One of the hardest parts about trying a new game is the task of wading through the instruction book. When we want to tackle a new game, we know it means someone in the group has to allocate time to learn how to play then additional time to ...
It’s not uncommon for us to receive games well in advance of when they are available for purchase. Every once in a while, we’ll tell you about Kickstarter campaign or maybe some kind of game announcement, but sharing about thing ...
A couple of years ago, we put together a list of Christmas-themed games. The inspiration for the article was that we received great responses to our articles about Marvel-themed board games, games about art, bunny-themed board games, b ...
When you’re trying to decide between different things, it helps to get recommendations from people already familiar with it. For over a decade, we’ve been sharing details about how various products fit into our family. We’ ...
Over the past several years, I’ve noticed that board games are mentioned quite often in modern television shows like The Big Bang Theory, Parks & Rec and South Park. While many shows still depict the standard Yahtzee, Risk, Monopo ...
In case you hadn’t figured it out when we’ve mentioned it previously, we really like games designed by Stefan Feld. We’ve only mentioned it like 3.2 bajillion times. Okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but we have ...
Just the other day I was talking about game themes and how well they are or are not integrated into gameplay. Cindr takes cues from a popular dating app with a similar name by requiring you to swipe cards left or right. Today I want to ment ...
When I was a kid, my brother bought me a dictionary for Christmas because I was obsessed with doing different types of crossword puzzles in our local newspaper. I used to keep it readily available on the shelf and would grab it whenever I w ...
♪ ♫ “Over the river and through the woods…” ♫ ♪ Is it too early to start singing that? Hey. We’ve moved past Halloween and have already had snow on the ground. I’m not really ready for the holidays, but when we ...
Seeing so many board game bits and pieces scattered around the table can be overwhelming. I really enjoy strategy games like Lisboa, Lorenzo il Magnifico and Tapestry, even thought they take up the better portion of a large table. But ...
