Logan Giannini, Author at Meeple Mountain

The Board Game Soapbox: Plumbing the Depths of Complexity

Logan Giannini — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:00:10 +0000

Join Meeple Mountain as we sound off on the language the hobby uses to discuss complexity in games. We’re going deep to discuss this weighty matter!

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Unmatched Game Review

Logan Giannini — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:00:54 +0000

Pit King Arthur against Alice. Alice against Bigfoot. Bigfoot against Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee against a dinosaur! The choice is up to you in Restoration Games’ head-to-head skirmish title Unmatched.

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Hidden Paths – A First Look at a Beautiful Game

Logan Giannini — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 13:00:43 +0000

I sit down with designer Ryan Schneider to get an in-depth look at the unpublished-but-wonderful game Hidden Paths.

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Monopoly and Me

Logan Giannini — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 15:19:42 +0000

Sometimes affection for a game can run deeper than its objective quality, mechanics, and "gameplay." Even a game like Monopoly can hold a special place in both your heart and your history.

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Fantasy Flight Announces “Unique” Boardgame Collections

Logan Giannini — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 18:34:08 +0000

Hot off the success of their “Unique Games” releases of Discover and KeyForge, Fantasy Flight Games have decided to leverage their new technologies in even bigger ways, helping gamers overcome the rigors and difficulties of curating their own collections. Unique Game Collections will hit stores in Q4 of 2019, and will allow gamers to buy […]

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GladiGala Game Review

Logan Giannini — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:27:28 +0000

There's a lot happening in this tactical, simultaneous-movement, skirmish game--even that sentence was a mouthful. Underneath it, though, is a sleek, simple game with cunning, strategy, and one of my favorite mechanics I've encountered recently.

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Wingspan Game Review

Logan Giannini — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 03:51:38 +0000

"Wingspan" is a game that defies all logic simply by existing, but not only does it exist but, if you'll pardon the pun, it absolutely soars.

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Trinity Game Review

Logan Giannini — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:16:54 +0000

Some of my favorite games have the fewest rules; focus on how to excel rather than expend brainpower. Read our review of "Trinity", a new game that falls squarely in that category.

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The Board Game Soapbox: Give Us Baggies or Give Us Death!

Logan Giannini — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 19:30:18 +0000

In today's Board Game Soapbox Logan laments the lack of great in-box organization for most board games. Is he right...or raving?

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Cryptid Game Review

Logan Giannini — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 14:47:38 +0000

More robust than you would expect from a “simple” deduction game, Cryptid offers the chance to brave the uncharted (okay, so they’re kind of charted) wilderness in search of new species most would say are fictitious.

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Everdell Game Review

Logan Giannini — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 15:24:34 +0000

Is what's inside the box as good as what's on the outside? Come read our review of the stunningly beautiful 'Everdell'.

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Visitor in Blackwood Grove Game Review

Logan Giannini — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 15:30:55 +0000

The aliens have arrived in Blackwood: let’s throw stuff at them! Read our review of Visitor in Blackwood Grove to see if you can figure out how to penetrate their forcefield!

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Top 6 Abstract Games – Games About Nothing, and Everything

Logan Giannini — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 14:57:33 +0000

Every game is an “Abstract” game. Let’s get that out of the way early. Every game you will ever find is, to varying degrees, an abstraction of whatever concept it is attempting to convey. Even heavily-themed games like Terraforming Mars or Blood Rage are abstract. No game is a literal representation of its topic. However, […]

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