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Campus Politics and Labor Strife, it’s Campus Wahala! – Turn Order

Over the past 30 years, the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria has embarked on strike no less than 16 times. This is the backdrop for Campus Wahala! Pidgin is the unofficial lingua of the Nigerian people and a...

On Board Games and Heraldry, a Blazon Review – Turn Order

When I heard my wife idly mention that someone was doing a boardgame about heraldry, my attention went from dormant to couchant. When I found out it was going to be for sale at GenCon, I became sejant (perhaps...

A Hollywood Style Zombie Shoot-and-Run: Zombicide Season 2 Review – Turn Order

This month, I went back to Gen Con after a few years away from the Midwest in general. My family tends to move around a lot and since we have moved to the West Coast the logistics of planning,...

YOU DYED: A Dark Souls Miniatures Hobby Review

If you've played almost any amount of videogames in the past decade or so, you are no doubt familiar with "Souls" games, FromSoftware's hack-n-slash action RPG franchise that has spanned multiple titles and game systems. The franchise really started...

Turn Order’s Top 10 Games We’re Excited About From GenCon

Ah, GenCon! For those of us who enjoy our gaming on the tabletop, there really isn’t a bigger convention and expo show than this one. Every year publishers big and small bring their upcoming titles to reveal, demo, and...

Dungeons, Dice & Danger: Roll & Write Survival

Once upon a time, board game critic Dan Thurot tweeted and lightly admonished a sliver of the Board Game Discourse thusly: “Are board games Just Math? Sure. In exactly the same way that books are Just Words, movies are...

Not Quite Good Enough – Power Rangers: Deck Building Game – Zeo: Stronger Than Before Review

I'm a millennial. And as a millennial, we are prone to endless purchases based on nostalgia. I thought I was above all of that until I saw the Power Rangers: Deck-Building Game – Zeo: Stronger Than Before. My inner...

Berried Treasure – A Sweet and Savory Treat

The folks at Restoration Games are ludo-archaeologists. They recover beloved, out-of-print board games, retcon and restore them (natch), then re-release them for the modern game player’s sensibilities. Some Restoration discoveries are as mythic as the Holy Grail – as in...

Hands on with RuneScape the Boardgame! – Turn Order

RuneScape was not my first MMO, but it holds a special place in my heart. My little brother is 10 years younger than me and RuneScape was his first MMO. He started playing while I was away at college and...

Something Gained, Something Lost – Gloomhaven: Digital Review

In June of 2017 Games Workshop released the 8th Edition of Warhammer 40k. This was a dramatic release, resetting the entire game with minimal carryover from 7th edition. While 8th changed the trajectory of my tabletop gaming life, only 4...