Charlie Theel
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Charlie Theel
@charlietheel.bsky.social
Board game critic. Bylines: Polygon, IGN, Ars Technica, Tabletop Gaming Magazine, Dicebreaker, Geek & Sundry, PC Gamer, Wargamer. Co-hosted the Ding & Dent podcast.

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Most of my writing appears at my site, http://playerelimination.com
Hopefully you don't have to wait too long.
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
$30 MSRP. Maybe expensive for a card game (although it has a lot of supplementary stuff like player boards, solo components, multiple decks), but cheap overall for a game nowadays.
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Ha, no worries. Just annoyed at myself for not catching that.
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Had to quote a sentence with a typo, that stings. It's fixed now. Seriously though, great work on the game, Pete.
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's very interesting. Definitely excited about future plays.
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Tiefe Taschen?! I knew you had good taste.
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It's certainly self-important. But I'd much rather watch something smug that takes a big swing with multiple layers to dig into, than something less thoughtful or progressive.
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Excellent film IMO.
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Congrats, Amabel! It's well deserved.
November 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Thanks, Mark! The massive campaign game won't die, as these types of games still do exceptionally well on crowdfunding.
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ha!
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Totally fair. Not sure there is a beloved, distinctly American band that metalheads would agree upon. Wouldn't say Megadeth, Pantera, or Slayer are iconic enough or deserve to be separated in a unique way from the others, certainly not with the same distinction as the other countries you list.
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
USA = Metallica
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Did anyone play the expansion modules in the FFG version?
November 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Congrats, Charlie!
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Bartok Fink is a good comparison. It is kind of Villeneuve doing a Coen Brothers story. All of his films are top notch, all timers, but this one sticks with me the most.
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's his best!
October 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I realize this is slightly misleading. The dice rolling is not realtime and timed like Vengeance. It's roll up front and then spend the dice in a turn based format. Symbols and dice recipes are similar to Vengeance though.
October 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Coop dungeon crawl with some realtime dice rolling kind of like Vengeance. Campaign that's app driven with neat story and surprises.
October 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM