Game Reviews

If you ask Board Game Geek (or certain people on this website), Founders of Gloomhaven is a flop. There are too many rules, which are all too fiddly. There are too many mechanics, which feel too separate and tacked-on. The art and colors are too drab and fail to properly

If I can say any one thing about Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep it’s that it feels like a Critical Role adventure down to its bones. The world is large, the non-playable characters are truly at the heart of this adventure, and the story itself is full of

Icaion, just like its predecessor Mysthea, is a gorgeous game. The art is very nice, there’s once again your preposterous amount of minis for Kickstarter, and boy am I a sucker for double-layer player boards. However, while Mysthea was a game I thoroughly enjoyed despite its faults, Icaion is

Mysthea is the type of game that I legitimately love, but always struggle to get to the table. At its core, Mysthea is one of those epic-length area control games, complete with gorgeous art and minis. On top of that core, it introduces a good bit of euro-style VP scoring

If I were reviewing The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (TLotR:TCG) as a whole, I’d give it a 95, with it’s biggest flaw being that it isn’t Arkham Horror: The Card Game (AH:TCG) (the best co-op deck construction game in my opinion). However,

Outside of Gùgōng and games made by Vita Lacerda, I can’t recall the last time I’ve had this much fun with a Euro. I also can’t recall the last time I had players eagerly, immediately, and unanimously request that we reset the game and play again right

The time has come! Pendulum, by Stonemaier Games is a worker placement game that, unlike many other worker placement games, utilizes a real time component to make the game a unique experience. Designed by Travis Jones, with art by Robert Leask, Pendulum is one of the lesser talked about games

Back in 2019, Restoration and Mondo unveiled their Unmatched system with Battle of Legends, Volume One. For those that didn’t read our initial review, it was an extremely successful reimplementation of the long out-of-print Star Wars: Epic Duels game with mildly revamped gameplay and without the Star Wars license.