Amazon affiliate link (base): Amazon affiliate link (T+B exp): So, there are a bunch of games that are getting new releases this year from the Asmodee family of publishers. Largest amongst these for me is Catan, now in … Continue reading →
Some of my favorite moments are stumbling across zany things in some of the smaller booths. They are often something that’s been out a few years but I’ve just not seen (or at least remember) them before. Hobby Japan is … Continue reading →
Quacks Designer: Wolfgang Warsch Publisher: CMYK Players: 2-4 Ages: 10+ Time: 45-60 minutes Times played: 8, with review copy purchased from Amazon.de In Quacks, which was first released as The Quacks of Quedlinburg, players are charlatans — or quack doctors — each … Continue reading ...
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 →
