The first in our series covering the basics of tabletop role playing games – we start with the players, and offer up our tips on how to create compelling player characters. We take you through how to consider rules, background,…
This week sees us take a full, in-depth look at Mutant Year Zero: Genlab Alpha, the post-apocalyptic tabletop role playing game (RPG) from Modiphius and Free League/Fria Ligan. We’re proud to have our gaming group’s DM, and the group’s newest…
The Critical Twits review Ice Cool, a skill-based board game designed by Brian Gomez and published by Brain Games. Players take turns flicking their penguins around an Antarctic High School, trying to sneak some excess fish (or playing as the…
This week we take a look at the modern board game phenomenon that is the deck building game. We look more closely at Rio Grande’s Dominion and Arctic Scavengers, TMG’s Cthulhu Realms, and AEG’s card crafting game Mystic Vale.…
I watched the swirling patterns and warning messages disappear behind the Playstation 4’s login screen. Hopefully the store would load a little quicker today. Living with an ADSL line made any foray onto the internet a gamble in free time.…
This week we discuss the gaming phenomenon that is Pokemon Go, one of the most popular mobile games ever – but is it actually any good? Let us know what you think in the comments! Listen on Soundcloud Watch on…
Our retro game lets play and review series Test of Time is back with Mega Drive/Genesis classic Golden Axe!
In this episode we ask: WTF is going on with Games Workshop? We were all huge Games Workshop fans (one of us even managed a GW store) but none of us are active any more – we ask whether it’s…
The Critical Twits unpack Brian’s Mutant: Year Zero Kickstarter pledge for the stand-alone supplement Genlab Alpha, from Modiphius and Fria Ligan/Free League Publishing. Our full review of the original Mutant: Year Zero can be found here.
We take a long, hard look at the news in this week’s podcast and wonder: what would Brexit be like if it was a board game? Let us know what you think in the comments! Listen on Soundcloud Watch on…