It seems to have happened so often in the last little while. I play something that wasn’t great, look it up later on BGG when I’m writing my snapshot, see it has 3 or more designers and I immediately … Continue reading →
Hot Streak Designer: Jon Parry Publisher: CMYK Players: 2-9 Age: 6+ Time: 20 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Think you can predict the winner? Good luck. In Hot Streak, the mascots don’t always run forward…or stay on … Continue reading →
Dragons Down By Scott DeMers Players: 1-4 Time: 45-60 min per player Played 6 times, 3 co-op, 2 competitive, and 1 solo Review by Jonathan Franklin I entered the land of Dragons Down as a Pip, the halfling archer. I … Continue reading →
The Crew: Family Adventure Designer: Thomas Sing Publisher: Kosmos Players: 3-5 Age: 8+ Time: 15 minutes Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher The Crew: Family Adventure crossed the gameplay of The Crew: The Quest for … Continue reading →
Solstis Designer: Bruno Cathala and Corentin Lebrat Publisher: Lumberjacks Players: 1-2 Age: 8+ Time: 15 minutes Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher PROVE YOUR WORTH AND EARN THE MOST ⭐️ POSSIBLE by traveling the mountain … Continue reading →
Every now and then someone has a shot at ‘removing bias’ and ‘fixing’ the rankings on BGG to give a ‘more accurate’ view of the top-rated games, perhaps better reflecting their own views of what’s worthy. We all know … Continue reading →
BoardGameGeek’s Golden Geeks is the first of the significant annual awards that honor games from 2024. The winners, as selected by Geek users, were announced last week. The Golden Geeks give out three Game of the Year awards, for games … Continue reading →
April 2025 Games I played for the first time this month, from worst to best, along with my ratings and comments. Munchkin Panic – 4/10 Munchkin Panic is a hybrid of Castle Panic (a co-operative tower defense game) and Munchkin (a take-that card … Continue reading →
I posted my first game review to this site 10 years ago today. It was a review of Hare & Tortoise, the first entry in my 36-part series revisiting the Spiel des Jahres winners. Each entry featured not only a … Continue reading →
Top Tier Designer: Amar Dzomba, Dom Korzecke, Tyler O’Tsuji Publisher: Indie Board and Cards Players: 4-10 Age: 10+ Time: 30 min Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher Top Tier is a light party game based … Continue reading →
