Now! Designer: Silvano Sorrentino Publisher: Scorpion Masque Players: 3-8 Age: 8+ Time: 15 min Played with review copy provided by distributor, Hachette USA NOW! is a real-time competitive card game where everyone plays at the same time. Discard your cards … Continue reading →
Formosa Tea Designer: Kao Chu Kan Publisher: Soso Games Players 2-4 Age: 14+ Time: 90 minutes (our game was 110-115 mins) Played with preview copy provided by Taiwan Boardgames Formosa Tea was originally released around 2019 and I remember seeing … Continue reading →
Before there were these funny electronic devices that seem to be everywhere, I remember road trips where we had to make our own entertainment. One “20 questions”-style game that we played focused on solving a mystery. Players would be given … Continue reading →
Designer: Geonil Artist: BIJOU Publisher: Schemers Players: 2 Time: 15 min The Phantom of the Opera is based on the novel and in the game, one player takes on the role of the Phantom (Erik) and the other Christine.The Phantom … Continue reading →
Another Gathering of Friends has come and gone, as has another week of trying to recover from staying up too late and eating less-than-healthy meals at weird times. . . . This is an exhausting week for me; as much … Continue reading →
Divinus Designer: Filip Muilnski Publisher: Lucky Duck Players: 1-4 Age: 12+ Time: 45-60 min per game, campaign of 12 games Played with review copy provided by publisher Divinus is a competitive, legacy, tile-laying, digital hybrid game in which you play … Continue reading →
Monkey Business is a bit of a mash-up of the classic games of charades (where you pantomime something) and werewolf (where you’re trying to discover the odd person out in the mix. All but one player (or all but two, … Continue reading →
Boardgame Geek has just announced the nominees for their game awards for the 2023 calendar year, the Golden Geeks. As usual, these were determined by selections made by the BGG community. With 15 different categories, there are too many citations … Continue reading →
Flashback Lucy Designers: Baptiste Derrez, Marc-Antoine Doyon, Gabriel Durnerin Publisher: Scorpion Masque Players: 1-4 Age: 7+ Time: 30 min per chapter, 4 chapters Played with review copy provided by Hachette USA Flashback is back in a scary universe that will … Continue reading →
Well, it’s that time of year again, where I trundle up to basically Canada (Niagara Falls NY) and get ready for a long weekend full of games. This year is the 34th edition of the event, and I think this … Continue reading →
