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2022 was an amazing year for Gaming Trend’s tabletop team: We more than doubled our crew, reviewed more tabletop games than any...
Heading into PAXU, An Age Contrived was on my short list of upcoming titles to check out, based almost entirely upon its...
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In my continuing quest to collect games that work with both my non-gaming family and my gaming friends, finding Catherine was a...
There is a well-known subset of TTRPG players who are primarily interested in combat and acquiring loot colloquially known as murder hobos....
I had been faced with a dilemma when writing previous Unmatched reviews. Since each set is essentially a standalone expansion, should I...
I’m a self-described Knizia fanboy, so I was extremely excited when I saw we had received his newest design for review. As...
When this game first debuted a few years ago, I dismissed it out of hand. I was fatigued on the IP, and...
When Arrakis was first announced a few months ago as a reskin/redesign of an ’80s area control game named Borderlands, I was...
As a kid, I cut my board gaming teeth on American designs like Axis & Allies and various roll and moves, games...
At first look, Wormholes appears unassuming, but its svelte box comes jam-packed with my favorite pickup and deliver game on the market....
Dead Alive’s Bernie Lin initially pitched Omicron Protocol to me as the perfect introduction to the minis wargaming hobby, and boy was...
Seems like everyone’s publishing traditional card games with modern game design additions nowadays, and SCOUT is Oink! throwing its hat in the...
I’ve spent the better part of my free time time this past week or two in a cycle of rewriting and completely...
There’s a reason why they call Gen Con “the best four days in gaming”, and while last year could be called subdued,...
When Bernie of Dead Alive first pitched Omicron Protocol to me, it was as an entry point for the minis hobby, complete...
Terra Mystica is inarguably a monolith of a board game. Personally, it was the first heavyweight euro I encountered without the same...
A few years ago, Photosynthesis came on the scene with a unique idea that ultimately fell short for a lot of people....
Back in my Space Station Phoenix review, I patted myself on the back for being more discerning about what winds up in...
Last year, WizKids released Ramp It Up, the follow-up to their wildly popular roll and write Super Skill Pinball. I was extremely...
Growing up, a lot of the games I had were gimmicky dexterity games with titles that played on common phrases. Ants in...
As the years go on and my board game collection balloons, I am forced to refine my criteria for picking up a...
If you’re reading this, I feel comfortable assuming that you’ve played the introductory route-building game Ticket to Ride. It’s certainly fun enough...
As players of Cthulhu Wars can tell you, a strong table presence can make even a lightweight game hit like a truck. ...
It’s been several years since I last played the classic cowboy social deduction game BANG!. Although it did a few things rather...
My family isn’t exactly chock-full of avid board gamers. While it’s never hard to get something simple enough to the table, the...
Similarly to Meeples and Monsters, I was able to quickly tell that Founders of Teotihuacan isn’t for me, but I was also...
If you asked me to summarize the experience of playing Batman: Everybody Lies, I would tell you it felt like someone wrote...
A little over two years ago, my favorite card game ever died. Oversimplified by one of my friends as “Hearthstone on a...
The first thing I did when I got home with my copy of Unmatched: Jurassic Park- Dr. Sattler vs. T. Rex was...