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Dogtooth was wild and disturbing and I couldn't look away.

Thanks for the push, will seek it out soon.

Bugonia is my favorite of the year too I think. Edged out One Battle After Another.

I was left speechless. I wish all films were this good.

Whoa, Bugonia.

My updated Lanthimos ranking:

1. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2. Bugonia
3. The Lobster
4. Poor Things
5. The Favorite

I really need to see Dogtooth.

After lamenting 2025 films a month or so ago, I have to say that I'm somewhat rejuvenated having watched Train Dreams and Bugonia.

Unnameable After the first day of SDHistCon, where I played three games about opium peddling, I figured the second would be easier on my stomach. I could not have been more wrong. It has no name. Its designer…

I don't know how to introduce this one. After three titles about opium peddling, I figured the rest of SDHistCon would be breezy by comparison. I was wrong. The next day, I experienced one of the toughest board games I've ever played. Perhaps *the* toughest. spacebiff.com/2025/11/24/u...

I'm not speaking specifically to Vantage, but I think there's a troubling trend post COVID lockdowns to playtest via Tabletop Simulator and online implementations. This can result in obfuscating some pain points such as setup.

Setup is actually very simple. Maybe more so than 7th Continent which starts basically fresh, but you go through a short character generation process in Vantage and get a randomized starting position. It's not arduous at all.

The Planet of the Elephant – A Vantage Companion Review Vantage has been cooking in my mental oven for half the year. I first wrote about this open world sci-fi adventure game in July, with my review appearing at entertainment site IGN. If you haven&#82…

I've written a follow-up article to my original Vantage review, this time at my own site. I wanted to explore some more ideas pertaining to this game's unique narrative structure. The companion piece: playerelimination.com/2025/11/24/t...

Good game!

I think it was for carving my initials or a cool design into the board.

Looks like Mayday launched their new Crokinole Kickstarter and is embroiled in a new shitty controversy. I have to give a PSA on my mistake of backing their 2022 board in which I deservedly received a package with a box cutter rattling around inside.

Hopefully you don't have to wait too long.

$30 MSRP. Maybe expensive for a card game (although it has a lot of supplementary stuff like player boards, solo components, multiple decks), but cheap overall for a game nowadays.

Ha, no worries. Just annoyed at myself for not catching that.

Had to quote a sentence with a typo, that stings. It's fixed now. Seriously though, great work on the game, Pete.

I am Watercolor Man – An Origin Story Review Origin stories are the worst. This is coming from a cretin who ingests superhero content via cinema as opposed to paper. I don’t want to see Thomas and Martha Wayne murdered by a low life, ag…

Origin Story took me by surprise. It combines trick-taking and tableau building in a chaotic and empowering manner. Check out my review: playerelimination.com/2025/11/17/i...

It's very interesting. Definitely excited about future plays.

Trying to avoid economic and social devastation in the Bronx.

Tiefe Taschen?! I knew you had good taste.

Getting Old King's Crown back to the table to explore the Wild Kingdom.

It's certainly self-important. But I'd much rather watch something smug that takes a big swing with multiple layers to dig into, than something less thoughtful or progressive.

Excellent film IMO.

Congrats, Amabel! It's well deserved.

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IT'S YA BOI

THE EXPANSION IS COMING

HAPPY FUCKING N7 DAYYYYYYYY

Thanks, Mark! The massive campaign game won't die, as these types of games still do exceptionally well on crowdfunding.

Ha!

Totally fair. Not sure there is a beloved, distinctly American band that metalheads would agree upon. Wouldn't say Megadeth, Pantera, or Slayer are iconic enough or deserve to be separated in a unique way from the others, certainly not with the same distinction as the other countries you list.

USA = Metallica

The Ornate Wheel – A Kingdoms Forlorn: Dragons, Devils and Kings Review There are two ways to look at Kingdoms Forlorn: Dragons, Devils and Kings. You can either view this unbelievably massive box as a vast world waiting to be explored and conquered, one of untold trea…

I've been quiet on the writing front lately. This is because I've been working on the behemoth that is Kingdoms Forlorn, a boss battler campaign game with Dark Souls vibes and the followup to the exceptional Aeon Trespass: Odyssey. Read all my thoughts here: playerelimination.com/2025/11/07/a...