Blog Profile / Drake's Flames
| URL : | http://drakesflames.blogspot.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Toys & Games / Board Games | |
| Posts on Regator: | 584 | |
| Posts / Week: | 2.9 | |
| Archived Since: | August 3, 2009 | |
Blog Post Archive
TV Review - Defiance
Usually, if I'm reviewing a TV show, it's because I loved it and I want other people to enjoy it. Tonight, unfortunately, that is not the case. Tonight's review is a caution sign, a warning. Tonight, I watch bad TV so you don't have to.I probably should have known going in that Defiance was going to be lame. Show More Summary
Card Game Review - Cavemen: The Quest for Fire
One of two things has recently occurred. One, Rio Grande Games forgot who I was. That, or they have forgiven me for my trespasses. Either way, they recently decided to up and send me some review copies. Only instead of sending me the...Show More Summary
Excellent Idea Review - Fantasy Gaming Figures
Last weekend, I wrote about Galaxy Defenders, and explained that I will only review your Kickstarter game if I am really impressed. And then, to prove that I am a lying bag of koala poop, I went on to review nothing but Kickstarter stuff...Show More Summary
Silly Card Game Review - Princess Bride: Prepare to Die!
It seems silly to be writing a review of a game that is basically two cards that you put together to make something kind of dumb, but Game Salute has been very good to me and Dan Yarrington is a bad-ass (and he's the head dude at Game Salute). Show More Summary
Drinking Game Review - DrunkQuest
As a younger man, I was something of an aficionado in the world of drinking games. Or, it might be more accurate to say, I was really good at drinking, games or not. Or, if we're being completely honest, I was drunk a lot, and sometimes...Show More Summary
Board Game Review - Galaxy Defenders
I love playing games that have come from foreign lands and been translated into English, mostly because the rulebooks tend to be very amusing. I've seen strange phrasing that sounded like references to blowjobs. I've seen words that are absolutely not in the English language. Show More Summary
Movie Review - Gangster Squad
I've mentioned before that I'm a big fan of mob movies. Scorsese movies in particular, but really, pretty much anything where organized criminals shoot each other in the face. But even with an exceptionally wide tolerance for error when it comes to movies about mobsters, I wasn't sure I wanted to see Gangster Squad. Show More Summary
Card Game Review - Cards Against Humanity
I played a horrible game this weekend, one that has me questioning my moral compass. And not even questioning whether my moral compass is having trouble pointing due north; after playing Cards Against Humanity this weekend, I'm not entirely...Show More Summary
Barely a Game Review - Rumble in the House and or Dungeon
I'm reviewing two games at the same time tonight, but they're basically the same game twice, so I think that's OK. For that matter, there's so little to either one that they barely deserve a review at all. In fact, by the time you finish reading this review, you could have read the rules for either game and set up to play. Show More Summary
Announcement - Esoteric Order of Gamers
Many of you are probably aware of Universal Head. In case you're not, let me set the record straight - his screen name is NOT a reference to one-size-fits-all fellatio. He's Australian. I'm not even sure they call it that there.Universal...Show More Summary
Movie Review - Django Unchained
If you read this blog often enough to know much about me at all, it should require almost no effort to figure out if I liked Django Unchained. If you know me at all, you probably would guess that when Quentin Tarantino makes a western about a black bounty hunter who kills, like, everybody, I would like that movie. Show More Summary
Board Game Review - Lord of the Rings
If you're a fan of Reiner Knizia's games, then one of two things is true. Either A) you have a well-developed sense of humor, or B) you don't read Drake's Flames. Reiner is my Numero-Uno, go-to guy when I need a game designer to mock,...Show More Summary
TV Show Review - Orphan Black
For the sake of establishing a baseline, here are some shows I do not like:Doctor Who (any incarnation)Being Human (British or American)TorchwoodAnd here are some shows I DO like:JekyllSherlock (the one with Benedict Cumberpatch)LutherIf you're a savvy TV nerd like myself, you might notice that all these shows have one thing in common - BBC America. Show More Summary
Deckbuilding Game Review - Arctic Scavengers
Remember right after Dominion came out, and there were no other deckbuilding games in the whole wide world, and everybody was like, 'holy cow, can you believe how cool this game is?' That was before Thunderstone and Nightfall and Rune...Show More Summary
Card Game Review - Guildhall
Some day I'm going to write an article about the psychology of board games. And one thing that I'm definitely going to discuss is whether size matters when we're talking about the box (I encourage all of you to quote that out of context). Show More Summary
Board Game Review in Song Form - Zoneplex
Picture yourself in a pyramid templewith triangle rooms you build on the fly.Randomly place some rooms in the Zoneplexand then move your monk to the eye.Bright-colored monsters of pink, blue and greenmanifest out of your head.Team up...Show More Summary
Comic Book Review - Planetoid
I love a good sci-fi comic, especially if there are no over-sexed dames in skin-tight leotards who can shoot fire from their nipples. Science fiction is such a great genre for comic books, because it's difficult to describe some of the crazy stuff you see in standard written fiction. Show More Summary
Tile Game Review - Battl Khaos
Sometimes I like to think that games are created when people are presented with interesting design challenges. Someone comes along and says, 'hey, make a game where you combine addition and mermaids, only make it boring,' and you get...Show More Summary
Cartoon Review - Adventure Time
When I was in high school, I became thoroughly fascinated with Thundercats. It was exciting and creative and ridiculously cool. In fact, the first comic book I ever drew was a two-page short where that weird monkey guy attacked the blue puma dude and got his ass beat with nunchucks. Show More Summary
Card Game Review - Shadowrift
I know deckbuilding games are a fad. I know people are getting tired of them. I know how many people love to say, 'oh, great, another deckbuilder, yawn.' They actually say that. Or type it, anyway. They type 'yawn' as its own sentence. Show More Summary