Idle Remorse

Month / June 2018

Review: Dark Cults

Review: Dark Cults Publisher: Dark House Year: 1983 Tagline: The horror story game how we met This one might be my all-time best score in terms of unlikelihood because of the scene, the rarity of the game, me stumbling onto a special game I had never heard of (increasingly more rare) and the price I […]

Review: Goosebumps: The Board Game

Review: Goosebumps: The Board Game Publisher: Outset Media Year: 2015 Tagline: (none) how we met This is one that Bill brought home from a trip somewhere between here and Minneapolis, probably near Madison – which just so happens to be where the game itself is set. He didn’t look closely and thought it might have […]

Review: You Might Be a Redneck if…Game

Review: You Might Be a Redneck if…Game Publisher: Patch Year: 2006 Tagline: (none) how we met This is an old story. I found You Might Be a Redneck if…Game at my local town thrift shop. It was half off of $1.99 which is ideal, because I definitely wanted to buy it and $1.99 would have […]

For your consideration: a humble shelfie

In a recent comment friend of the blog Stef (of Happimess Media fame – wicked funny and please check out her work if you have not already) asked for “a” picture of my game collection. The pictures I took are not great quality, so I am making up for it by posting over 20 of […]

Review: Deception

Review: Deception Publisher: E.S. Lowe Year: 1975 Tagline: The Memory Poker Game how we met I picked up Deception for a buck at a garage sale a couple weeks ago. Between the price, the oh-so-70’s cover and the photo of The Odd Couple (Jack Klugman and Tony Randall specifically) on the cover, I was sold. […]