Review: Underwater Cities: New Discoveries
The chief question everyone asks when considering an expansion to a game they like is,→
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Review: Reykholt
Unless my tomatoes are crushed up and mixed with copious amounts of sugar, I’m not→
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: The River
Exploration, resource exploitation, and settling new lands are common themes in the board game universe.→
Review: Santa’s Workshop
I’ve never envied the jobs of Santa and his elves, but being a new parent→
Review: Dinosaur Island
Dinosaur parks. We all know they’d be a terrible idea, but that doesn’t stop us→
Review: Iquazu
Sometimes, when considering games to review, I know going in that it’s something I’m likely→
Review: Fabled Fruit
One persistent problem in the board game hobby is perseverance. We don’t often stick with→
Review: Kingsburg (Second Edition)
Many people retain an affinity for those titles that introduced them to modern board games→
Review: The Pursuit of Happiness: Community Expansion
When The Pursuit of Happiness (POH) came out a couple of years ago, I rejoiced→
Review: Ex Libris
One of the things that surprised me when I got into board gaming was just→
Review: Caverna: Cave vs. Cave
Dwarves get a bad rap. It’s always “greed” this, and “anger” that. Then there are→
Gen Con 2017: The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire
“Luke, I am your Godfather” -the Godfather, probably Okay, so I haven’t actually seen the→
Gen Con 2017: Dragon Island
Look, if we heard the word “dragon” in a game title chances are we’re going→
The Village Square: July 27, 2017
Cold hard cash is coming I don’t usually post about Kickstarter projects, but Cool Mini→
The Village Square: May 29, 2017
Two things before we dive into this Memorial Day edition of the Village Square: first,→
Review: Vinhos Deluxe Edition
Ah, the life of a wine magnate. Living in a lovely location, working outdoors, gaining→
Review: Galactic Rebellion
Imagine that you’re the leader of a rebel faction in a futuristic sci-fi universe ruled→
Review: Dice City
The kingdom of Rolldovia is in trouble. The capital was sacked by a horde of→
Review: Praetor
Back in the glory days of the Roman Empire, everyone wanted to win the favor→
Review: Legendary Inventors
Imagine that you could captain a team of some of history’s greatest inventors and lead→
Review: Agricola: Family Edition
Farming Ain’t What It Used to Be It looks like in 2016, Agricola had an→
Review: The Pursuit of Happiness
When I was a kid, The Game of LIFE was one of my favorite board→
Review: Snowdonia
I love train games! The only problem with train games is that the vast majority→
Review: Agricola (revised edition)
It’s all about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Sure, Maslow hasn’t come around yet, but your→
Review: Vikings on Board
Last year, Blue Orange Games, a company known mostly for children’s games, made a big→
Review: Steam Time
They say time is the fire in which we burn. Perhaps the universe is its→
Review: Discoveries: The Journals of Lewis & Clark
When President Jefferson purchased all of France’s possessions in North America, it surprised everyone. Even→
GC ’15: Code of Nine
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Review: Dogs of War
In the Machiavellian land of Gravos, powerful noble houses play the deadliest of games. It→
Review: Fields of Arle
It seems the boxes to Uwe Rosenberg’s games keep getting bigger and bigger. Amazingly enough→