Nick South

Blue Orange Games have made a solid reputation for themselves by producing several engaging family oriented games. They are particularly adept at games with an educational slant, such as their fun pattern maker, Dr. Eureka. I could easily argue that all board games have an inherent educational value of problem

I have to laugh when someone on social media laments that this is the worst time in history to be alive. Pretty sure we are better off than the Dark Ages with their 30 year life expectancy, the black plague, and lack of reliable pizza delivery. Still, if the Dark

I may be dating myself a bit here, but in college, the hours I spent pining away on term papers was significantly lengthened by the time I spent pining away on Solitaire. There was something calming in its simplicity in its goal of completing stacks of suited cards. The computer

If there’s anything that can kill your love of a job, it’s the monotony of the day to day grind. When that happens, you often have to spice up the workplace with practical jokes or silly contests that hopefully stay on the right side of the line between

There are two games to be had in the small box of the Fantasy Realms card game. The intentional one is an interesting game of hand optimization. The unintentional one is a tedious game of conditional mathematics. The fact that one game can take just as long as the other

When I think of games that helped launch this Renaissance Age of board gaming, I have to include Ticket to Ride on that list. With millions of copies sold, Ticket to Ride rode its success with multiple expansions and variants where people can build railways in locations across the globe.

In the 8th century, Vikings from Scandinavia first raided the coast of the British Isles. Over the next century, raids morphed into invasions, and the native Anglo-Saxons found themselves in a struggle to save their homeland. By 878, the Vikings had pushed the Saxons to the brink. It was then

On the morning of November 1, 1755, a massive earthquake shook Lisbon to its core. The quake brought its own destruction, and the subsequent fires and tsunami left the great Portuguese capital in ruins. Immediately, the king and prime minister set to rebuild the city. They recommended the boldest of