If we judge a Gathering by numbers, I set new personal bests by playing 89 new-to-me games with 143 different gamers. That was pretty cool. I did 53 new-to-me games in 2004 and thought that was good at the time … Continue reading →
June 2025 Games I played for the first time this month, from worst to best, along with my ratings and comments. Quarto – 6/10 Quarto is a two-player abstract from the early 90’s. It boasts a playing time of … Continue reading →
Purrfect Place Designer: River Kang Publisher: Korea Boardgames Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: 20 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Swap, flip, and stack the cats! Move cat cards from the sofa to the shelf, or the shelf … Continue reading →
Time Trouble Designers: Carlo A Rossi and Alessandro Zucchini Publisher: Hans im Gluck Players: 2-4 Age: 9+ Time: 25 minutes Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher In the co-operative family game Time Trouble, you navigate … Continue reading →
Rainbow Designers: Mito Sazuki Artist: 別府さい (Sai Beppu) Publisher: allplay Players: 2-6 (2p variant in the rules) Age: 7+ Time: 10-20 minutes (3 min per player) Played with a copy I bought A restaurant game is a game you pull … Continue reading →
Rainbow Designer: Miko Sazuki Publisher: allplay Players: 2-6 Age: 8+ Time: 10-20 minutes Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher Rainbow is a card game with some climbing characteristics where you strive to have the most … Continue reading →
The winners of the Meeples Choice Awards for the 2024 calendar year have been announced. The voters’ three favorite games from last year are: BOMB BUSTERSENDEAVOR: DEEP SEASETI The votes for all three of the games were clustered closely together. … Continue reading →
Here are a few more things that struck me as I spent my last few days travelling to the Gathering of Friends: Roads in America are amazingly good. Back home every drive is a game of … Continue reading →
15 Opinionated Gamers enter, 1 expansion wins. What is the best board game expansion ever? It’s time to find out. Adam, Alison, Ben, Craig, Doug, Fraser, Joe, Jonathan, Larry, Mark, Matt, RJ, Ryan, Steph, and Talia voted on their favorite … Continue reading →
Corps of Discovery Designer: Jay Cormier + Sen-Foong Lim Publisher: Off the Page Games Players: 11-4 Age: 14+ Time: 45-75 min Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher Lewis and Clark are tasked not only with … Continue reading →
