An Average Gamer - Reviews in 500 Words

I picked up the starter box of Star Wars Destiny from Fantasy Flight Games for my brother-in-law because he is a huge Star Wars fan. Like most starter sets, Destiny provides you with the bare bones to get started. You get Rey and Poe versus Kylo and Phasma. This is a collectible dice and card game. Personally, I am not generally a fan of collectible games. I think they reward players with more money and disadvantage those with less. But, that truly only applies when playing competitively. If you are just playing with friends who like the setting and don't care about buying up all the best combinations, then any collectible game can be fun (I play Magic with my nephew and though we occasionally buy packs, we don't go out trying to buy specific cards to help us win). The dice in Destiny are used to gain resources and for combat. The cards get you extra dice or special abilities that are triggered based on how you roll. The dice and cards can also gain you Shields whic...

After 2 weeks off, post GenCon and some family trips, we're back talking about the games we have on the table.  With family obligations I have only been able to get in some light, quick games and one of the ones that my young nieces adore is  Dungeon Mayhem by  Wizards of the Coast . This 2-4 player game is light on rules and plays in about 10 minutes. Each player takes the role of one of 4 adventurers (Sutha the Barbarian, Oriax the Rogue, Lia the Paladin, or Azzan the Wizard). Your goal is to beat (knock out in my niece’s world) the other players and claim all the treasure in the dungeon for yourself. This is not a think-y game in the least. With your cards you deal damage to other players, heal yourself, put out defenses or draw more cards. This is a player elimination/king of the hill type game with each character having 10 health and once it reaches 0, that player is out. But since the game plays quickly, even with younger kids, no one is...