Review: The 7th Continent
I’m a mechanics-first gamer. My attempts to short-change theme are legendary in my lunch games→
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Review: The Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Herb Witches
The festival in Quedlinburg is underway, and in order to stay ahead of your competition,→
Review: Codenames Duet XXL
The job of the spy is difficult enough with rival spy organizations working around you.→
Review: Disastles
You’ve heard that castles built on sand are a bad idea, but what about castles→
Review: Untold: Adventures Await
I’ve written before about how much I enjoy the Rory’s Story Cubes system. While not→
Review: Dragon Island
A group of wizards has been tasked with exploring Dragon Island, a mysterious place filled→
Review: Hugo (Escape from the Hidden Castle)
The castle cellar is a lonely place, and Hugo the castle ghost craves company. He→
Review: Krass Kariert
The fast-paced world of checkered flags, of nigh constant acceleration, of trying to be the→
Review: Outback
What do zoo animals do when they get fed up with zoo life? They hijack→
Review: Reykholt
Unless my tomatoes are crushed up and mixed with copious amounts of sugar, I’m not→
Review: Draftosaurus
I’m a sucker for any game that replicates the theme park building experience. If you→
Review: Carpe Diem
They say Rome wasn’t built in a day, and I suspect it’s because of how→
Review: The Escape Game UNLOCKED: The Heist Vol. 1: Chasing Hahn
A new day, a new Escape Room game on your table. The Heist Vol 1.→
Review: Villages of Valeria
Every great victory comes at a cost. When peace and security are won again, the→
Review: LAMA
When I first opened my copy of LAMA, my kids were immediately drawn to the→
Review: Arkham Horror 3rd Edition
Evil never gives up, does it? It seems like every day, there’s some new alien→
Review: Caravan
Carrying goods across the desert is not as easy as it looks. Despite the bird’s-eye→
Review: Roll for the Galaxy: Rivalry
It was easy enough in the past to tend to your own galactic gardens, assigning→
Review: Shards of Infinity (app)
Last year I reviewed the Shards of Infinity card game, which I liked very much.→
Review: Papua
Papua, New Guinea is one of the most ecologically diverse locales in the world with→
Review: Underwater Cities
The earth’s resources are becoming exhausted, and despite all the talk about settling among the→
Review: Kitchen Rush
Only a few months before I discovered Kitchen Rush existed, my wife and I got→
Review: Just One
It is debatable that we are living in a golden age of board games. What→
Review: Broadhorns
Few places have inspired as many legends and stories as the mighty Mississippi River. From→
Review: Mansions of Madness: Horrific Journeys
You thought the horror was contained in Arkham. You thought you’d get away from it→
Review: Valeria: Card Kingdoms
In a rare and refreshing twist on the medieval fantasy trope, the King isn’t quite→
Review: Gen7: A Crossroads Game
Like any good sci-fi plot, Gen7 starts out in the future. You and numerous others→
Review: Piepmatz
I’m a bird lover. We have feeders and houses all over our yard, and springtime→
Review: Beta Colony
You’ve fled the Earth, and now you just want to rest. But building a new→
Review: Gambit Royale
If board games as historiography are even a little bit accurate, I’m glad that I→
Review: Doctor Esker’s Notebook
The enigmatic Doctor Esker has died, and what he has left behind is his notebook.→
Review: 8Bit Box
Do you long for the halcyon days of staying up through the night on your→