The Mercenary of Venice (A Review of Condottiere)

[editor's note: Please welcome our new friend and reviewer, whom we will cryptically refer to only as "Jason."  You may know him from his own board-gaming blog, Kinderspiel.  He has permanently joined the iSlaytheDragon team which means more reviews for everyone!  We're excited to have him.  If you want to learn more about him, check out his bio on our About page, or follow him on twitter @SpielemitKinder)

In Condottiere, you assume the titular role of a 13^th Century warlord-for-hire marching across Renaissance Italy.  Florence, Venice, Genoa, Rome; they can all be yours by employing equal parts intrigue, guile, and luck.  Command your mercenaries in battle.  Summon a legendary heroine to inspire your men.  Call upon the Church to intervene on your behalf.  Force your enemy to surrender with a daring maneuver.  And prepare to stretch your imagination for this thinly themed card game, because glory awaits!

A review of Wiz-War (8th Edition)

Fsssshhooooow! From the other end of the dark corridor, a fireball whips straight at you. With a whisper, you raise your staff just in time to cast your shield as the blazing inferno shatters on the translucent field. Suddenly the wall next to you explodes revealing another wizard readying his own attack. Thinking quickly, you transform yourself into an enormous golem, smashing through everything in your path with one hand as you clutch a small treasure chest in your other.

Wiz-War pits up to 4 wizards against each other within a mysterious underground chamber in a test of skill, power, and cunning. Wizards rush around the underground maze, casting and deflecting spells as they seek to capture their opponents treasure first, or at least survive long enough to be the last wizard standing.