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Pendulum review – time is of the essence

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

By Rob Berg

/ 27 Feb 2022

Pendulum review – time is of the essence

Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume Two review— Back with a vengance

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

By Nick Dubs

/ 23 Feb 2022

Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume Two review— Back with a vengance

Horizon Zero Dawn Thunderjaw and Sacred Land expansions review ⏤ A formidable hunt, a forgettable experience

Horizon is a dish best served cold. A dish that teaches you to fish rather than feeds you for a day. The expansions not so much. For most board games,

By Rob Berg

/ 18 Feb 2022

Horizon Zero Dawn Thunderjaw and Sacred Land expansions review ⏤ A formidable hunt, a forgettable experience

Horizon Zero Dawn The Board Game review — Something coming over the horizon….or not?

At a glance a video game to a board game is a vast undertaking. Much like tv shows and movie adaptations of video games, many set out with the goal

By Rob Berg

/ 18 Feb 2022

Horizon Zero Dawn The Board Game review — Something coming over the horizon….or not?

Valeria: Card Kingdoms 2E and Darksworn expansion review— Rolling bones, skeleton bones

I’ve had a rough time trying to pin down Valeria: Card Kingdoms. While it seems like Valeria always has one hand outstretched to give you more, more, more, its

By Nick Dubs

/ 18 Feb 2022

Valeria: Card Kingdoms 2E and Darksworn expansion review— Rolling bones, skeleton bones

Confident? review— Trivial fun in a sea of misery

There aren’t too many cardinal sins that a game can make that will immediately kill it for me. But to state the relatively obvious, a game will fall flat

By Nick Dubs

/ 16 Feb 2022

Confident? review— Trivial fun in a sea of misery

Dûhr: The Lesser Houses review— Small box, big promise

Duhr is, without a doubt, one of the strangest games in my collection. In the modern era where it seems like every game is fighting to get on “games everyone

By Nick Dubs

/ 11 Feb 2022

Dûhr: The Lesser Houses review— Small box, big promise

Subastral review—small but beautiful

Subastral joins the burgeoning subniche of short, moody environmental games that I am happy to see growing in the boardgame market. This 15-30 minute card game positions you and the

By John Farrell

/ 11 Feb 2022

Head into the Mines – Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Game Kickstarter is now live

Have you ever fantasized about being a space dwarf mining in the far reaches of the cosmos? Well then it’s time to grab your drills and prepare yourselves because

By Kenny Tripoli

/ 10 Feb 2022

Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders review ⏤ The raiders of the doom temple crystal crusade get an upgrade!

The Expedition Leaders expansion for Lost Ruins of Arnak is everything an expansion should be. For a lot of games, an expansion just adds and extra module, some rule changes,

By Dan Hinkin

/ 2 Feb 2022

Lost Ruins of Arnak: Expedition Leaders review ⏤ The raiders of the doom temple crystal crusade get an upgrade!

Lost Ruins of Arnak review ⏤ Raiders of the doom temple crystal crusade!

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to strap a whip to my hip, don a khaki shirt, put on a fedora, and traipse through the jungle in

By Dan Hinkin

/ 2 Feb 2022

Lost Ruins of Arnak review ⏤ Raiders of the doom temple crystal crusade!

Dune: Imperium review ⏤ You must not fear

If you haven’t played Dune: Imperium, you probably should: 100/100. /end_review Wait, wait – before you go off to buy Dune: Imperium, the story is a little more

By Dick Marshall

/ 21 Jan 2022

Dune: Imperium review ⏤ You must not fear