In my opinion, there are three things that a good expansion can do: be a physical game patch to fix some issues that play testing hadn’t revealed before printing, add modality to make the game more versatile, or simply add content for those that have played the base game
Fangs is Kosmos’ reprint of Shadow Hunters, one of my favorite social deduction games from the olden times that I never got around to getting a copy of. There’s a couple minor tweaks here and there, but the real change is the retheme, so it’s already time for
Sandbox games are a genre I’ve never hit it off with- I’ve had enough jobs that amounted to running around and doing various tasks that when that’s the entirety of a game, it feels like work to me. It certainly doesn’t help that the vast majority
Wizards of the Coast showed off new cards and reprints for the four new Fallout Commander decks releasing March 8th. Each deck is full of Fallout lore for anyone who wants to explore the wasteland. The new card designs reflect the many stories of the Fallout universe and the reprints
At the beginning of the rulebook, Diceborn Heroes introduces itself as a cooperative fantasy dice game inspired by “old school JRPGs.” As I began exploring the vibrant box of cardboard I found this to be an intriguing introduction. I am old enough to remember the ye olde days of the
Invincible The Dice Game from Skybound and Mantic is a push-your-luck filler game based on the popular Invincible comic by Robert Kirkman. With a single deck of cards and some custom dice, does this super hero game pack enough of a punch to land on your table? I’m not
In my initial review of Godsforge, the simultaneous action wizard fight from Atlas Games, I had called the game out for being a little awkward to get going, but overall a fun fast paced action game, complete with beautiful artwork. The two expansion packs for Godsforge, Return of the Dragon
Pylos is another two player abstract game from publisher Gigamic and designed by David Royffe. Players will race to be the first to place their last sphere at the top of the shared pyramid of wooden balls on the board.
The rules for Pylos are very straightforward. In fact the
