This category is for all online tools built to calculate or convert any table games related topics.
With Ark Nova, you come into the game knowing what you want from the zoo and sure that everything will be fine. Then halfway through you notice that conservation track has changed the game’s dynamic. More then you would expect. So many people run after appeal like it’s all that matters. Don’t pay attention to … Read more
A strength five bandit stares back at you on the border of the Outer Realm. Your character sheet inform you that so are you. Tension hangs in the air like electricity about to discharge into the roll of a pair of dice. A sword that increases your attacks by a point rests in your hand. … Read more
On a wanted tile, you watch as the bid ticks up and up and you hover your hand above the pool of worker. It will give you wheat, which you need, plus some victory points. Sounds like a no-brainer, right? Wrong. In Keyflower, that way of thinking get you trapped. What the tile does for … Read more
Food Chain Magnate lets you control your cash flow with the calculator. Plug in your expected revenues and staff counts and determine if you can afford that hire. Is the new trainer going to make you broke by the end of round twelve? It’s modeling the balance of expansion now versus surviving longer term. If … Read more
Few things hurt worse during a game of Power Grid then losing out on an auction for a power plant. But that’s not the worst part of it. The worst part come a few turns later, when you have purchased the sweet new coal plant only to find that fuel market has dried up. Here … Read more
After you stand at table with a fresh hand of cards, you find yourself staring down a mostly-blank board: a canvas waiting for your touch. The urge is to dive right in and grab some land, but Terra Mystica isn’t a race; it’s a reward for patience. Impulsive terraforming comes back to bite you, as … Read more
In the last round, this makes Terra Mystica feel a little chaotic. You know you’ve got three priests in your hands and four cult tracks to consider, plus an opponent who just moved into first place on Fire. Do you play for victory? Or do you play for second? Or do you save resources to … Read more
