Shadows of Brimstone – Board game review.

 

Sitting at the saloon, the sheriff of the small town known as “New Dawn” kept an eye on the whisky glass on the table while holding in his right hand the old Peacemaker. He had acquired the habit of releasing the drum, rolling it with his thumb and pulling it back inside with a twist of the hand and holstering the gun, all in a quick fluid movement. He’d do that over and over again while still keeping an eye on the cup of whisky.

 

He had managed to kick off the drinking habit years earlier, before New Dawn but after the episode that went down in history as the “Red Hook Massacre”, but he still enjoyed having a full glass on the table, like an old friend with whom you lose intimacy, but still quite can’t get away from. His thoughts, whatever they were, were interrupted by shouting coming from the street.

 

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Shadows of Brimstone – Resenha.

  

Sentado no saloon o xerife da pequena cidade de “New Dawn” contemplava o copo de uísque sobre a mesa enquanto segurava em sua mão direita o velho Peacemaker. Ele havia adquirido o hábito de liberar o tambor e girá-lo com o polegar para então com um movimento rápido recolhê-lo e reinserir a arma em seu coldre, fazendo e refazendo o movimento enquanto olhava para o copo de uísque.

 

Ele conseguira se desvencilhar do hábito da bebida anos antes, antes de “New Dawn” mas depois do episódio que ficou conhecido como “O Massacre de Red Hook”, mas gostava de ter o copo cheio ali sobre a mesa, como um velho amigo com o qual se perde a intimidade mas de quem não se consegue afastar completamente. Seus pensamentos, quaisquer que fossem, foram interrompidos por gritos que vinham da rua.

 

Ticket to Ride – Boardgame review.

 

Olá Leitor.

 

Este artigo é a versão em inglês da resenha do jogo “Ticket to Ride”. Você pode conferir a versão em português aqui.

 

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“Daddy! Can we play the train game?”

 

Hello Reader.

 

Ever since I got deeper into the board gaming hobby (as if I needed any other hobbies. I blame Thiago and Monty for that in case my wife is reading this) I knew this next step was coming, I just didn’t know it would happen so fast: introducing board games to my family.

 

Back in the day me and my wife used to play board games. Yes, we were still stuck with the very same board games that entertained generations before us, but, at that time, that was the pinnacle of gaming as I understood it. We used to play the Brazilian version of “Pictionary” with our friends when we were dating and after getting married “Scrabble” kept us company in many a long night when power outages prevented us from watching TV or sleeping, however, as anything that’s new, the new age of boardgaming here at home belongs to my daughters.

Ticket to Ride – Resenha.

 

Hello Reader.

 

This article is the Portuguese version of the “Ticket to Ride” review article. You can check the English version here.

 

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“Paiê! Vamos jogar o jogo do trem?”

 

Olá Leitor!

 

Desde que eu abracei o hobby dos jogos de tabuleiro (board games) com um pouco mais de entusiasmo (eu atribuo a culpa ao Thiago Penteado, ao Leonardo Montagna pro caso da minha esposa um dia ler isso aqui), o inevitável passo seguinte foi apresentar esse universo à minha família, que para minha surpresa e, claro, felicidade, agarrou o novo hobby com unhas e dentes.

 

Eu já jogava jogos de tabuleiro ocasionalmente com minha esposa, o “Imagem e Ação” sendo um firme favorito nos encontros com os amigos durante os anos de namoro, e depois o “Scrabble” sendo um grande parceiro quando faltava luz na época conhecida como “os anos de solidão” pela qual passamos juntos, contudo, a nova era dos boards aqui em casa pertence, como tudo que é novo, às minhas filhas.

Wiz-War: Board game review.

 

 

Salve Leitor.

 

Este artigo é a versão em inglês da resenha sobre o jogo Wiz-War. Se você se interessa por jogos de tabuleiro eu recomendo ler a resenha em português publicada aqui.

 

Até logo!

 

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Hello Reader!

 

I have always enjoyed playing board games, but like most Brazilians of my age (and those that came before and after us) I grew up with the limited options available here that, generation after generation, populate the game sections of toy stores along puzzles.

 

If you’re reading this in English you probably had more options than us when it came to board games in your childhood, but here in Brazil our list of board games was limited to The Game of Life,  Monopoly, War, Picture This, Combat… and that’s pretty much it. I’m probably forgetting a few games and I’m purposefully leaving a few of the more childish ones out of the list (Pop-Up Pirate and Operation, I’m looking at you) but that list was pretty much what me and every friend of my own age had at home to entertain us when it rained during our holidays and we couldn’t play outside, and that’s why I believe a lot of people of my age have abandoned board games as an entertainment option as playing the same thing over and over again gets old fast.

Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King’s Quest – versão em português.

Hello Reader!

 

This is the Portuguese version of the article published here yesterday about Mantic’s newest Kickstarter campaign to fund the “Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King’s Quest” game. Do check it out if you missed it and if you fancy vanquishing the forces of evil while killing monsters and plundering a dungeon please give a look into the Kickstarter campaign.

 

Over and out.

Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King’s Quest.

Hello Reader!

 

“Stay a while and listen”… yep I could begin today’s article quoting Deckard Cain’s famous words as I believe you’re about to join me in an incredible adventure after hearing reading what I have to say today. I’ve already drunk the Kool-Aid when it comes to Mantic Games’ newest project on Kickstarter, “Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King’s Quest”, so you might as well join me in a quest for high adventure (cue in the “Anvil of Crom” theme).