Review: The Road to Canterbury (2021 Edition)
When I reviewed Illumination a couple of weeks ago, I lamented that I’d never been→
Author: Jennifer Derrick
Jennifer Derrick
I like games with tiles/modular boards that set up and play differently each time. I'm also one of "those people" who likes dice and revels in randomness.
Review: Illumination
It’s no secret around these parts that I’m a big fan of Alf Seegert’s games.→
Review: Monster Baby Rescue
I’m a huge fan of Dungeon Petz, largely because I love the theme of taking→
Review: The Way of the Bear
If you want to be King of the Bears, there are tests to pass. You→
Review: Queenz
This week we’re doing something we don’t do that often here at the Dragon, and→
Review: Planet
If you read my reviews regularly, you’ll know that I’m a huge fan of tile-laying→
Review: Kingdomino Duel
Ah, Kingdomino. When the original game released, I wasn’t sure if I’d like it. It→
So, You Got a Board Game for Christmas. Now What?
Now that the holidays have passed and the dust is beginning to settle, you may→
Review: Trapper Keeper Game
My age puts me squarely within Generation X. I am a child of the 80’s,→
Review: Bloom
I enjoy a good little roll and write game when I have some time to→
Review: Catlantis
I am not a cat lover. I am a dog person. And yet… I keep→
How to Talk Yourself Out of Buying Games
Once upon a time I struggled with buying way too many games. More than I→
Expansion Exhaustion: The Mental Cost of “More”
I used to suffer from an acute case of “completion-itis.” And FOMO. If I loved→
Gaming With a Foggy Brain
Board games are great exercise for our brains. Playing board games has been shown (at→
5 Reasons Why I’m Unashamed to Play Mass Market Games
Mass market games get a lot of hate in the board gaming community. (If you’re→
Review: Untold: Adventures Await
I’ve written before about how much I enjoy the Rory’s Story Cubes system. While not→
Review: Outback
What do zoo animals do when they get fed up with zoo life? They hijack→
Review: Draftosaurus
I’m a sucker for any game that replicates the theme park building experience. If you→
Surviving the Board Gaming Dark Ages
In addition to board games, my other hobby/obsession is Lego. In the Lego world there→
Thanks for the Memories: Nostalgia and Board Games
For those of us who grew up with board games, there’s often a strong nostalgia→
Is Your Board Game Collection Healthy, or Sick?
It’s not a coincidence that every year about this time I put my board game→
Review: Broadhorns
Few places have inspired as many legends and stories as the mighty Mississippi River. From→
Review: Piepmatz
I’m a bird lover. We have feeders and houses all over our yard, and springtime→
Review: Pandemic Fall of Rome
The original Pandemic was the first co-op game I ever played and it quickly became→
Please, Treat Potential Gamers With Respect
Yeah, the title of this piece seems self explanatory. It doesn’t seem as though I→
Review: The River
Exploration, resource exploitation, and settling new lands are common themes in the board game universe.→
Review: Legend of the Cherry Tree…
The full name of this game is The Legend of the Cherry Tree That Blossoms→
Review: Haven
I’ve sort of become the ‘Dragon’s de facto two-player game reviewer. It’s my most common→
Review: Orbis
Do you have a secret (or not so secret) god complex? Do you often wish→
Review: Santa’s Workshop
I’ve never envied the jobs of Santa and his elves, but being a new parent→
Review: Gingerbread House
I love gingerbread houses. Well, any sort of baked good that can be made into→
Review: Home Alone Game
Good Christmas-themed games aren’t exactly a hot commodity. There are a couple of options, but→