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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...

No Gods, No Minions. Fight for Glory in Kleos – Turn Order

Kleos is a welterweight area control game set in the era of Greek myths. This is a genre flush with so many titles that it has its own pantheon of great classics. Blood Rage, Cyclades, Small World and so many...

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,...

Where to Play Tabletop RPGs Online – Turn Order

Who doesn’t love TTRPGs? Sitting down with handfuls of dice, your meticulously curated character sheets, and hallucinating an adventure with your friends while sitting around the dining room table. But what if you all can’t make it around that dining...

Kids on Bikes: The System So Obvious It’s Brilliant

In the ever-expanding world of RPGs, it can be hard to find a new system that doesn’t feel like an offshoot of D&D or Powered by the Apocalypse—at least not a system that feels playable. That’s not for nothing;...

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...

Why You Should (Maybe) Buy Root in 2022, Part I: A Turn Order Review

In 2019, a game burst into the world that would catapult Leder Games, and in particular Cole Wehrle and artist Kyle Ferrin, into the tabletop stratosphere. The Cuddly COIN game Root has since become something of a phenomenon, with...

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...