Game Reviews

Let’s just get this out of the way right now: the title Between Two Cities makes punishingly little sense. What does it mean? What’s between two cities? Suburbs? Country? Like, a road? Is the game trying to call itself “A Road” but can’t think of the name

The Korean War is often referred to as the Forgotten War. Wedged between the victory of the Greatest Generation and the quagmire that became the Vietnam War, the conflict in Korea gets largely overlooked. The war’s omission in mainstream consciousness extends to board gaming. Dozens of World War II

Card games have become a passion of mine in recent years. Time constraints of work and quality moments with family mean that epically long board games don’t hit the table as often, but card games can be played in a relatively short amount of time while still giving you

An airship legacy is ripe for the making, with only the other players in your way. Dastardly Dirigibles is a game of airship construction and hand management for two to five players. The concept is simple: choose from parts of many ships to build yours more quickly and efficiently than

I’ve often lauded the benefits of using games as educational tools. The trouble is that purpose built educational games tend to lead to such titles as Fun with Language Arts or Spaghetti and Math Balls. The key for any title to be educational is that it must be a

Admittedly, I dismissed Fastrack when I first saw it, though I can hardly be faulted. Relegated to the game section of a craft store to entertain my children while my wife shopped, I noticed a display copy of Fastrack on a table with some other games. My children bounced from

Language is a thing of beauty. As I write this I navigate a flow of multiplicitous intentions and  representations to ultimately communicate something to you. I am in love with the crucible of the written form, parsing out the essential from the wasteful in every clause. Stinker, a party game

Creating a new edition of a classic game can be a tricky proposition. If the designer sticks too close to the formula, then reviews might say that nothing new came and the game lacks creativity. If the designer changes too much, purists will scream to the highest hill of board