Last week, the jury of the Festival International des Jeux announced the winner of its As d’Or awards. Games from last year are nominated in four separate categories and the overall winner is Odin, a climbing and shedding game designed by … Continue reading →
Fives Designer: Taiki Shinzawa Publisher: CMYK Players: 3-4 Age: 8+ Time: 30 minutes Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher Fives is a smart and tense trick taking game from Taiki Shinzawa. Fives is … Continue reading →
Duos Designer: Johannes Schimdauer-Koenig Publisher: CMYK Players: 4 or 6 Age: 8+ Time: 30 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/43gI4bB Played with review copy provided by publisher Duos is a cozy and collaborative team game from Johannes Schmidauer-König. Work together to … ...
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 ...
