Keep to the Path (A Review of Tsuro)

When people think of dragons, they tend to think of fire breathing monsters going on a rampage and being fought off by brave and noble adventurers.  You know, slaying dragons and whatnot.

But did you ever think that sometimes dragons just like to take flight and soar, high up in the skies, peacefully and freely? Well, it happens.  Now you know.  And you can take control of a dragon doing that exact thing in the board game Tsuro. And it's better than it sounds.

News Bits: 4/29/2013

Another week, another NEWS:

Mensa announces its 2013 Mind Game Award winners [Link] Mensa announced its Mind Game Awards this week, and the results are surprisingly gamer friendly. It's no surprise to see a Gamewright game on the list, But Bezier Games? This bodes well for future awards.

News Bits: 1/28/2013

Big news this week. Read on!

Toy Vault acquires Firefly license [Link] Geek worlds converged last week when Toy Vault announced that it had acquired the Firefly license to create tabletop games in Joss Whedon's 'verse. I'm not terribly excited about this news, but only because licensed games don't excite me much. (This is the themeless, soulless Euro part of me coming out.) And I'm especially not too excited when the tabletop games announcement came in the same breath as novelty plush figures and pillows based on the characters. Still, time will tell.