Scott Griffith

In the list of games that I forget I love, Imperial Settlers might be up at the top. Only problem is that I always seem to forget that. Everything about Portal Game’s 2014 hit appeals to me from the cartoony art to the subtle card drafting. Thus, when the

My first brush with Minion Games was with their hit: The Manhattan Project. I was immediately drawn into the game’s clever take on worker placement in a historically interesting theme. It was the first game I had ever played that used different kinds of workers to take different kinds

What is more terrifying: A pack hunting carnivore or a pack hunting carnivore that can fly? North Star Games has stepped up the competition in Evolution, their game about constantly competing species with the Flight expansion. In this expansion players can take their species to the sky and explore a

Once in a while a game comes around that ends up defining a genre, setting the standard that all other games are measured against. Arkham Horror fits this bill for thematic boardgames, Agricola is the go-to for worker placement, and for cooperative games there is Pandemic. Sure, there were other

With the book on 2015 freshly closed, taking a look back at the year gives a specific sense of excitement. The boardgaming hobby is riding a roller coaster that is only going up. Year after year things keep getting better. Innovative game play, immersive themes and stellar components keep the

An almost universal childhood experience is the struggle of parents trying to get their children to clean their rooms. Whether this happens when you are five or twenty-five, at some point you are going to have to break down your defense against order and do something about the pile of

Hello! Welcome to Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! For info on what is going on here, check out this introduction. We are starting to hit the lull before Spieltag Essen, but there are still some solid catches in the vast sea of Kickstarter. Remember that I am in no way endorsing

Hello! Welcome to Friday Tabletop Kickstarter Update! For info on what is going on here, check out this introduction. Some of the big hitters are gearing up for their fall releases and other publishers are just getting started. Either way there is no shortage of tabletop projects on Kickstarter. Remember