Keith Schleicher

You’ll take the day you are currently on and multiply that by the number of Gearlocs in your party. For instance, in a two-player game, the number of baddie points on the sixth day would be twelve. Baddies are drawn from the highest possible stack until the baddie point

Sometimes first impressions can steer you the wrong way. When I first laid eyes on Gizmos, I thought that it would play similarly to Potion Explosion. The marble dispenser, the marble storage areas, and cards that go into the players tableau felt familiar. However, getting to the meat of Gizmos

Several years ago I was introduced to Stone Blade Entertainment’s first foray into online gaming, Solforge.  It was a digital collectible card game where players could play up to two cards during their turn, with most of the cards being placed in lanes.  While there wasn’t any cost

Emerson Matsuuchi created the Century series of games. At first glance, you might think that they play similarly. Colored cubes get upgraded throughout the game, which in turn get exchanged for point cards. However, the method for completing that objective changes in each game, making for very different experiences. Century

Sometimes you come across a game with a unique theme. Other times you come across a mechanism with a unique implementation. When I got a look at Thera, which is currently funding on Kickstarter, I found both. To find out more I asked designer Zach Hoekstra eight questions about Thera.

Burnt Island Games is a relative new board game publisher. Their first release was a reprint of Endeavor: Age of Sail, but they made their mark with In the Hall of the Mountain King which funded on Kickstarter two years ago. Now they are looking to repeat the success with

Pandemic has been in my collection for a long time. I still have the original black box version that contained wooden cubes. Since it was cooperative, friends were less apprehensive about trying it out since we’d all be playing to reach the same goal. Some were blown away by

Sometimes you can see a game and you think it’s just like another game that you’ve already played. Then you get a closer look and there’s something that gives it a unique twist. That’s what happened when I saw the Kickstarter campaign for What the What?