Reviews
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8076Catherine: The Cities of the Tsarina review—activating aristocrats
In my continuing quest to collect games that work with both my non-gaming family and my gaming friends, finding Catherine was a...
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8581Shake That City review — Randomizing colored cubes has never been this fun
Editor’s note: We get a lot of prototype games at Gaming Trend, in various states of completion, and usually we have a...
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80110Gutenberg review — don’t stop the presses!
The advent of the printed word was an astounding revelation for the world. What once started out as hand copying illustrations and...
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8591Ready Set Bet review — A fast paced, fun, and exciting… game?
While I’ve never been to a horse race and I never will, I’ve always enjoyed horse racing and betting games. However, they...
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8598Unmatched: Houdini vs. the Genie review— a magical melee
I had been faced with a dilemma when writing previous Unmatched reviews. Since each set is essentially a standalone expansion, should I...
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90143Massive Darkness 2 – Lightbringers heading straight into Hell
Massive Darkness 2 is a co-op dungeon crawler for 1 to 6 players. Players pick from different classes of ‘Lightbringers’ that head...
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70151Nacho Pile review — There’s a game in my bag of chips!
It’s happened – we now have a party game that could easily be confused with the snacks at the party, which may...
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80136Say Anything review — The real fun is the friends we made along the way
Party games are a dime a dozen. They are often easy to learn, accessible to all, and can be finished fairly quickly,...
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50176San Francisco review— hit the track, Jack
I'm a self-described Knizia fanboy, so I was extremely excited when I saw we had received his newest design for review. As...
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90157A Song of Ice & Fire: Tabletop Miniatures Game – Stark vs Lannister Starter Set review—wily wargaming in Westeros
When this game first debuted a few years ago, I dismissed it out of hand. I was fatigued on the IP, and...
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30196Arrakis: Dawn of the Fremen review— well begun is half done
When Arrakis was first announced a few months ago as a reskin/redesign of an '80s area control game named Borderlands, I was...
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85191Luna Capital review — Making the moon profitable
The year is 1977 and the private sector is betting on the moon as the next big market. In order for that...
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80166USPS: The Great American Mail Race review – Not Rain, Sleet, Snow, or Hail can put a damper on this game!
I won’t even lie to you, at one point in my life, I thought I wanted to be a mailman. In elementary...
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70183Star Wars Villainous: Power of the Dark Side review – The Force is wobbly with this one.
Seemingly every game in the Star Wars universe has you playing as the hero. One Jedi against the empire, a squadron of...
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50174Northgard: Uncharted Lands review— viking snowball fight
As a kid, I cut my board gaming teeth on American designs like Axis & Allies and various roll and moves, games...
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90208Riftforce Beyond review – return to the rift for greater rewards
It is hard to stand out in a crowd with the vast amount of two-player card-based games out there. With the arrival...
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90219Kites review — Let’s go fly a kite!
Trying to fly a kite can be a frustrating feeling. Sometimes it soars upon the perfect breeze, but often ends up more...
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80228Wormholes review—Infrastructure! In! Space!
At first look, Wormholes appears unassuming, but its svelte box comes jam-packed with my favorite pickup and deliver game on the market....
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85201Suspects review – Great mystery adventures for the whole group!
At the end of the day, fun is what drives me to play tabletop games. Can this game grab my attention, and...
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75265Summoner Wars (Second Edition) review – Two summoners enter a pit…
Summoner Wars (Second Edition) is a 2 player game that is a remake of the previously released game of the same title...
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90275Hues and Cues review — Brilliant fun
What color, exactly, is "lavender"? How about "traffic cone"? "Human Tongue"? Knowing the answer is the difference between winning and losing in...
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75334Campaign Case: Terrain review — Adventure maps on the go
Wizards of the Coast clearly has an eye set on making Dungeons & Dragons accessible to new players. They have published a...
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95257Omicron Protocol review— new kid on the hex
Dead Alive’s Bernie Lin initially pitched Omicron Protocol to me as the perfect introduction to the minis wargaming hobby, and boy was...
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65264Spelljammer: Adventures in Space review—Promised a feast, got a morsel.
Due to Spelljammer being a three book set rather than a single hardcover volume, we thought it best to share the duty...
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65327Solforge Fusion review — Jumping from digital to analog
I remember seeing Solforge for the first time at Gen Con around the time it was released. Knowing it came from the...
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90306Token terrors to-go—D&D Campaign Case: Creatures
As the world slowly makes its way back to normalcy, my D&D sessions have also begun to migrate away from Discord and...
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60258Rock Paper Heroes: Enter the Danger Room review — Training to be a superhero isn’t quite as exciting as I had imagined
Everybody wants to be part of the X-Men, but there’s one part of being in a superhero mutant team that is a...
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65255Mythic Mischief review— troublesome texts
I've spent the better part of my free time time this past week or two in a cycle of rewriting and completely...
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90258The Deadlies review — Risk and reward compete in this fast-paced card game
Greed, pride, wrath, lust, gluttony, sloth, and envy, better known as the seven deadly sins, is a concept that most are familiar...
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65254Imagineers review — Managing a theme park isn’t as much fun as you’d expect
Managing a theme park isn’t easy – it costs money to build new attractions, you have to keep people happy, you have...
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90403Cloudspire review — The source must flow
Unpacking Cloudspire you might think that it was some kind of battle royale game with hex tiles, chips of units, and base...
