When I initially opened the tube containing the game Lucuna and gave the rules a very…
Calvin Daniels
Calvin Daniels is a Saskatchewan-born, self-taught journalist. He is currently Editor of Yorkton This Week, with 35-years in the newspaper business.
Calvin’s Commentaries: Scottish lore carries a new card game
When it comes to a game based on cards one of the first things you notice…
Calvin’s Commentaries: CHAK
A fresh take on the birth of chess Often hobbies evolve to incorporate related activities. For…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Tactigon
When you receive a game to play and review before it has even started to be…
Calvin’s Commentaries: CHAINS, Disc Golf Board Game
HEAD Rattling chains at the gamer table It so happens most of those who game in…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Chess Federation of Canada part 2 of 2
Yesterday started a look at the game of chess with Vlad Drkulec, President of the Chess…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Chess Federation of Canada part 1 of 2
It is always interesting to learn about another’s interest in board games, and especially so when…
Calvin’s Commentaries: World Backgammon Association
Gamers might not be aware, but March 21 is World Backgammon Day. For several years the…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Thru-Hiker
It is always interesting to come upon games that are decidedly different from those filling the…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Wandering Steel
“Doval Robotics claimed that abandoning its headquarters on the island of Korvorak was a strategic cost-cutting…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Hive
The list of games being produced each year is simply massive, and that has been the…
Calvin’s Commentaries: XENOSCAPE
Role-playing games are always a fun diversion if you have a like-minded group of friends –…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Tumbleweed
Regular readers will know when it comes to a preferred style of game I lean heavily…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Infinity
Miniature games come and go with near startling regularity. While some games you quickly get the…
Calvin’s Commentaries: The Transcontinental
There is always some new game that attracts a player to venture into areas of gaming…
Calvin’s Commentaries: What Game of HAM
When you take a game off the shelf with a name like ‘Game of Ham’ you…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Wildsea
In a real-world where we face a worldwide pandemic, worsening world weather events, a widening divide…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Legions of Steel: Operation Anvil
When it comes to gaming I am an admitted sucker for miniature skirmish games. In general…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Moons and Stars
When a new game comes out with everything about it screaming that it is a very…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Infinity: Betrayal
It’s always interesting when two hobbies come together. For example, when it comes to the hobby…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Roots of Mali
While dice and I get along slightly less well than a wild dog and a feral…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Nomadic Caravan Project
When it comes to miniature gaming, you can never have too many miniatures – truly it’s…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Xodul
There really is a cornucopia, (a good word to work in in the fall), of chess…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Paiko
The current year has been a strange one in almost every facet of our lives, reviewing…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Peruke
You just have to love games that come in small, pocket-sized tins. The simple fact that…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Aristeia
Regular readers will know that the gaming group behind this weekly column collectively has an addiction…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Sword Noir
As a reader, I have long been a fan of ‘pulp noir’. The world of role-play…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Longboat
Throw a Viking theme onto a game and you have at least teased this gamer enough…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Crazy Tower
In terms of popular family/party games, Jenga has to be among the most recognizable. It is…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Trench
In the world of my beloved abstract strategy games there is a rather diverse range of…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Masker
Recently we have delved into a lot of games from designer Philippe Proux and publisher Ludarden.…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Green Skull
When you are part of a small gaming group, who still has access to a couple…
Calvin’s Commentaries: Who would have expected collecting ‘shrooms to be so much fun
Once in a while in the role of reviewers, we are afforded what is essentially a…