Review: Marvel Champions
Marvel superheroes have become a pop culture phenomenon, rocketing skyward largely thanks to the MCU.→
Review: Son of Doctor Esker’s Notebook
Earlier this year I reviewed Doctor Esker’s Notebook, a puzzle game similar to an escape→
The Village Square: November 18, 2019
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Review: Bloom
I enjoy a good little roll and write game when I have some time to→
Review: Vast: The Mysterious Manor
Leder Games has made a name for itself by focusing on highly asymmetrical games. First→
Review: Tribes: Dawn of Humanity
Tribes: Dawn of Humanity is a pared-down engine-building game with a civilization flair. Players are→
Review: Catlantis
I am not a cat lover. I am a dog person. And yet… I keep→
Preview: Galactic Era
This is a paid preview of Galactic Era by Seajay Games, now on Kickstarter. Here→
The Village Square: November 4, 2019
Has everyone recovered from SPIEL? I didn’t go, yet somehow caught a case of con→
Review: Unmatched: Battle of Legends Vol. 1
In a universe of danger and darkness, where worlds and realities collide, legends are thrust→
Review: Rurik: Dawn of Kiev
Rurik: Dawn of Kiev looks like a Kickstarter game. The box is big, it is→
The Village Square: October 28, 2019
A mystery’s afootBut more modern than Sherlock! Portal Games announced Detective: Season One, a cooperative→
Preview: 8-Bit Attack
This is a paid preview of 8-Bit Attack for Petersen Games, now on Kickstarter. Cthulhu→
The Village Square: October 21, 2019
Wishing everybody a happy Internationale Spieltage SPIEL! Days of Wonder at EssenThe Days of Wonder→
My Top 35 Games of All Time…at 35
Today is my 35th birthday. What better time to reflect on all the great games→
How to Talk Yourself Out of Buying Games
Once upon a time, I struggled with buying way too many games. More than I→
The Village Square: October 14, 2019
Cooperative kingdom buildingSteamforged Games announced the release of their new Ni no Kuni II board→
Review: Crusader Kings: the Board Game
Marriage. Marriage is what brings us together today. Because war isn’t always easy. You can’t→
Review: Heul Doch! Mau Mau
I reviewed Reiner Knizia’s LAMA earlier this year, and despite its being nominated for the→
Review: Songbirds
The small card game field is a crowded one. There’s something familiar about a group→
The Village Square: September 30, 2019
More MadnessCapstone Games will release Feuerland Spiele’s Crystal Palace after Essen. The unique dice placement→
Expansion Exhaustion: The Mental Cost of “More”
I used to suffer from an acute case of “completion-itis.” And FOMO. If I loved→
Review: Adventure Games: The Dungeon
You wake up in a strange dungeon with no memory of how you got there.→
The Village Square: September 23, 2018
American Tabletop AwardsThe inaugural American Tabletop Awards winners were announced last week (Full Disclosure: I’m→
Gaming With a Foggy Brain
Board games are great exercise for our brains. Playing board games has been shown (at→
Review: The 7th Continent
I’m a mechanics-first gamer. My attempts to short-change theme are legendary in my lunch games→
The Village Square: September 9, 2019
Don’t forget to play Name That Board Game (wrong answers only) on our Twitter feed!→
Review: The Quacks of Quedlinburg: The Herb Witches
The festival in Quedlinburg is underway, and in order to stay ahead of your competition,→
The Village Square: September 2, 2019
Curiouser and curiouserReleasing after Essen, DrawLab announced the publication of Alice in Wonderland, a word→
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: Codenames Duet XXL
The job of the spy is difficult enough with rival spy organizations working around you.→