P1 Select – Character Guide

P1 Select has nine characters, and in usual Brough fashion, you're left on your own to figure out exactly what they do. For this post, I'll outline everything I've figured out. Mechanics: Requires an adjacent enemy to be legal. Will jump over the enemy and kill him. There must be an empty space behind an …

7-Wonders Tips for 3-player

Introduction BoardGameArena currently offers a great selection of games with fast matchmaking. You can create and play an entire game of 7 Wonders in under 10 minutes, which is pretty crazy! This has let me play far more games in a short period of time than I ever could in real life, and as a …

Cinco Paus Strategy Guide

I. Intro This post has been a long time coming! After more than six months, I feel like I finally know enough to write a guide. Buckle up, this is going to be a long one. I'm going to be using English names for the wand and artifact abilities. Please refer to my artifact/wand guides …

Cinco Paus: More than you ever wanted to know about Wand Ordering

Abilities on wands occur in order from top to bottom. Because of this, some abilities cannot appear above others, since it would create annoying effects. This ends up being rather complicated, so rather than clutter up the wand ability list, I'm making a new post. You'll probably need to reference the wand ability guide as …

Cinco Paus Artifact Ability list

Version 1.6 (last updated 5/31/2018). Updated for new patch. Some notes: Artifacts are obtained by collecting 5 gems. You can pick between two. If you already have an artifact and collect a new one, it will be shuffled into your active artifacts randomly. Multiple artifacts appear in a random order. You can't change the ordering, …

Cinco Paus Wand ability list

Version 2.0 (last updated 6/1/2018). Many changes. English names and many more notes on what can't occur together. See the bottom for some notes about ability order. Cinco Paus, Michael Brough's new game, is fantastic. Check it out if you haven't already! As a quirky design choice, all help text is in Portuguese. If you …

Let’s spoil 868-HACK’s secret level, and talk about good secrets vs. bad secrets

Note: I'm mostly summarizing what JackMule taught me over a series of PMs. He figured out nearly all of this on his own. 868-HACK is an unapologetically opaque game. For some this is a charm, but for me, I'd rather just look everything up and start playing the "real game" straight away. Annoyingly, there currently …

Izublog #9: Dominic 3

This is part of a series of posts that covers Imbroglio’s Izu mode. It will go up on either the 2nd or 3rd day of the Izu. For a write-up of what each weapon does, go here. I found this Izu fairly straightforward. Mystic Whisks are our best blue center weapon, and Brutal Axes are …

Izublog #8: Masina

This is part of a series of posts that covers Imbroglio’s Izu mode. It will go up on either the 2nd or 3rd day of the Izu. For a write-up of what each weapon does, go here. After feeling largely lost last Izu, it was good to settle into some nice, familiar Echo Harp/Whetstone abuse. …

Izublog #7: Johnny

This is part of a series of posts that covers Imbroglio’s Izu mode. It will go up on either the 2nd or 3rd day of the Izu. For a write-up of what each weapon does, go here. Ugh. Johnny. I feel like I've spent more time on this character than any other. And yet, ultimately, …