Game Reviews

The world of hidden traitor and social deduction games has been a bit saturated over the years. In recent memory, we’ve gotten one of the best of all time, Blood on the Clocktower, a reimplementation of a classic with Unfathomable, not to mention all the hidden werewolves and politicians

Monster Munch from Haba takes on the classic memory match kids games and adds just enough bite to feel fresh without overwhelming the little ones. Childrens’ games can be a challenge to pull off and be engaging for the kids and parents alike but Haba has found the magic sauce.

Marvel Dice Throne is a standalone expansion to the popular Dice Throne franchise that brings fan favorite Marvel heroes and villains into the fray. Featuring a new spin on the classic Yahtzee formula with some clever card play, Marvel Dice Throne is a back and forth battle of luck and

There’s a philosophical concept called the Ship of Theseus that I enjoy thinking about. Essentially, it asks that, if you have a ship and replace every single part of it over time due to wear and tear, is it still the same ship? If you save all the old

If you like deck-building and negotiation, then I have a game for you! Moonrakers, from Lucky Duck Games and IV Games, fuses classic deck-building mechanics with hard bargaining. 1-5 players manage their own spaceship and crew to fulfill contracts and reap the spoils. Players may choose to work together and

I’ve been a fan of the detective genre of storytelling for a while. From the cheesy to the dramatic, detective stories have a charm that other genres don’t always have in them. The Last Case of Benedict Fox is a detective, puzzle based platformer with twists and turns

The LOOP is a cooperative deck builder where players take the role of time traveling agents sent to stop a villain from completing a destructive time travel loop. Using an interesting ‘cube tower’ mechanism that randomly will spit out cubes players have to deal with lest various historic eras become

Star Scrappers: Cave-in, from Hexy Studio, launched as the first of three games in their sci-fi Star Scrappers Universe. This somewhat unique card game comes from designers Filip Miłuński and Jan Zalewski, and posits 2-4 players as rival clans vying for colorful minerals. I would categorize Cave-in if I could,