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The Stormlamp Rituals is billed as an "Illustrated Puzzle Narrative." At this point, you might be asking, "So what does that mean?" It's a hardcover book containing eighteen chapters, and each chapter consists of a series of clues to follow and puzzles you must solve in order to complete the main character’s adventure by the end of the book.

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This is the third (and final) part of my series on how to get back into board gaming after a long hiatus. In Part One I looked at how to rebuild your gaming skill set.

Diplomacy.

That's a word with power. The art of diplomacy has shaped the course of human history more than any army ever could. Wars have been avoided and empires preserved or dismantled entirely through the right conversation at the right moment. It is the oldest game humanity has ever played, so it makes sense that someone turned it into a board game.

No upcoming expansion had me more excited than the arrival of Shackleton Base: Below. Within. Above., the first expansion for one of the five best games I played in 2024,

Every now and then, I sit down to play a game with no expectations whatsoever. I anticipate neither excitement nor despair. I am absolutely ambivalent, a perfect blank slate. I think of this as a true neutral response, but it occurs to me that I generally enjoy trying new games, so ambivalence is in fact a moderately negative response. I’ll process this on my own tim...