Reviews
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651.3KAqua review — Surprising depth in this art!
Aqua is a mechanically simple 2-player card placement game, where your goal is to create sets of matching icons and numbers within...
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801.4KSorcerer: Endbringer review — Create your demigod, then kill them
I really love Sorcerer. As someone that enjoys playing TCGs but hasn't got a knack for deck construction, I'm frequently on the...
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901.3KPacific War 1942 & War of 1812 review — Must have solitaire games.
Pacific War 1942 and War of 1812 are two solitaire games by Worthington Publishing. Although these games are very similar, their differences...
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851.3KTomorrow City RPG review — high concept Dieselpunk with spectacular presentation
It’s 1984 and the world is in shambles. Decades of conflict have wrought their ruin, and Tomorrow City’s art-deco splendor looms over...
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95925Endeavor: Deep Sea review – The sea is calling you to explore all she has to offer.
A few years ago, as my students and I were discussing issues they were concerned with, one of my students blurted out,...
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701.1KStalk Exchange review — Bloom or Bust
Stalk Exchange is the latest in the surprisingly long list of flower themed speculative stock games, but is this one worth investing...
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202.3KInk RPG review — enter a purgatory of questionable game design
Ink spins the tale of lost souls travelling a murky purgatory to find their way Beyond. Its visual aesthetics are unimpeachable, brilliant...
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752.5KJoyride: Survival of the Fastest review — Let’s go for a spin
Joyride: Survival of the Fastest is a two to four player combat racing game. The goal is always to be the first...
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552.7KCrescendo of Violence RPG review — a classy, stylish crisis of identity
Crescendo of Violence is a work of thought, care, and dedication by author Alan Bahr. Taking place in a post-post cataclysmic Neo...
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952.1KLittle Alchemists review —- boxing up magic
As a father, I want nothing more for my kids than for them to grow up and be into board games and...
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902.0KStar Wars: The Deckbuilding Game – Clone Wars Edition review — Hello there!
In 2023 Fantasy Flight Games surprised everyone with the first Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game. Built on the massively popular Star Realms...
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952.1KPagan: Fate of Roanoke review— Does Mayor Biggs float?
I have rather stringent rules for when I choose to sleeve one of my games, and as a result, I can count...
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1002.7KCrossbows & Catapults review — A box of memories
Why do we play games? To spend time together? To win? To distract? There could be any number of reasons, but I...
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852.8KDisney Lorcana: Azurite Sea starter decks review — A Pirate’s life for me
Lorcana is now in its 6th chapter with Azurite Sea. As a pirate fanatic, I can easily say it is the best...
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851.8KConfusing Lands review – Portable, and not so confusing, fun
I corrupted my wife into modern board gaming quickly while we were dating. In her family, she grew up letting other people...
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853.0KMagic: The Gathering Foundations Starter Collection review ⏤ An incredible starting point
The Foundations Starter Collection is another new product being released with the Foundations Set. While the Beginner Box and the Jumpstart packs...
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903.9KMagic: The Gathering Foundations Beginner Box review ⏤ Is this the best way to learn Magic?
The Magic: The Gathering Foundations releases are more than another draft set. Alongside the standard draft set made of Play Boosters, Foundations...
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1003.1KRiver of Gold review — Rollin’ on a golden river
You know how sometimes you sit down to a new game not expecting too much, only to be blown away by every...
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802.0KHero Realms review—There is a lot of fun to be had here
Hero Realms is a deck-building game that is easy to teach and even easier to store. The starter box is about the...
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601.9KEscape From Flat Earth review—Don’t bother.
Normally I jump into these reviews with something nice to say, I come out with a nice layout for my thoughts and...
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752.4K13 Beavers review — Probability of a good time
Beavers is a kids and family game from tabletop giant Asmodee. As the resident reviewer of family games at GamingTrend I am...
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852.3KHarrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict & Fair Folk expansion review — Cube tower of terror
To me, “thematic” is a borderline dirty word. Playing too many early American designs that favored turning you into the DiCaprio pointing...
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902.4KLord of the Rings: Duel for Middle Earth review – The fate of the Middle Earth hangs in the balance.
Lord of the Rings will always hold a special place in my heart. From the first time I read the trilogy in...
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1002.3KThunder Road: Vendetta Maximum Chrome review – Witness me!
Cars roar across the blasted wasteland and broken highways. The retort of heavy calibur gunfire rings across the salt-wastes. The greatest, and...
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901.7KWatergate review – The conspiracy grows
In 1972, one of the nation’s greatest scandals occurred. A sitting president was accused of illegally wiretapping and spying on his political...
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801.6KCourt of Miracles review – Thieves prosper
In old Paris, there is a place where the crippled walk, the sick are cured, where gold appears like magic and beggars...
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751.5KTesseract review – Hyperdimensional bomb squad
Something not of this world arrived. Initially, it was the size of a city, but it quickly shrank, and shrank, and shrank,...
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802.4KMagic: The Gathering Duskmourn: House of Horror review ⏤ Experience the scariest plane in the multiverse, the 1980s
Our last standard set for 2024 (not counting Foundations) is Duskmourn: House of Horror. Another plane new to the multiverse, inspired by...
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801.1KBiomos review — Create your world
Biomos is an extremely simple board game that can become more complex if you play it with a group of friends. For...
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951.1KKinfire Delve: Callous’ Lab review — The final piece
Callous’ Lab is the final standalone card game in the Kinfire Delve trilogy. With this, we have all six of the heroes...
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901.2KTransformers Roleplaying Game: The Enigma of Combination review—Join together!
The Enigma of Combination sourcebook for the Transformers Roleplaying Game brings with it a whole host of features. This 120-page book is...
