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OgreCave review – Heroes of Graxia

October 5, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, Reviews Leave a comment

Lee knows a good card game when he plays it, but is Petroglyph’s Heroes of Graxia counted among them? This Magic: The Gathering meets Dominion game opens new territory for card gamers on the lookout for new systems. Lee enjoyed

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OgreCave review – Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements

September 27, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, Reviews Leave a comment

Lee recently put the latest expansion to AEG’s Thunderstone through its paces, so today we have his review of Thunderstone: Wrath of the Elements. This new expansion adds depth to the deck-building card game, including some tough monsters to defeat,

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OgreCave review – LEGO’s Wild Wool

September 15, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Geek Culture, Reviews Leave a comment

Demian couldn’t resist picking up one of the recent LEGO games, and now you can benefit by reading his review of Wild Wool. Aimed toward younger players, this sheep shearing game takes full advantage of the LEGO medium – nothing

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Once more, with feeling – D&D Heroscape

September 7, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Miniatures Games, Reviews Leave a comment

My garage clean-out has kept me away from the site for too long today – so many treasures to sort – and now I hear a link was fouled up in the previous post. So, let’s try this again: Lee’s

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OgreCave review – D&D Heroscape

September 7, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Dungeons & Dragons, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Lee is back with another in-depth addition to our review catalog – this time, he’s brought us his thoughts on Dungeons & Dragons Heroscape: Battle for the Underdark. This new main set for the Heroscape line drapes the game’s quick

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OgreCave reviews – Nile & Knock Down, Drag Out

August 27, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, Reviews Leave a comment

Our latest new reviews come from Demian, who has tried his hand at a pair of recent card games – several hands, actually. First he describes Minion Games’ Nile, an agriculturally themed game done in a classic style. Then Demian

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OgreCave review – Memoir ’44: Disaster at Dieppe

August 23, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Reviews Leave a comment

Monday morning, and we’re off to war – specifically, Daron’s review of the brand new Memoir ’44 expansion Disaster at Dieppe. This set provides new map options for the streamlined war/board game, new unit types, and a bunch of new

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OgreCave reviews – Town, Points in Space v1, Memoir ’44 Terrain

August 7, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Reviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Another group of new reviews has just been added to OgreCave’s collection, with items of interest for roleplayers and board gamers alike. First, Demian takes a look at two RPG resource books: Town, and the revised version of Points in

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OgreCave reviews – WEGS Redux, Dice Rule!

July 27, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Reviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

As sometimes happens, one of our recent review targets has been updated, and Demian is on the case. As proof, he’s taken a look at two recent additions to the Wickedly Errant Game System from Gamewick Games. First, WEGS: Old

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OgreCave reviews – 7 Ate 9, Super Circles, Third-World General

July 16, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, Reviews Leave a comment

To help keep us up to date on the mass of card gaming goodness available these days, Demian has sent over his thoughts on 7 Ate 9 and Super Circles (both from Out of the Box), and on Third-World General

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OgreCave review – Small World: Tales and Legends

July 12, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Reviews Leave a comment

In his quest to examine every corner of Small World, Lee has taken an extensive look at Small World: Tales and Legends, the brand-new expansion for Small World being released this week by Days of Wonder. The set adds random

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OgreCave review – Strange Aeons 2

July 7, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Reviews, Roleplaying Games Leave a comment

Demian has been busy looking over Strange Aeons 2, the recent Call of Cthulhu adventure collection from Chaosium. He’s prepared a review for us, which you should read. Or if not, you can read our other reviews. So the gist

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OgreCave reviews – Memoir ’44 and Eastern Front

July 5, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Reviews 2 comments

We’ve given new Cave dweller Daron the task of getting us up to speed on the near-legendary game line of Memoir ’44, and today he has delivered his first two reviews for our edification. To make sure everyone’s on the

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OgreCave review – Zombie Dice

July 2, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Reviews

What goes better with a dice game than brains and shotgun blasts? That’s right, we’re talking about Zombie Dice, one of the new releases from Steve Jackson Games that puts players in the role of a hungry zombie (is there

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OgreCave review – Giants

June 30, 2010 Allan Sugarbaker Board Games, Reviews

Sometimes you find a game that speaks to you, and really hits that sweet spot between strategic play and rewarding fun. For OgreCave reviewer Demian, Giants is one of those “sweet” games, forcing players to juggle resources – and even

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