When a game arrives in a cloth sack, and you open it to find a stack…
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Calvin’s Commentaries: Get Adler
London, 1937 — Intelligence has discovered that Top-Secret documents are missing. So, too, is MI6 Agent…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Aidan 5
When it comes to being surprised by something on the ‘Net, the web series Aidan 5…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Star Trek: Outpost
With the arrival of Star Trek Discovery on mainstream television last fall, a long hiatus from…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Catacombs
When it comes to board games I have played a rather extensive list over the decades…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Major League Rugby
This April Major League Rugby launches in North America and for me, that is huge news…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Blackwater Gulch
How time flies when you are having fun. Yes, that is a cliché, but it works…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Brutality
As a game reviewer, it is always best to have the actual game on the table…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Take The Kingdom
Finding neat little card games is always a thrill. Such games are generally lower cost for…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Lackadaisy
Webcomics can be a pure joy to read, and none more so than Lackadaisy. This isn’t…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Eternal Kings
Over the years there have been literally hundreds of attempts to improve on the game of…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Element
There are games that excite you long before they ever have the wrapping removed, and for…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Dark Mages
There are times you find a game that surprises you in just how enjoyable it is.…
Calvin’s Commentaries: New Professional Sports Leagues
In my first column of 2018, I reflected on some of the more interesting events which…
CALVIN’S COMMENTARIES: Adventures of the Red Panda
If you want to just sit back and listen to some fine action pulp with a…
CALVIN’S COMMENTARIES: MASL Toronto
It’s always intriguing for me to root out new sports to watch. I watch the usual…
CALVIN’S COMMENTARIES: Bob the Squirrel
It is often said laughing is good for our health, so why not start your day…
CALVIN’S COMMENTARIES: Little Drop of Poison
Whenever you get a game that comes in a box about the size of a pack…
CALVIN’S COMMENTARIES: Vikings: Raid & Conquer
There is something about Vikings that intrigues many, and certainly for myself. Most things with the…
CALVIN’S COMMENTARIES: Online Hive championship review
If you have been following these reviews long enough, you may recall I am a big…
CALVIN’S COMMENTARIES: KLASK
When you are a Canadian board game player your ears are likely to perk up when…
CALVIN’S COMMENTARIES: MERCS review part 1
It was more than a half decade ago I first came across MERCs. At the time…
CD'(RE): Blackwater Gulch: Gangfights in the Old West
It has been three years since I first reviewed Blackwater Gulch: Gangfights in the Old West.…
CALVIN’S COMMENTARIES: Pitiful Human Lizard
Pitiful Human Lizard By Jason Loo www.chapterhouse.ca Pitiful Human Lizard was certainly not on my radar…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Martial Art
There are those games which fight above their weight class as they say. Martial Art from…