Continuing on my quest to play every two player abstract game that Gigamic and partner Hachette Games has to offer, we have arrived at Qawale. A mix of Tic-Tac-Toe and
Civilization designer Sid Meier famously said, “Games are a series of interesting decisions.” If you strictly apply that to what you can measure, the effects of your choices as they
Rebuilding civilization after its collapse has become a popular theme in board games recently, and it makes sense that climate anxiety has finally taken ahold of the of the collective
FLED, designed by Mark Swanson and illustrated by Klemens Franz, has entered its final 48 hours on Kickstarter and is only $5,000 away from reaching its $50,000 goal.
Hachette Boardgames UK has announced a PAC-MAN version of the extremely popular abstract classic Quoridor. I enjoy Quoridor and this mashup feels like a no brainer. We got to see
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
Fight your way through school in Hoot Owl Games’ first release, Knockout High, a fast-paced brawling game where 2 through 5 players throwdown through a variety of school-based arenas while
Thunderworks Games has a catalog with notably little repetition. Many publishers marshal a sizable chunk of their resources around successful titles and drill down on their mechanisms: Wingspan becomes Wyrmspan;
Avalon Hill and Hasbro just announced the release of Betrayal Deck of Lost Souls and HeroQuest Against the Ogre Horde Quest Pack, with Betrayal Deck of Lost Souls adding a
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
Unmatched is a bit of a favorite at GamingTrend so we are always excited when a new set is announced. Hot on the heels of Sun’s Origin, Restoration Games
