I enjoy heavy games. For example, I love to play A Feast For Odin, another tetromino placement game. World Wonders is not heavy, and yet it has some economic and logistic features that make it very enjoyable for its weight.
In World Wonders you’ll be spending your limited resources
When my late friend, Brian Fitzpatrick – self-proclaimed nerd and all around great guy – invited me to play a role-playing game set in a system that he had created, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Through nights over zoom during the pandemic, something awakened within me and
The thought of being a game master for a roleplaying group scares me a bit. While I have no problem teaching a board game or acting out the role of a dwarven monk or a space ranger, being in charge of a group and creating a world for them to
Scorn’s Stockade is the second standalone set in the Kinfire Delve trilogy. We already reviewed the first box, Vainglory’s Grotto, which you can read here. This review will cover the things that have been added or changed from the first game.
Characters
Scorn’s Stockade comes with two
Spatial puzzle games have become intrinsic to the hobby. Ever since polyominoes caught fire with Patchwork, NMBR 9, and Feast for Odin, designers have been finding new ways to make our brains melt by putting cardboard bits together. Two years ago, Akropolis introduced stacking hexes, and now, Aqua has my
Horticulture, designed by Nate & Jake Jenne and published by Last Night Games, is a flip and write game that challenges gamers to work collaboratively on a garden. In my experiences playing it, I’ve found Horticulture to be an incredibly relaxing yet puzzling experience due to the consistent surprises
It’s hard to not love Air, Land & Sea and its mobile counterpart, Marvel Snap. Both have expanded upon the 2 player card game format in a way that inherently promotes a crunchy experience that self-balances despite extremely powerful and unbalanced effects. At first glance, I was intrigued by
Something Wild! is a small box game from Funko that is reminiscent of a stripped down classic card game with some modern flare. Toss in an adorable mini Pop figure and this could be Something Interesting! Right?
At its core, Something Wild is all about building sets and runs of