Gimbap Designer: Roberto Fraga, Yohan Goh Publisher: Korea Boardgames Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: 15 minutes Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher Can you play a game and make food at the same time? You must … Continue reading →
Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid is a boardgame that alternates between a simultaneous engine/town building phase followed by an attacking phase – where players earn points rather than permanently damaging their opponents. The boardgame is thematically based around the mobile … Continue ...
Towerbrix Designer: Simon Thomas Publisher: Kosmos Players: 1-6 Age: 10+ Time: 20-30 minutes Amazon affiliate link: Played with review copy provided by publisher In the co-operative dexterity game TowerBrix, you build a tower out of bricks, with the cards … Continue reading →
After the Gathering of Friends finishes, I fly over to Salt Lake City. I take a day off after flying in with a cold on no sleep, no food, ending up with fevers and chills. But the next day I … Continue reading →
July 2025 Games I played for the first time this month, from worst to best, along with my ratings and comments. Bosk – 5/10 Two years before Bosk was released, a game called Photosynthesis saw players placing cardboard trees onto a … Continue reading →
Yes, I realize that there are a LOT of gamers at a convention right now – and that the little invitational event my sons & I just attended is roughly the same size as a small tournament at GenCon. But … Continue reading →
If it’s summertime, it must be time for Gen con. I made my annual pilgrimage to Indianapolis to this largest of American game conventions. Traffic today seemed a little bit worse than usual between a pop-up thunderstorm and a huge … Continue reading →
Star Wars: Battle of Hoth Designers: Richard Borg, Adrien Martinot Publisher: Days of Wonder Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: 30 minutes Amazon affiliate link: Played with a review copy provided by publisher Star Wars: Battle of Hoth is a game … Continue reading →
Sanctuary Designer: Matthias Wigge Publisher: Capstone / Feuerland Players: 1-5 Age: 12+ Time: 40-100 mins Played twice with pre-production copy provided by publisher Please note that all pictures are from a pre-production copy In Sanctuary, you will plan and design … Continue reading →
The release of the Boiling Tension figures for Heroscape covered May through July… with everything coming in ahead of schedule! That means that the releases I’ll be reviewing here have actually been available at retail since last Monday. The Air … Continue reading →
