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Author - Thomas Wells
Recent Articles & Reviews by Thomas Wells
What are we playing at? Colonialism, Review, and Critique
Join Thomas as he broaches an uncomfortable topic in board gaming: colonialism. There are more games than you can shake a first player token at that concern themselves with EMPIRE. But when we play games, what are we playing at?
Irish Gauge Review – Share and Share Alike
Irish Gauge is a fantastic introduction to investment games and is pretty dang fun to boot. Read more in our review of Irish Gauge.
Ragusa Review – City Building with Frenemies
Ragusa is a city-building worker placement game with a trowel full of player interaction. Read our review of Ragusa to see what we thought.
Pax Pamir 2nd Edition Review – The Player(s) of Games
Pax Pamir Second Edition is some damn fine art. Read more in our review.
Complexcity Review – A Complex of Colors
Complexcity is a tile-laying game with a sci-fi twist--solitary puzzly experience. Read more in our review of Complexcity.
SECTRE Review – Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Get your color-coding and coordinate mapping on with SECTRE, a small-box game from Freshwater Game Company.
Papua Review – The Predicament
Lovely art and problematic presentation collide in Devir’s Papua. Does the game overcome its troublesome view of history? More in our review.
The “I Was Wrong About Race for the Galaxy” Review
Sometimes you have to rethink a review you've written. One of our authors talks about this in his Race for the Galaxy review.
Inis Review – Let’s Make a King
Elegant, brutal, and exciting, Inis has some things to say about taking and holding on to power. Read more in our review.