Reviews - GAMINGTREND (Page 30)

Barcelona review – An admirable city, a city full of life, intense, a port open to the past and future.

Board games and history are two of my favorite things. For many years, I taught social sciences to middle and high school students and though I still work in education,

By Dan Hinkin

/ 4 Dec 2023

Barcelona review – An admirable city, a city full of life, intense, a port open to the past and future.

After Us review – Get your hands off me, you dang dirty ape!

Post-apocalyptic ape pop culture has been around for awhile, namely in the Planet of the Apes franchise. I have fond memories of watching the original movies with my father when

By Dan Hinkin

/ 3 Dec 2023

After Us review – Get your hands off me, you dang dirty ape!

Beadle and Grimm DM Vault for Keys to the Golden Vault review — an elite spread

Beadle and Grimm’s DM Vault is a package of components that function as player aids, DM tools, and in-game documents for D&D’s Keys From the Golden

By John Farrell

/ 30 Nov 2023

Beadle and Grimm DM Vault for Keys to the Golden Vault review — an elite spread

Cranium Big Brain Detective Game review — Find your inner child

Seek and find is a classic kids game that I have very fond memories of. Whether it was picking up the Highlights magazine at the dentist office, searching out the

By Mark Julian

/ 28 Nov 2023

Cranium Big Brain Detective Game review — Find your inner child

Apiary review – Spacebees, The Board Game! Spacebees, The Lunchbox! Spacebees, The Breakfast Cereal!

There is something fascinating about bees. I have watched a ton of videos about hive relocations where all one has to do is find the queen, place them in a

By Dan Hinkin

/ 28 Nov 2023

Apiary review – Spacebees, The Board Game! Spacebees, The Lunchbox! Spacebees, The Breakfast Cereal!

Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond Doctor Who review — “I just want to tell you: you were fantastic.”

So…I know nothing about Doctor Who. I had to have a friend help me with the byline for this review. Doctor Who has always been in my peripheral and

By Chris Wyman

/ 27 Nov 2023

Magic: The Gathering Universes Beyond Doctor Who review — “I just want to tell you: you were fantastic.”

Holotype: Mesozoic North America review — Digging up dinosaurs

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a paleontologist out in the field digging up dinosaur bones and trying to figure out if you’ve just

By Samuel Pair

/ 20 Nov 2023

Holotype: Mesozoic North America review — Digging up dinosaurs

Roller Coaster Rush review — A disappointing ride

Roller Coaster Rush invites you to unleash your inner theme park mogul, promising a thrilling ride of strategic planning and resource management. But, does it soar to the heights of

By Mike Case

/ 20 Nov 2023

Heroes of Barcadia review — Roll for Constitution

“Better than rain or rippling brook is a mug of beer inside this Took!” – Peregrin Took Many adventures have begun and ended with a mug of beer. A little beer

By Mark Julian

/ 19 Nov 2023

Heroes of Barcadia review — Roll for Constitution

Magic: The Gathering Tales of Middle-earth Scene Boxes — A great gift or a bad buy?

With the holidays approaching, Wizards of the Coast has created a new product for their holiday releases of Tales of Middle-earth. This year Wizards of the Coast has introduced four

By Chris Wyman

/ 13 Nov 2023

Magic: The Gathering Tales of Middle-earth Scene Boxes — A great gift or a bad buy?

Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn starter decks review — A wave of new cards to discover

Chapter two of Disney Lorcana has arrived and with it come two brand new starter decks. The chapter is titled Rise of the Floodborn and features a wave of never

By Mark Julian

/ 13 Nov 2023

Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn starter decks review — A wave of new cards to discover

Big Boss review — More like boredroom

Playing Big Boss for review has been the board game version of going to colonial Williamsburg or any other historical reenactment. I’ve been helping Mike get plays of the

By Nick Dubs

/ 10 Nov 2023

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