Before BGG started in Sep 2000, public discourse on games was mostly held on a reddit-type discussion board on Usenet called rec.games.board. For those who were around back then, this is the place where Scott Peterson had multiple colourful … Continue reading →
With the exception of Gloomies, everything I checked out at the Ravensburger booth built on or expanded something that came before. That’s not necessarily bad, though. Sandcastles of Burgundy and Minecraft: Builders & Biomes – Junior are both kids’ versions … Continue reading ...
Restoration Games was in full bloom on the Gen Con exhibit hall floor. A raging battle between film monsters was in one corner of the booth showing off prototype bits from the upcoming Battle Monsters, a wargame based on the … Continue reading →
I had a great chat with the folks at Pinnacle Entertainment Group about their upcoming Doom Guard boardgame. On Kickstarter for another day or so, it is a cooperative game of superheroes (and villains) banding together to defeat threats to … Continue reading →
Farm Hand Designer: Craig Somerton Publisher: Grail Games Players: 2-5 Age: 10+ Time: 20 minutes Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher The animals on your farm are having a contest to see which one is the … Continue reading →
Thunderworks Games and Dead Alive Games both had several more light to medium-weight games to show off. Most of them were card-based in some way. Thunderworks has Fliptoons which is a sort of deckbuilder but players flip up cards in … Continue reading →
Meister Makatsu Designer: Reiner Knizia Publisher: AMIGO Players: 2-6 Age: 8+ Time: 20-30 min Played with review copy provided by publisher In Meister Makatsu, players compete with their ninjas for the favor of the renowned master by demonstrating their mastery … Continue reading →
Two publishers getting their fair share of buzz were Dire Wolf with their Lightning Train and Devir’s Ace of Spades. Dire Wolf was showing off the Clank! Catacombs: Underworld expansion where players can climb (or fall) down into a new … Continue reading →
Kabuto Sumo Designer: Tony Miller Publisher: allplay Players: 2-4 Age: 6+ Time: 20 mins Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher Spring time in Japan means the return of the rhinoceros beetles — “Kabutomushi”, which is … Continue reading →
On my penultimate day I was working my way back from Yellowstone to Salt Lake City for the flights home the next day. It’s 7 hrs of driving, add on break times. One of my google searches for the 10 … Continue reading →
