What is On the Table? On the Table is a series of board and card game reviews. Each week, I focus on a different piece of analog entertainment with coverage of basic gameplay, a little critique and passing mention of any digital versions I find of it.
Why? Destructoid is a video game site. Board games are fun, for starters. And with the popularity of games like Carcassone, Catan and Eye of Judgement, I felt there was an interest in this type of game. And it's my blog, so there.
When do new editions of On the Table appear? On the Table updates every Saturday. Well, almost every Saturday. Some weekends are busier than others.
Previous On the Table columns:
5/24/2008 - Arkham Horror's Lesser Expansions Curse of the Black Pharaoh and The King in Yellow contribute still more to the Arkham Horror game
5/17/2008 - Dunwich Horror (expansion) The first expansion to Arkham Horror brings the Investigators to a rural village which harbors a terrible secret.
05/10/2008 - Arkham Horror In the New England town of Arkham, an ancient evil stirs and it's up to a group of (foolishly) curious heroes to stop it's return to this world.
05/04/2008 - Do You Worship Cthulhu? A rural English village is having its citizens sacrificed to Cthulhu, and it's probably one of your friends.
04/26/2008 - Lost Cities Rival expeditions seek to make good on their investments in this two-player card game (now on XBLA)
04/19/2008 - Zombies!!! Can you escape the zombie horde and make it to the helipad?
04/12/2008 - Abalone A divide-and-conquer strategy game for two players
04/05/2008 - Guillotine Chopping off heads in the French Revolution without a time machine or all that messy blood.
03/29/2008 - Fluxx A card game with ever-changing rules and objectives.
03/22/2008 - Catan One of the most popular board games on Earth has a lot more than XBLA gives us.
03/16/2008 - Hex Hex A spiteful game of hot potato.
03/01/2008 - Nuclear War A tongue-in-cheek card game of propaganda, big missles and fallout
02/23/2008 - GIPF Two-player game of pushing and capturing pieces with massive expansion possibilities.
02/17/2008 - Quarto Simple but deep two-player strategy in this game based loosely on Tic-Tac-Toe
02/02/2008 - Leonardo da Vinci Compete with your friends to become a great inventor in this resource management game.
01/26/2008 - Eat Poop, You Cat! A simple party game that requires nothing more than a piece of paper and a pen.
01/19/2008 - Munchkin A satirical card game that pokes fun at role-playing games and its more... earnest players.
01/12/2008 - Robo Rally A funny and challenging robotic race through a deadly factory.
01/04/2008 - Supremacy An in-depth world domination game combined with a strategic arms race and stock market system.
12/29/2007 - Quiddler Fast and fun card game combining elements of Scrabble and Gin.
12/22/2007 - Betrayal at House on the Hill A group of people investigate a spooky mansion, but one of them has their own reasons for being there.
If you're taking requests, I'd like a review for Killer Bunnies or Red Dragon Inn, as both seemed interesting to me and I was almost inclined to purchse both.
I'm also kinda curious about Descent (expensive as hell) and Arkham Horror (or whatever it is called, the Cthuluesque board game).
Incidentally, I really dig your reviews, and I own a couple of games from your archives already. :P
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(# 0) on 04/19/2008 22:19
(# 1) on 04/19/2008 22:34
I'm also kinda curious about Descent (expensive as hell) and Arkham Horror (or whatever it is called, the Cthuluesque board game).
Incidentally, I really dig your reviews, and I own a couple of games from your archives already. :P
(# 2) on 04/27/2008 01:44