Welcome to the Gamer’s Codex, a place for table top gamers, by table top gamers. The Gamer’s Codex was born from idea that - Posted on:
June 10, 2008
- Categories: Board/Card/War/Mini Tabletop Game Review
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Oregon
Where the American Frontier meets Euro-style board gaming, Oregon is a strategy game where players place tokens and figures in an attempt to maximize their point potential. I have been told that this game is similar to Carcassonne by the same company. I have not played Carcassonne yet, so I ...
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June 10, 2008
- Categories: Board/Card/War/Mini Tabletop Game Review
Ticket to Ride (TtR) is one of those staple games you can always see at a convention. It is right up there with Settlers of Catan as one of the more popular games to play. Ticket to Ride: Switzerland is an expansion of that great game that takes you into the tough terrain of the famed ...
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May 29, 2008
- Categories: RPG Review
Mongoose Publishing in conjunction with Wildfire LLC and Black Sky Studios have released a twisted vision of a dark future, combining anime-style mecha with the Cthulhu mythos. This stand-alone roleplaying game uses the Framewerk system and is contained in a full-color hardcover book with ...
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May 4, 2008
- Categories: Board/Card/War/Mini Tabletop Game Review
Nothing can compare to the popularity of Settlers of Catan within theboardgamers of the world. It is no wonder Mayfair has tried to capitalize on its popularity by expanding on it and giving you new ways to enjoy the now established Catan game-verse.
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February 27, 2008
- Categories: RPG Review
Fading Suns Revised Second Edition marks the resurrection of one of the best RPGs “you have never heard of.” In 2007, Redbrick Limited of New Zealand acquired the Fading Suns license from Holistic Designs, Inc. Upon obtaining the license, Redbrick released a new version of the core ...
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February 4, 2008
- Categories: RPG Review
Cheesy horror came to mind when I saw Horror Rules. Something with Bruce Campbell (early years) or some Scream Queen was all that I could think about. There are two ways to run a good horror game and I think they are equally fun. There is the serious and brooding game with mood lighting, ...
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January 8, 2008
- Categories: Board Game Related, Interviews
Dominic Crapuchettes and Satish Pillalamarri are the founders and co-managers of North Star Games, a new party game and family game company that is surprising the industry. Initially a brainchild of Mr. Crapuchettes, North Star Games came to be in April of 2003. After meeting Mr. ...
