about Pandemic Legacy!

In short, its an amazing game. Never has a boardgame made me want to keep playing it so often! Contender for my Game of the Year!Check out the link for more on the...

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Push Your Luck Podcast Ep68: What have we played?

Its been some time since Jon and I got together to chat again and this time we talk about some games we played recently! Games covered are: Pandemic LegacyInhabit the EarthAdvanced CivilizationThe...

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Stats for 2015!

Another year has ended and it was a great year for gaming I must say! Especially since I had a chance to volunteer for Asmodee at their booth at GENCON 2015!So here are my stats:total games played:...

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Push Your Luck Podcast Ep69!

Woot! 1st episode of 2016! Sorry it has been so long because we are both on holidays and enjoying ourselves and playing loads and loads of games!This episode we talk about Jon's Best of 2015 geeklist...

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The Politics of Mombasa

Mombasa is a very heavy game, with what seems like twenty different mechanics going on at the same time. Its main mechanic is a neat take on deckbuilding, but the game also offers some area control,...

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Interview with Alexander Pfister!

So after playing Mombasa, which is an awesome game, I wanted to chat with the designer, Alexander Pfister because he also designed other games that I really liked, for example Broom Service. I wanted...

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Push Your Luck Video Ep100! + Contest!

I review Nippon, a 2015 release by @WhatsYourGameEU and designed by @Sentieiro and @paulosoledade! Medium weight, action selection and area control game by the dynamic duo that will surely melt your...

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Push Your Luck Podcast Episode 70: Top 7 Underrated games!

Joel Eddy from Drive Thru Reviews join Eric as they chat about the Top 7 games in they feel are underrated. That is, they are really fun games that deserve more love than they currently are receiving...

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Push Your Luck Podcast Ep 71: What's in a theme?

So after Brian's article on Mombasa, we had a discussion and wanted to talk more about themes and sensitivities, specifically why certain themes are chosen given how stereotypical it can be and...

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Push Your Luck Podcast Ep 72: Can't Stop the Sackson Part 2: Golden Ages

Hey everyone! Episode 72 is released! Alexander Bevier joins me as we chat about Sid Sackson again and his involvement in a golden age just before the current one that most people did not seem to know!...

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Push Your Luck Podcast Ep 73 & 74

Hey everyone!Website is not dead but i am focusing a lot more on my video reviews ;p nevertheless, wanted to let you know about Ep 73 & 74.In Ep 73, I chat with my friend Brian Kang who just had...

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Push Your Luck Podcast Ep 75: Chris Cantrell from Riot Games!

Hey everyone! This episode is quite special and exciting for me because we interviewed Chris from Riot Games about Mechs vs Minions, their first foray into the boardgaming world! Brian joins me as we...

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