Jay Tummelson of Rio Grande Games Offers an Interview

We have been a little slow to edit and post our interviews. We have a few of them in the pipeline. We got a chance to speak with Jay Tummelson, the owner of Rio Grande Games. His game publishing company is responsible for most of the great European Family Strategy Games that make their way over to the US. Rio Grande Games is a consistant winner of the Spiel Des Jahres award (German Game of the Year).

Some of his stand-out games include:

• Carcassonne
• Puerto Rico
• Dominion
• Stone Age
• Race For The Galaxy
• Power Grid
• Lost Cities
• Thurn & Taxis
• Zooloretto
• Galaxy Trucker

That list goes on and on. If you want to learn a few strategy tips and see what makes Jay and Rio Grande tick, give this set of interviews a listen.

In this one, he speaks to us about the popularity of Dominion and how Dominion: Intrigue works with it.

In this portion of the interview, he talks about his take on what Rio Grande Games and Strategy Games are all about and why his company enjoys making them. He also talks about his philosophy on why allowing people to demo his games is important to him.

Chicago Express Video Posted

Our ongoing video reviewer, Cory Duplantis, has delivered yet another video for you. This one is a summary of how to play Chicago Express, the Wabash Cannonball reprint from Rio Grande Games. This is a simulation of running a railroad business in the upper portion of the US. If you are a fan of the train game genre, check it out!

New Race For The Galaxy Card Game Expansion Videos Posted

Cory Duplantis has hooked us up again with some more review and overview videos. We focused on Race For The Galaxy again, but this time, we dove into the two expansions, The Gathering Storm and Rebel Vs. Imperium.

If you are curious about this game, hopefully these will help you get a better feel for them.

New Race For The Galaxy Card Game Video Posted

We have the first in a multi-video series posted about the Rio Grande Games card game, Race For The Galaxy.

This game is an advanced version of Puerto Rico and San Juan, but with a science-fiction theme.

In this first video, of three, Cory Duplantis introduces the concepts of the game and how the basic flow of the game works.

New Catan Card Game Video Posted

If you like Settlers of Catan, Card Games, and portability, you should check this video out. Cory Duplantis provides you with an overview of how to play the game, as well as a bit of strategy and a review.

Enjoy!

New Munchkin Quest Board Game Video Posted

Around the holiday season, we put together a video showing you the basics of the card game Munchkin, as well as showing you how to play Munchkin.

In that video, we introduced a new board game – Munchkin Quest.

Here is our new video that introduces you to this game based on the Munchkin card game.

Don’t forget, there is also an expansion to Munchkin Quest! Munchkin Quest 2 – Looking for Trouble.

Two New Settlers of Catan Expansion Videos

We posted a two-part video series for Settlers of Catan. It came to our attention that there were several videos about Settlers of Catan, but none that really showed you what was in the boxes of the expansions or how the expansions help enhance the game. One of the expansions has scenarios, another has campaigns & variants, while the third actually alters the standard gameplay of Settlers of Catan.

Here is Part 1. In it, Barry introduces Catan: Seafarers and Catan: Cities & Knights.

Here is Part 2. In it, Barry introduces Catan: Traders & Barbarians and the 5-6 Player extensions.

Descent: Journeys In The Dark – New Video Posted

Hey gamers!

We put together another video for you. This one is about a really big game by Fantasy Flight Games. If you like dungeon crawling and you have not seen Descent, you need to check it out.

Descent is the core game in a system – there are several expansions that go with it. For those of you that might even be curious, this game is in the same “universe” as Runebound, but they are not even close to the same game. Basically, they are similar in the fact that some of the heroes are the same and you will find some of the same monsters. Otherwise…totally different gaming experiences. 

Descent is also modeled after the modular system Fantasy Flight introduced with DOOM: The Board Game. So, if you were interested in that, you will probably like this one.

Like we said, this is a big game. It is so big that Gary mentions that “even though we would love for you to buy all the expansions and the core game at one time, we don’t recommend that approach”.

Hope this helps you identify if this is a game you would like to play.

Zombie-Themed Games – A New Video

We put another video together for you. This time, Barry introduces the genre by sharing the game Zombies!!!, its expansions, and Last Night On Earth. These are obviously not the only zombie games on the market – Zombiegeddon was just released this month. But, these two games are the front-runners when it comes to this B-Movie theme for gaming.

If you want to see these two games up close with more information, check out these two videos:

Zombies!!!

Last Night On Earth – The Zombie Board Game

New Carcassonne Board Game Video Review

I would like to share a video that was submitted to us as part of the Best Dang Points program.

Cory Duplantis has written several reveiw articles and presented us with this video.

Here is his review of the tile-laying game of Carcassonne. Check it out and feel free to leave any comments you want.

Thanks Cory! Enjoy your copy of Pandemic you earned!

Get your copy of Carcassonne here.