Tag Archives: Game Expansions

Game expansions add to a base game and almost always require the player have access to the base game, but not always. Some game expansions can be added or played on their own. Game expansions tend to add either a new level of difficulty, a different style of play, or more options to the players.

Wrong Chemistry: Expand Your Lab Game Expansion Review (prepublished version)

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After years of toiling away in an undisclosed government lab, you have finally been able to make a name for yourself. Grant money is starting to roll in and you have procured your own lab and staff! As the owner of your own lab, you get to discover even more elements and colleagues in the scientific community are on hand to assist. But the competition has become fiercer! You must strive to be the best in your field or your new lab will have to shut down! Continue reading →

Wrong Chemistry: Scientist Game Expansion Review

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Oh, sure, it’s fun finding new elements, but sometimes it isn’t the act of discovery that drives a scientist. Sometimes it’s the heat of competition and being recognized as the best of the best of the best…of the best. Now players can team up with a famous scientists to assist in their lab work. Just keep in mind that the extra helping hand is offered only once. Use it wisely to gain the advantage and claim the prize! Continue reading →

Mage Wars: Forcemaster vs. Warlord Game Expansion Review

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The schools of magic have long attempted to outdo one another, thus the war between the Mages. The arena has been the proving ground of many a young Mage and the end of countless fools. The arena floor is stained by blood, blackened by scorch marks, and littered with the bones of those who were not strong or quick enough to best their foe. It is here that two new Mages have come to prove their might and the strength of their magic, or die trying. Continue reading →

Pieces of Eight – Buccaneers Game Expansion Review

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Every pirate will eagerly tell you that if a little is good, more is better. This sentiment is the backbone of all that they live and die for. They never have enough rum, gold, or adventure. It drives them into danger and often times rewards them with fortune. Or death. Mostly death. Still, pirate captains are never hurting for volunteers to help man their ships! Continue reading →

Sentinels of the Multiverse: Rook City Game Expansion

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Rook City coils around the river that cuts it in half like a dark poisonous snake. Its streets are filled with crime and the overworked and underpaid police force are full of crooked cops too burnt out to fight the criminal element that rules the city. But there is also hope. On the roof tops and in the alleys, a secret war is waged between villains and heroes. To the winner will go the heart of the city and its future. A prize both sides intend to win. Continue reading →

The Fiasco Companion Book Review

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The role-playing game, Fiasco, focuses on storytelling that has some very tragic and hopelessly flawed characters. And while the story the players cooperatively share is most certainly the highlight of the experience, one cannot discount the importance of the character and story development it includes. For those looking to improve their game play experience, a companion is available to help guide them in strange new directions! Continue reading →

Mines of Khurgan Dungeon Crawler Game Expansion Review

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The mine was abandoned generations ago. Once, it was a source of great wealth and prosperity for the people of Keldorn, but that was then and the past has fallen into legend. The mines now belong to dark things that scurry in the shadows and avoid the light. None venture into the mine anymore except the very brave or the very stupid. Those who have returned do not speak of what they found. Continue reading →

Mage Wars Core Spell Tome Game Expansion Review

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As the very air around you sizzles and snaps with spent magical energy, you cannot help but admire your opponent from afar. They have done well and have been more than a match for your cunning. For every spell you have used, they have countered. An observer would think you beaten, bested by your opponent’s spells. But you smile to yourself knowing you are far from conquered. Time to use your opponent’s spells against him! Continue reading →

Art Deco: Lost Cousins Game Expansion Review

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“STOP!” yells a voice from the back of the room. The entire family turns to look at two individuals who have just interrupted the lawyer’s reading of your Great Aunt Hattie’s Will. “The Will you are reading is incorrect! I have here an amendment sent to me no less than a week ago!” The strange man hands a letter to the lawyer, who looks it over with a furrowed brow. “I see,” says the lawyer. “So we are to believe you are long-lost relatives?” Great. More family… Continue reading →

Reverse Charades: Holiday Edition Game Expansion Review

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Now you can play a rousing game of Reverse Charades and be festive with the season! This jolly expansion introduces new words to challenge the players that cover Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years Eve, and even the secular holiday bash known as Festivus. Not a single holiday trope is left untouched! Gather the family and ring in the New Year or help bolster the Holiday Spirit with this celebratory game expansion. Continue reading →

Reverse Charades: Sports Edition Game Expansion Review

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Sometimes you just can’t stop thinking about the “Big Game”. It consumes your thoughts at work, at the kitchen table, and even your dreams. If this sounds familiar, consider yourself a “Sports Fan”. Now you can take your enthusiasm and zealot like fanatical love for sports to a whole new level by acting out famous athletes, sports equipment, and sports-themed songs! And on a personal note, it is awesome to see Curling included as a “sport”! Continue reading →