Calvin’s Commentaries: Nightmare Forest: Alien Invasion

Ah, the wonderment of a game that surprises the player with what the overall experience of…

Calvin’s Commentaries: The Farmhand #1

The Farmhand #1 Written by Rob Guillory Art by Rob Guillory Publisher: Image Comics I am…

Calvin’s Commentaries: War Bears #1

War Bears #1 Written by Margaret Atwood & Ken Steacy Art by Ken Steacy Publisher: Dark…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Konungar War of Crowns #1

Konungar War of Crowns #1 Written by Sylvain Runberg Art by Juzhen Translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Steampunk Rally

Oh, how I wanted to love Steampunk Rally with all my heart. “It is the turn…

Calvin’s Commentaries: The Hard Place

The Hard Place Written by Doug Wagner Art by Nic Rummel Colors by Charlie Kirchoff Cover…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Xenofera

Xenofera was one of those most pleasant surprises that sometimes happen when you break the seal…

Calvin’s Commentaries: 8 Million Ways to Die

8 Million Ways to Die Written by Lawrence Block Adapted by John K Snyder III Illustrated…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Rome West

Rome West Written by Justin Giampaoli & Brian Wood Art by Andrea Mutti Cover art by…

Calvin’s Commentaries: The Defence of Pictland

It was a month ago that the review was a game by Jon Hather, and this…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Crossroad Blues

Crossroad Blues: A Nick Travers Graphic Novel Written by Ace Atkins Art by Marco Finnegan Cover…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer #1

Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer #1 Story by Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins Written by Max Allan…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Vikings vs Saxons

It continues to amaze me how modern era game designers can still come up with ideas…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Aristeia

Miniature wargaming is a favourite of mine, in particular, skirmish level battles. Skirmish games are small-scale…

Calvin’s Commentaries: 3D Pawn

Ah the joy of a truly intriguing game coming in a small package. Welcome to 3D…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Team UP!

It always fascinates when a game can be stored in a relatively small box, and yet…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Dwarven Miner

Dwarven Miner was one of those games where the expectations were not overly high, and the…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Dominion

Deckbuilding is a great board game mechanic in its own right, best seen in a game…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Bridget

Aesthetics are a huge part of what makes an abstract strategy game stand out for me.…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Partido

You have to appreciate a board game that comes in a small box with rules so…

Calvin’s Commentaries: In the Name of Odin

There is something to be said for savvy marketing, and in the world of board games,…

Calvin’s Commentaries: New York 1901

Among recently reviewed games none have been a more enjoyable experience than New York 1901. While…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Okanagan

Tile laying games are by their nature generally easy for players to get into and are…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Journey To The Overland

If you are a fan of role-playing games you will likely recognize one of the barriers,…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Unbroken

There are always those days we want to game, but can’t find a bud to join…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Martial Art

There are those games which fight above their weight class as they say. Martial Art from…

Calvin’s Commentaries: 40 Thieves

When a game arrives in a cloth sack, and you open it to find a stack…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Get Adler

London, 1937 — Intelligence has discovered that Top-Secret documents are missing. So, too, is MI6 Agent…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Aidan 5

When it comes to being surprised by something on the ‘Net, the web series Aidan 5…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Star Trek: Outpost

With the arrival of Star Trek Discovery on mainstream television last fall, a long hiatus from…

Calvin’s Commentaries: Catacombs

When it comes to board games I have played a rather extensive list over the decades…