Back in the summer of 2011 – which, for those of you who don’t like to do math, was nearly fourteen years ago – I reviewed Z-Man Games’ “weird & wonderful cross between a dexterity game like Carabande or Catacombs … Continue reading →
The Lie Designers: Eloi Pujadas, Eugeni Castaňo Publisher: Devir Players: 2-6 Age: 8+ Time: 20 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher In The Lie, all the cards lie! The cards show numbers from 1 to 4, and they … Continue reading →
Combo Designer: Ikhwan Kwon Publisher: Happy Camper Players: 2-6 Age: 10+ Time: 20 minutes Amazon affiliate link: Played with copy provided by publisher The competition is ripe! Play apples, bananas, cherries, and more to make a shared fruit feast. … Continue reading →
Slide Designer: Claude Clement Publisher: Gigamic Players: 2-6 Age: 7+ Time: 15 minutes Amazon affiliate link: (coming March 2025) Played with review copy provided by publisher The challenge of Slide is to rid yourself of cards to leave as few … Continue reading →
Tinco Designers: Gustavo Barreto, Alessandro de Oliveira Publisher: Devir Players: 3-6 Age: 10+ Time: 20 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Tinco is a less than Zen party game of frantic action and superior kung fu for 3 … Continue reading →
A lot of my gaming is done two-player these days; while we do have a monthly game group and attend several cons, day to day it is just the two of us. While many games include options for two … Continue reading →
Venturesome Designer: Michael Rieneck Publisher: Devir Players: 2-5 Age: 10+ Time: 30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Recollect the images from your childhood. All the exciting books, graphic novels and movies full of tireless discoverers and travelers, … Continue ...
Alison Brennan: Game Snapshots – 2025 (Part 4) To paraphrase some Facebook repartee I had with a friend recently, there’s a lot of undiagnosed Monopoly trauma out there in our communities folks so, here we are, helping save the world … Continue reading →
In 2007, Erik Arneson published an article listing the 50 most historically and culturally significant games published since 1800; the latest version of that article, from 2019, can be found at http://boardgames.about.com/cs/gamehistories/a/timeline.htm. I last updated my take ...
Well, we’re barreling toward the one year mark of the new era of Heroscape – it was GenCon 2024 in early August that marked the official release of the first new figures & terrain since 2010 – and like clockwork, … Continue reading →
