So many video games release every month that it can be nearly impossible to keep track of them. More importantly, the deluge usually means that at least a few really good games get buried under the tide.
If you don’t know, Origins is a large convention in Columbus Ohio that primarily focuses on Board Games and TTRPGS. My partner and I attended this year’s convention as Press. My feet hurt, my back hurts and I’m still tired, but it was totally worth it. I have every intention of going again next year.
I usually start these game of the year lists with a sarcastic blurb about how everybody makes them. But you know what? This year sucked. I can’t think of a better time to celebrate the actual good things we’ve experienced.
Maybe I’m a bit biased. I am a big Marvel nerd after all, and I have wanted an Avengers game for the last decade and a half. At the same time, I’m a critic which makes me skeptical by nature. When Avengers was first unveiled, I wasn’t sold. The war tables made me hopeful, however, but that hope was dimmed any time I read anything Avengers related online.