Gray Cat Games @formerlygraycatgames - Tumblr Blog

To make life a lot easier and hopefully get this blog back off the ground, we decided to create a secondary blog called @graycatgames that we can run from our main blogs. No more switching back and forth! Eventually, this blog will be deleted.

This, unfortunately, means if we’re following you, you won’t see us as @graycatgames in your activity. However, we believe this is the best move we can make. We love the Tumblr gaming community and hope to be contributing to it more often now. So please follow our new blog! :)

4 Reasons Monopoly Sucks, and What You Can Do About It!

We at Gray Cat Games are not particular fans of a lot of the big box, “classic” board games. In fact, memories of these games sometimes cloud your perception of newer, fantastic designs! Here’s why we don’t like Monopoly and a few alternatives that might better tick those boxes that people enjoy. (more…)

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Ghost Stories Board Game Review

Ghost Stories is an Antoine Bauza-designed cooperative game with his signature difficulty curve. This game drips with menace and danger, and it will take the efforts of all the players to win on even the easiest setting. (more…)

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#antoine bouza #coop #cooperative #dice #ghost stories

Compounded Board Game Review

Compounded is a medium-weight euro style game that combines elements of “piece” placement and negotiation. The chemistry theme and beautiful components are enough to set this one apart for us! (more…)

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#2 players #2-5 players #3 players #4 players #5 players #competitive #compounded #dice hate me games #science #strategy

Why We're Excited for the Upcoming "Secrets" Expansion for Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Why We’re Excited for the Upcoming “Secrets” Expansion for Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Recently, we posted a review of Castles of Mad King Ludwig, which is a really fun game with visual appeal and great mechanics. That opinion has not changed: it’s still awesome to play and gets pulled out quite often during our board game groups. But earlier in the year we saw an announcement for an expansion to the game: Secrets. This will introduce new concepts like a moat, swan statues, and…

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#bezier games #board games #expansion #expansions #games #secrets #upcoming

Castles of Mad King Ludwig Review

Castles of Mad King Ludwig is a tile-laying game that requires you to think ahead and outmaneuver your opponents. It combines a lot of different mechanics into a very enjoyable game for two to four players. (more…)

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King of New York Game Review

King of New York is a fast-paced dice-rolling game with a heaping dose of chaos and plenty of yelling. It’s fast, it’s simple, and it’s a lot of fun! (more…)

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#2 player games #2 players #3-4 players #5 players #6 players #competitive #dice rolling #easy #king of new york #king of tokyo #libertalia #monsters #quick #smallworld #smash up

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Make It Count: 5 Steps to Create a Well-Written Trans Character

Making room for more transgender characters in video games is an important step forward for the industry. Yet games that touch on trans lives often misrepresent transgender experiences by creating unrealistic portrayals of trans sexuality, gender dysphoria, and transitioning in everyday life. Lackluster representation in mass media does more harm than good, and writers unfamiliar with transgender experiences tend to struggle with creating realistic characters.

Granted, transitioning is complicated, and a lot of misinformation on transgender identification exists throughout the West. So providing writers with basic information on the physical, social, and psychological issues related to transitioning can give developers the proper foundation necessary for creating better transgender characters in their games.

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A Dungeon Master should be concerned with creating a seamless and engaging narrative for their players. An adventure writer, on the other hand, needs to produce modules that will motivate those DMs, capturing their imaginations while leaving them room to embellish, adjust, and alter as desired.

From Total Party Kill, which is an awesome examination of Dungeon Mastering and writing published adventures for D&D. (via unpossiblelabs)