Having games is great, but traveling with them can be a hassle. Carrying several games at once can weigh you down, and...
While the cyberpunk theme is popular in the world of science fiction, it’s not heavily used. The merging of technology with humankind...
Matt Riddle and Ben Pinchback have designed a wide variety of games, from the filler Eggs and Empires to the recently-released big...
Sometimes you see a game on Kickstarter that looks good but just doesn’t have the hype behind it because it doesn’t have...
When you play a board game you generally need someone who already knows the rules or someone who has read the rules...
While I don’t mind reading through a rulebook, teaching games continues to challenge me. I don’t have a problem getting the rules...
The Civilization video games seem to be huge hits when they are released. The latest release, Civilization VI, has had overwhelmingly positive...
Steamforged Games has come to make a name for themselves from basically nowhere. They started off creating Guild Ball and making different...
The original Ghostbusters movie was a huge hit, mixing humor with some horror and supernatural elements. The ghost logo has become one...
It seems like Fantasy Flight has done a lot streamlining of their systems the past couple of years. Games like Fury of...
Few details were available after the teaser was posted about Fallout: The Board Game. Since then, Fantasy Flight Games has updated their...
While Cthulhu Wars inclusion of four highly asymmetrical factions gives it high replayability, Petersen Games has made a few other factions available...
Cryptozoic has become had a string of hits, and they have landed the Rick and Morty license. They announced their lineup for...
Cthulhu Wars looks great, and the large pieces give it a high table presence. Each faction plays differently with unique figures and...
When you talk about trading and negotiation games, you usually think games with boards that fill the table with lots of little...
While the number of real-time boardgames has increased, there still aren’t a lot of them. Creating a real-time war game seemed to...
Most dungeon crawls have highly detailed figures and map tiles that snap together. Lugging the monstrous boxes can break your back if...
Anticipation for CMON’s dungeon crawler Massive Darkness is high. After some delays, those who funded the Kickstarter are getting their packages. However,...
Getting a new board game is a great experience. The punching of chits. The feel of the plastic figures in your hand....
Ares Games has gone from a small publishing house starting with War of the Ring and expanding to several large games. They...
With the popularity of 7 Wonders, you might have thought that an onslaught of card drafting games would be released. However, it’s...
Last year Mythic Games completed their Kickstarter for Mythic Battles: Pantheon to impressive results. With large figures and a Greek theme, it...
Pairs is a game that uses a unique deck of cards called a pyramid deck. Several different themed Pairs decks have been...
When I went to Origins, WizKids had several new board games set up besides the usual Heroclix and Dice Masters sets. The...
When Asmodee bought up some of the entities within F2Z Entertainment, a few groups decided to create their own publisher, and Plan...
If you’ve seen any of my posts about White Wizard Games, you know that I thought they had something special with Star...
Calliope Games is a company that consistently publishes fun family games. While their biggest hit is the path-creating Tsuro, they have several...
Being a small publisher can make it difficult to get off the ground. However, sometimes you’ll find some creative ideas behind those...
While it seems like we have a ton of board games released here, plenty of games are released in Europe that never...
While many of the collectible card games have crashed and burned, Yu-Gi-Oh is one of the few games to sustain life over...
The Spiel des Jahres is the most prominent award for board gaming in Germany. Winning the award almost ensures that the game...