Legends of Nerdvana - Boardgame Review

Dragonmother and Randrac discuss what excites them about their upcoming trip to Origins!

Today Randrac travels to Columbus, IN and visits Bored? Games! Game Store to try out the latest Quined Games release, Carnegie! He is joined by Not My Eyeballs Games, Candle and Hadassah! 0:00 Introduction 2:25 Quality of Components 7:35 Theme 12:38 Rulebook 17:21 Gameplay

Dragonmother and Randrac are spirited away to a remote island to prevent the invaders from spreading blight across the land in Spirit Island from Greater Than Games! 0:00 Introduction 3:30 Quality of Components 5:51 Theme 8:22 Rulebook 12:16 Gameplay

Dragonmother and Randrac journey into the immersive app-driven RPG Destinies from Lucky Duck Games! 0:00 Introduction 2:38 Quality of Components 7:14 Theme 10:48 Rulebook 12:43 Gameplay

Birdman, Randrac, and special guest Allen discuss the game of highly volatile game of explosiveness, The Manhattan Project from Minion Games! 0:00 Introduction 1:59 Quality of Components 4:25 Theme 10:19 Rulebook 14:05 Gameplay

And they're off! Dragonmother and Randrac are off to the races for their review of Long Shot: The Dice Game! 0:00 Introduction 2:21 Quality of Components 4:39 Theme 6:36 Rulebook 7:46 Gameplay

Randrac got to meet with the designers of the upcoming 44 BCE, live on Kickstarter Tuesday, May 24!

Kevin and Randrac discuss the latest release from Board & Dice Games, Zapotec! 0:00 Introduction 1:47 Quality of Components 3:27 Theme 5:26 Rulebook 7:40 Gameplay

Dragonmother and Randrac review the latest Kickstarter arrival--Wild: Serengeti from Bad Comet Games! 0:00 Introduction 1:18 Quality of Components 3:32 Theme 5:38 Rulebook 7:19 Gameplay

Dragonmother and Randrac met with Elijah Morar of Bedouin Games, designer of The Flood which is active on Kickstarter through June 3, 2022. Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bedouingames/the-flood?ref=discovery&term=The%20Flood

Birdman, Randrac, and special guest David learn to farm, roll and write style, in Three Sisters! 0:00 Introduction 1:46 Quality of Components 5:17 Theme 7:33 Rulebook 11:47 Gameplay

Birdman, Randrac, and special guest David explore the latest release from Rio Grande Games, Dice Realms! 0:00 Introduction 1:52 Quality of Components 7:04 Theme 8:25 Rulebook 11:58 Gameplay

Dragonmother and Randrac relive their exploration of Central American native culture from the Dice Tower Cruise in Founder of Teotihuacan! 0:00 Introduction 2:02 Quality of Components 3:56 Theme 7:17 Rulebook 9:18 Gameplay

Birdman and Allen journey back to ancient China to face off against the Mongolian hordes in The Great Wall from Awaken Realms! 0:00 Introduction 4:14 Quality of Components 7:44 Theme 9:38 Rulebook 13:29 Gameplay

Randrac got to demo Dino Dodge: Survival of the Fittest with the publishers! Join Dragonmother as she grills him about the experience! You can check out the Kickstarter now through Thursday, May 19, 2022 9:00 PM EDT at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bluegeargames/dino-dodge-relaunch?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=Dino%20Dodge

Join Randrac, Dragonmother, and special guest Heather as they discuss Paint the Roses--another beautiful Alice-themed game! 0:00 Introduction 2:07 Quality of Components 5:55 Theme 9:09 Rulebook 10:40 Gameplay

Dragonmother, Randrac, and special guest Melissa discuss Trismegistus: the Ultimate Formula from Board & Dice games and Tzolk'in: the Mayan Calendar designer Daniele Tascini. Apologies for any mistaken metallurgy references--alchemy is what was intended. 0:00 Introduction 2:23 Quality of Components 4:20 Theme 8:33 Rulebook 11:17 Gameplay

Dragonmother and Randrac load cats onto boats and set sail in Isle of Cats: Explore & Draw! 0:00 Introduction 2:03 Quality of Components 3:16 Theme 4:21 Rulebook 5:54 Gameplay

Kevin and Randrac discuss Tenpenny Parks, a polyomino game of theme park design by Thunderworks Games! 0:00 Introduction 2:18 Quality of Components 5:39 Theme 8:19 Rulebook 11:09 Gameplay

Today Dragonmother and Randrac visit the Ruhr region of Germany and explore the origins of coal mining in Haspelknect: The Story of Early Coal Mining from Capstone Games! 0:00 Introduction 2:53 Quality of Components 3:44 Theme 6:21 Rulebook 9:35 Gameplay

Dragonmother and Randrac sail the seven seas on a quest for gold and contraband in the light filler game ShipShape from Calliope Games! 0:00 Introduction 2:17 Quality of Components 3:58 Theme 6:11 Rulebook 7:34 Gameplay

Dragonmother and Randrac try out the latest release in the Azul series from Next Move Games! 0:00 Introduction 1:45 Quality of Components 3:38 Theme 4:42 Rulebook 6:57 Gameplay

Dragonmother and Randrac spend their evening genetically splicing together aliens in Chimera Station from Tasty Minstrel Games! 0:00 Introduction 2:10 Quality of Components 4:48 Theme 6:12 Rulebook 9:25 Gameplay

Randrac and Melissa send their clay leviathans into the world in Golem from Cranio Creations! 0:00 Introduction 2:37 Quality of Components 6:39 Theme 9:26 Rulebook 15:19 Gameplay

Another one of our most anticipated Kickstarter releases has arrived! Foundations of Rome is a light-to-medium city building/polyomino puzzle game for 2-5 players (with 5 player add-on). See what the Legends thought of it! 0:00 Introduction 3:46 Quality of Components 9:47 Theme 12:48 Rulebook 15:22 Gameplay