What are game combos? The Art of Mixing Games
What is “gamurgy”? Gamurgy defined
DAILY COMBO: Deuce + Quizzard
For the triumphant return of Game Combos, I blindly slapped post-its on games in the dark. I did this at 2am during a bout of insomnia. How better to beat insomnia than to…
[Read more]DAILY COMBO: The Pursuit of Happiness + The Bride Game
A glutton for punishment, I allow BGG to randomly pick two games for me to combine and I am duly punished. What nasty ideas are out there in game designers’ heads? Read on…
[Read more]DAILY COMBO: Wingspan + Robo Rally
Today I throw caution to the wind and combine two of the most popular games ever published. Call it RoboRobin…. Call it Eggs ‘n’ Lasers. I call it never turning down a combo…
[Read more]DAILY COMBO: Chess + Global Thermonuclear War
Today is a classic combo I’ve wanted to do for some time. The Game of Kings + The Game of Kilotons. I often imagined one or the other in a combo but never…
[Read more]DAILY COMBO: Snorta + Boggle
I love it when a combo seems preposterous at first and then something clicks and you have a game. Today’s combo was randomly chosen from my personal collection. In fact I have a…
[Read more]DAILY COMBO: Cosmic Encounter + Illuminati
Another challenge from a friend who thought this would break me but I am strong like Servants of Cthulhu! Thanks to Tom L for this one! I think I made a (at least…
[Read more]DAILY COMBO: Tag + Checkers
Intro: Thanks to Jon P for the suggestion of Tag + Checkers. Yes, you too can suggest a Game Combo! I think Jon was throwing this out as a ferinstance, but I took…
[Read more]DAILY COMBO: Imhotep + Animal Upon Animal
Today’s combo is another randomly generated pair of games for which I try to find the perfect combination of rules, limited this time to more popular games which (hopefully) you might recognize. These…
[Read more]DAILY COMBO: Magical Battlions + Table Top Championship Golf
It’s time to combine two random games! These were randomly chosen from BoardGameGeek’s random generator. And yes, the spelling of “battlions” is legit typo from the game creator! Today we are accepting whatever…
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