Review: Sagrada
When I was in college (long, long ago), I visited the real Basilica de la→
Tagged: abstract
Review: Dragon Market
Blue Orange has carved a niche for themselves by consistently publishing games that look great,→
Review: Senshi
The ailing master is finally dying, and it’s up to his students to prove their→
Review: War Chest
While you don’t need to give me this much backstory to get me to play→
Review: Dragon Castle
If there’s one thing we should learn from games like Azul or Santorini, it’s to→
Review: Fae
Depending on your source Fairies can be helpful, malicious, mischievous, hidden, easy to find, spiritual,→
Review: Kilt Castle
It’s renovation time at Kilt Castle, and the various family leaders can’t agree on how→
Gen Con 2018: Expancity
This game was one of the hot commodities at Gen Con, and sold out before→
Review: Azul
The first thing you’re likely to notice about Azul is its beauty, and that is→
Review: Photosysnthesis
I’m super excited about all the new science games hitting the market lately. Cytosis, Terraforming→
Review: Through the Desert (Euro Classics Edition)
Water isn’t something you think about much when you have a flowing supply available at→
Review: Santorini
Santorini, a city built by the gods on a small island south of Greece. Why→
Review: Zero Down
There are lots of games that make getting the lowest score the goal, but in→
Gen Con 2017: Museum Heist
The local museum just got a new exhibit, and it’s filled with valuable treasures that→
Gen Con 2017: Photosynthesis
What if you were a tree? What would your life be like? What would be→
Review: Element
Before Maurice White made earth, wind and fire famous in the 1970s, they actually formed→
Review: Through The Desert
The Desert is a dangerous and uncharted area that is divided into neat little hexes→
Review: Fealty
How many games start with the death of a king and end with one of→
Review: Unita
What would you expect if you opened up a game and found dozens of beautiful dice?  You’d→
Review: Quantum
In the far future, humanity has discovered a way to manipulate matter on a quantum→
Review: Hey Froggy!
This place is hop, hop, hopping! It’s a race across the pond. Can you be→
Preview: Keep the Crown
The king, in his noble wisdom and generosity, has opened the royal treasury for all→
Review: Journey Stones
Have you ever seen a Viking longship? I mean, it’s basically just a carved out→
Preview: Beast of Balka
[Ed. note: This is a preview of a non-final, prototype of the game. Our opinions→
Review: Barony
It is a time when barons go to war. The king is dead, spring is→
Review: Samurai
The emperor has lost his hold on Japan, and the time has come to act.→
Review: NanoBot Battle Arena
Imagine a future where microscopic NanoBots have been trained to fight it out in a→
Review: Battle Sheep
In Battle Sheep, your flock of sheep is fighting against other sheep for control of→
Review: Indigo
Indigo is a deep shade of blue derived from the Indian indigo plant. In ancient→
Review: Qin
Conquering the countryside. Consolidating power. Building your empire. Tile-laying. Do you have what it takes→
Preview: For the Win
Tasty Minstrel Games has solidified their position as one of the big publishers on Kickstarter→
Thematics, Knizia, and Evocative Mechanics
The other day I tweeted out a tweet, as I sometimes do, about something I→