Tabletop: BOARD GAMEs
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652.9KKing of Tombstone? – Review of Desperados of Dice Town
Board gaming has seen an explosion in dice-based games in the last few years, reflecting the popularity of King of Tokyo, Quarriors,...
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1.1KGolem Arcana releasing on August 13
While we have seen board games come with electronic devices, we are starting to see some integration with board games and tablets....
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852.4KDamn Yankees! The South Shall Rise Again
You’re reading this review for one of three reasons: 1) You like zombie games and want to see what this affordable entry...
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1003.2KA Song of War — A Game of Thrones: The Board Game, 2nd Edition
As a late-thirty something, I grew up when strategy board gaming reached its zenith of popularity and execution. Diplomacy remains the gold...
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1.8KCrazy Eights: Lance Hill of Funhill Games
Sometimes it is difficult to find unique mechanics within gaming, whether they be video or tabletop. However, that doesn’t mean that new...
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852.1KEstablishing your very own crime syndicate – Dominare
Any good black box conceals the nasty insides that make it work. The city of Tempest is no different. Such a prosperous...
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801.7KTreads, Lasers and Gears, Oh My! – Volt
I love everything about robots, from their motors to their circuit boards, mapping algorithms and motion planning algorithms. Both real and fictional...
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1.2KTiny Epic Kingdoms makes its way to Kickstarter today
When most people talk about microgames, they think of a small number of cards and a couple of cubes. While that is...
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753.5KWilliam Wallace with a bazooka – Duel of Ages II Basic Set and Master Set review
Blackbeard the Pirate is on a mission. He cautiously descends the slope of the mesa until his goal, Lith’s Lair, is in...
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1.4KDays of Wonder announces Five Tribes
Days of Wonder is known for publishing games that are easy to learn and accessible to just about anyone. They also don’t...
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1.3KMonday Tabletop Kickstarter Update – Bees, Fighters and Science!
Hello! Welcome to this week’s belated Tabletop Kickstarter Update! With all of the excitement at E3 and the lesser known Origins, this...
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652.5KThat is not how I roll – Unita
Often when discussing games people will focus on either the theme or the mechanisms included. Like that one time you played a...
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903.6K“Everybody calls me a racketeer. I call myself a businessman.” – Bootleggers
The title of this review is a quote from Alphonse Gabriel Capone, leader of The Chicago Outfit. Al was a “businessman” specializing...
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902.3KMonsters of Mass Destruction — Rampage Review
The only sport I enjoy participating in is bowling. Sure I enjoy watching football, but knocking down pins, or seeing them remain...
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801.8KBay of Pig Boats – Mercante
Every city consumes, processes and generates goods in some way; The city of Tempest is no different. The good people of the...
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803.0KEat or be Eaten – Evolution Kickstarter Review
I did not realize how quiet it had gotten. Grass that normally sustained me and my herd became terrifying as it clouded...
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803.2KFun With Dirt: Mound Builders
Mound Builders, like Victory Point Games’ other States of Siege solitaire offerings, is a well-researched strategy adaptation based on historical events. That’s...
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704.2KA trivial trivia game with a twisted twist – Think Again! Review
It’s hard to make a memorable trivia game. Hobbyist gamers scoff at them, so designers seldom include any mechanics besides roll-and-move. There...
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954.5KOoh, la, la, America! – Review of Lewis & Clark: The Expedition
Wine, cuisine, and tires. Whether a luscious white from Alsace or a smooth Bordeaux, wines from France can’t be beat. The finest...
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852.4K“Always bet on black” – Review of Seasons: Path of Destiny
See my previous review of the Seasons base game and Seasons: Enchanted Kingdom, the first expansion, for rules, game play, component lists,...
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3.1KUndermountain comes to Waterdeep on iOS
If you have played Lords of Waterdeep, then you know that it’s a great game. While the iOS version does have a...
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503.3K“Curse You, Red Baron!” – Review of Dawgs of War
I pulled an Immelmann and blew that Fokker out of the sky. My poor brother. Lost again to my Sopwith Camel. The...
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905.6KStep out of your cave and see the light – Caverna
We are going to play a game. I am going to give you a genre of board game, and you are going...
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1.9KMemoir ’44 gets a gigantic map expansion this June
Days of Wonder had two huge hits released ten years ago, Ticket to Ride and Memoir ’44. While Memoir ’44 has the...
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1.2KThe truth is out there for board gamers
At one time The X-Files was considered appointment television. Mulder and Scully would investigate the odd and supernatural every week. While the...
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751.8KPut on your fanciest clothes, its party time – Courtier
We like cohesive stories. In almost all forms of media we have trilogies, volumes, series and collections. These overarching themes and epic...
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803.1KLet’s trade some bananas, shells, and fish in paradise — Carcassonne South Seas Review
If you live in the midwest or northeastern US, then you know it’s been cold. Even the polar ice caps have been...
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903.4KI ain’t afraid of no ghosts — Ghost Stories Review
One of my favorite genres in board games is cooperative games. I still remember being amazed at how Shadows over Camelot worked....
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752.1KWe never liked [insert least favorite country] anyway… – Tomorrow Review
With arguably the most accessible theme ever, Pandemic beckons us in with the call to save humanity. Who could possibly protest that...
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2.2KTicket to Ride is getting an upgrade for it’s 10th Anniversary
Ticket to Ride is my go to game whenever I have people over to play games that normally don’t play games. Widely...
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655.5KWe named a country after him, but… – Review of Amerigo
I asked my 13-year-old son who Amerigo Vespucci was. He didn’t know. Darned American public schools. Perhaps in my kid’s mind the...
