Greek mythology is the only thing I remember from my time in high school.  Forget about pre-calc, or what time Napoleon went somewhere; gods were all that I cared about.  The stories, the legends, I knew all of them, and I’m sure almost anyone else who went to high school didn’t graduate without a good sum of mythological knowledge. The stuff was awesome.

And then this came along…

A miniatures game that allowed me to take everything I knew and didn’t know, about greek mythology and send it all into this fantastical end of the world death match. Suffice to say, I got to kill a god and I am very happy about that. Let’s review Mythic Battles: Pantheon.

Overview

Mythic Battles: Pantheon was one of my most anticipated games of 2017. I'll just tell you up front that I love this game. Don’t run off though, let me tell you why.Don’t stop reading now, that doesn’t mean you’ll like it, but my goodness do I like it.

Mythic Battles Pantheon is actually reboot of an older game called simply Mythic Battles.  I’ve been told that the games are similar but Pantheon has definitely made some major adjustments. Publisher Monolith…

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Ah the 1920s, a time of flappers, Gatsby themed parties, and secret alcoholism. At least those are the things that I associate the 20s with. Some people see the 1920s as a time of resource production, tribal politics, and mech warfare. In the game of Scythe, the world is shown as the latter version of the 20s.

A Scythe is a tool that can be used to farm or used to kill. That is exactly what this game is: a eurogame with combat and conquest elements. The entire time you are playing Scythe you're deciding which is more important: building up your own empire, or destroying your enemies. The game was designed by Jamey Stegmaier and is one of the most successful kickstarter board game projects to date. What makes this game really interesting is that the theme is so different than many other things I have seen. It takes place in an alternate version of the 1920s and combines the ideals of simple rural agriculture with mechs and modern technologies.

The Appeal of Scythe

Scythe has been one of my favorite games to play so far this year. I enjoy the mechanics of euros, but I don’t end up playing them that…

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You know those days when you just get out of work and all you want to do is sit at bar and enjoy a beer? Maybe you go there with your coworkers, have a nice chat, complain about the boss, and just get away from it all. And you know that time in the evening when the Paladins, Rogues, Druids, Pirates, and other fantasy factions decide to throw the biggest most epic bar fight you have ever seen in your life?

You haven’t? Well let’s change that.

Overview

Jump into the chaos of The Dragon & Flagon! A game where your only goal is to hit your opponents harder than they hit anyone else!

Sounds like something you’ve heard before right? There are hundreds of war games out there about doing damage. But this is no war my friend, this is a bar fight. I mean this is really a bar fight! Your characters will be drunk! You will push tables into people! Throw chairs at your friends! Yank the rug from under your enemies! Believe me when I say that you've never seen anything like this before.

Gameplay

In The Dragon & Flagon, you and your friends will pick characters from one…

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