Dragons Demize

Welcome back  listeners to another episode of Dragon’s Demize. This week on the podcast, your intrepid hosts review Trains, a combination deck building and route building game set in contemporary Japan. Players compete to connect different stations around Japan, but must also keep their decks from becoming too clogged with industrial waste. Trains takes these popular but […] The post Trains appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Hello listeners! Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize. Today we’ll be reviewing Roll Player, an ingenious game where players compete to build the best RPG character. Although the game relies heavily on dice, it features a ton of mitigation effects which minimize the randomness. It’s a quick, fun game that will feel especially relevant to anyone […] The post Roll Player appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Hello hello faithful listeners! This week on the podcast, your intrepid hosts review 10′ To Kill, a game about deception, strategy, and murder. Players move pawns around the game in an effort to set up their targets for a kill. The trick comes once a target has been killed, and police officers on the scene […] The post 10′ to Kill appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Hey there listeners! On this week’s podcast, Jakub and Greg discuss the punishingly difficult cooperative deck-building game Shadowrift! In Shadowrift, players construct decks in order to protect the town of Haven and defeat the invading monsters. The game features lots of elements that have to be carefully managed, including surviving villagers, walls and magical defenses, and the […] The post Shadowrift appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Welcome back to another exciting installment of Dragon’s Demize. This week, we review Mars Needs Mechanics, a commodity trading game with steampunk flair! In, Mars Needs Mechanics players trade Components for Cogs and vice versa in order to gain the biggest stack of Cogs. Prices fluctuate according to demand, so buying low and selling high […] The post Mars Needs Mechanics appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Hello listeners! Dragon’s Demize is back with another review: Sherwood’s Legacy. Sherwood’s Legacy is a tactical combat game similar to the popular tower defense genre of video game. Players take on the role of heroes from Robin Hood mythology and defend the village against the invading forces. The game also features resource management and an […] The post Sherwood’s Legacy appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Hello and welcome back to Dragon’s Demize! Today, we’ll be reviewing The Castles of Mad King Ludwig. In Castles (as I’ll be referring to it for the rest of this post, because damn), players take on the role of architects, designing castles for King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Each round, players purchase rooms from the […] The post Castles of Mad King Ludwig appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Welcome back listeners! This week on Dragon’s Demize, we review Paris Connection, a game about stocks and trains and how sometimes they’re the same thing. In Paris Connection, players compete to earn the most points by hoarding “stock” in six different colors of railroad. Each railroad is worth a number of points based on the […] The post Paris Connection appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Hello again listeners! On this week’s episode of Dragon’s Demize, we decided to do things a little differently. Rather than review one game, we examine social deduction games as a whole. Using two of the biggest names in the genre, The Resistance and Secret Hitler, we break down what qualities are shared among most social […] The post Social Deduction Games appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Welcome listeners to another episode of Dragon’s Demize. Today, we review Viceroy, a strategy game where players compete to build their pyramids of power. In Viceroy, players collect gems in order to acquire and play character cards. Each character card can be played into a pyramid at any level, provided there are free cards beneath […] The post Viceroy appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Hello listeners, and welcome back to Dragon’s Demize. This week, we’re reviewing one of Jakub’s personal favorite games: Dead of Winter. In Dead of Winter, players each control multiple survivors, and attempt to fulfill public and secret objectives. These secret objectives often require you to stockpile resources, which can create tension among the survivors. Even […] The post Dead of Winter appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Hey listeners. Got another great episode for you today, as we review Lanterns. This colorful tile-matching game holds a surprising amount of strategic depth. Players compete to earn the most honor by earning matched sets of colored lantern cards. The more sides you match with a single play, the more you earn, so it pays […] The post Lanterns appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Hello listeners! We’ve got an extra special episode for you today: we had an opportunity to interview Daniel George, founder of August Games and designer of the delightfully fanciful Dragon Brew. Daniel has been designing games for years and had lots of great insights to offer. Our conversation ranged all over, from advice to aspiring game designers, to […] The post Interview with Daniel George appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Put on your wizard robes and hats, listeners, it’s time to go to Wizard School! This week, Dragon’s Demize reviews Wizard School, the new game from DFTBA games. In this cooperative card game, players take on the role of students attempting to keep their grades up, fight off magical monsters, and survive long enough to graduate. Each […] The post Wizard School appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Hello listeners, and welcome back to another explosive episode of Dragon’s Demize! We’re reviewing Alchemists today, so grab your ingredients and we’ll see what kind of concoction we can brew. Alchemists is an action management game in which players compete to earn the most victory points by making and selling potions, acquiring powerful artifacts, and, […] The post Alchemists appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Hello listeners! This week’s podcast features a review of Flip City, a deckbuilding game with a unique twist (or should I say flip). Each card is double-sided and you can upgrade them to dramatically change the mechanics of your deck. It’s a little game, but we’ve got a lot to say about it, so be […] The post Flip City appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Hello agents. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to this week’s podcast about Codenames. This simple word-association game has picked up a huge following since its release just two years ago. Since then, it has sparked the creation of two standalone variations: Codenames Deep Undercover, full of raunchy and inappropriate […] The post Codenames appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

This week on Dragon’s Demize, we review New Bedford, the unexpectedly compelling game about 19th century whaling. With a solid core of worker placement and resource management and meticulously researched flavor, New Bedford is well worth picking up. We also discuss what we’ve been playing lately, including Time Stories, Fairy Tale, and Star Wars Rebellion. […] The post New Bedford appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize! It’s been a while since our last update, but we’re excited to kick off the new year with one of our favorite new games: Inis. This territory-control game with heavy Celtic themes is both gorgeous and fun to play, so we hope you’re encouraged to check it out after our […] The post Inis appeared first on Dragon's Demize.

Welcome back to Dragon’s Demize, where today we’ll be taking a look at digital games. We know that many of you are traveling for the holidays but still want to keep in touch with your friends and gaming group. For that, we offer this quick primer on what games have digital versions available via mobile […] The post Digital Games appeared first on Dragon's Demize.