Adjacent Hex

Having spent yet another weekend at PAX East, Zach and Doug started to look critically at the price points of the current generation of hobby board games and examine what makes them so pricey as well as how some games could be updated or changed to make them a bit more affordable. We also look at several games that are similar in box size to determine if they contain the same amount of gameplay for your dollar.Featured Games This Month:-MoonQuake Escape-Isle Of Trains-Bottom of the 9th-New Bedfo [...]

Being the perenial “year in review” time of the year, we decided that putting a top-ten list together seemed like too much effort. So we decided to answer some key questions instead. Find out what games met our expectations, which ones surprised us the most, and which ones fell short. We also explore a rabbit hole of learning a new game vs. re-learning an old favorite.Featured Games This Month:-Orphans & Ashes-Scythe-Santorini-Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn-Captain Sonar-Bloodrag [...]

A Super special Halloween episode!Featured Games This Month:-Elder Sign-Arkham Horror-Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu-Mansions of Madness 2e-Fate of the Elder Gods-Elder Sign (digital version)-Mansions of Madness 1st ed-Fate of the Elder Gods-Mythos TalesAdjacent Hex is proudly published by Ghost Ship Radio and produced by AnotherLetDown.comYour hosts are Zach Denoncour and Doug OsterhoudtYou can reach Zach on Twitter at @denonczd and Doug at @itsoktolaffThe Adjacent Hex e-mail account is adjacenthex [...]

After a brief hiatus, the boys are back! The playspace has been dominated by living card games recently. Zach looks at the economics of getting into a card game product both from the consumer and developer side. Doug explains why certain LCG products have captured his attention and why some get to the table a bit more frequently than others despite similar gameplay mechanics and themes. Strategy and similarities are examined as well as carryo [...]

The guys examine the growing impact of Kickstarter as both a launch platform and a preorder service. What makes a company trustworthy and reliable as well as what elements make a Kickstarter page or campaign stand out and draw a viewer into a campaign. Zach talks about being burned by a major Kickstarter and Doug reflects on a postulation he found online that Kickstarter games are “underdeveloped” or “not tested.” [...]

Zach and Doug go deep on what makes a game thematically strong and how it impacts our decisions whether to play games or leave them at the store. The guys examine games that have strong themes and games that are weaker in theme and still well loved as well as games that are so mechanically strong that any theme can be applied to the game and gameplay remains memorable.Featured Games this month: -Moon Quake Escape [...]

With Geek & Sundry's annual "International Tabletop Day" looming, the guys are joined by special guest, Eric Fortier, to talk about the distribution of promotional materials and what that means to a completionist collector. Zach talks about how he didn't get to play a single game at the last ITD because he was chasing promos all over the northeast and Doug explores the differences between casual and competetive collectors. We also talk ab [...]

Adjacent Hex #10 - Enjoy The SilenceDoug and Zach have recently discovered a subset of cooperative games employing a limited communication mechanic. We decided to go deep on this idea and examine how players can maximize their communication. We look closely at what makes these games fun as well as how we approach them knowing ahead of time that [...]

Adjacent Hex #9 - The Myth of the Complete CollectionIt's the middle of winter and the team gets reflective around this time every year. This time, we start picking apart the games we bring to the table and how we add them to our collections in the first place. Who plays them? What are the themes and major mechanics? Do we have too many of one t [...]

Adjacent Hex #8 - Doug Predicts the FutureThe announcements are coming fast and furious and it's prediciton time. The guys look at the most anticipated games of 2016 as well as their resolutions for the coming year. The crew also looks at trends on Kickstarter and other funding sources and tries to figure out how that will change to handle an ev [...]