This past summer as we were walking through the exhibitor aisles at the annual Gen Con convention, we noticed a brand new title being advertised by Next Move Games. It wasn’t the components that caught our eye, nor was it the colorful ...
If you didn’t know it already, the team here at SahmReviews is based in Iowa. What do you think of when you think of our state? For me, it’s corn. Yes, Nebraska claims to be the best, but the truth is that nothing beats Iowa swe ...
The hobby of modern board games has a lot of unique words and terms that probably don’t make sense to those who haven’t partaken in the fun. “Meeples“, “Euro”, “Ameritrash”, “Deck-Builde ...
There have been many times we’ve played a game and thought to ourselves how the game would appeal to us more if it only had been themed differently. For instance, zombies are played out in our household. But take the same game and mak ...
I have to imagine that conversations with teens in other households are very similar to ours. Around here we’ve been on the topic of computers since our daughters got their first laptops to use for schoolwork. We’ve discussed wh ...
It’s been over a year since we’ve found a game by Playroom Entertainment at thrift that we didn’t already have in our collection. We still play Top Dogs and Bull in a China Shop on occasion, and even have found time for a ...
Now that the summer is over, the same can pretty much be said about game convention season. A good majority of games are released each year at Origins or Gen Con, with a few more trickling out at Essen in October. I personally look forward ...
I’m starting to feel like I should have officially declared this week to be Small Publisher Recognition Week. We highlighted three party games from small publishers on Monday and here we are today getting ready to talk about three car ...
There’s a trend we’ve been enjoying over the past few years – escape rooms. Our first experience was at a small one in Huntsville, Alabama. We’ve also tried out a number of escape rooms in the Quad Cities. Our oldest ...
One of the benefits of having such a vast knowledge of games is that people come to us for advice. We’re cool with that because it means people are interested in playing games! A few weeks back, a neighbor and friend asked us for game ...
