I find the ebb and flow of board game themes to be fascinating. If you look through our archives, you’ll see that we cover a lot of similar genres in a short period of time. There were a whole bunch of games that included polyomino ga ...
Science and space exploration have made immense strides in my lifetime. Many have been positive while some have been somber. My list of memories relating to these topics is extensive, but here ones that left the biggest mark on me. I rememb ...
Oh, how I love a good cooperative game. I know I say that about a lot of different types of games, but when given a choice of several games, I’ll select a cooperative one if it’s among the options. If it has dice then it’s ...
Back in July Nicole talked about a fun-size edition of Kosmos‘ hit puzzle game, Ubongo!, as we highlighted a number of titles that utilized polyominos as a major feature. This affordable version featured everything offered by its full ...
By now you’re fully aware of the streak of polyomino games we’ve unearthed. We traveled overseas with Copenhagen, Scarabya and Arraial then tested our green thumb with Cottage Garden and Bloom. That’s only the ti ...
Attending any kind of convention provides perks that are unique to that event and board game conventions are no different. As we have done each year, we’ve put together lists to help our readers who attend Origins and Gen Con find the ...
Ahhh. So glad to see that Siri reminded you to come back today. We only touched the tip of the iceberg yesterday with Part 1 of our list of the best games debuting at Gen Con 2019! They’re alphabetical and the first of our series didn ...
It’s June! And while many are celebrating the end of another school year and the beginning of summer vacation, at our house we’re celebrating another season – game convention season! We’ve already spent four exhausti ...
Have you ever been knee-deep in a series on your DVR when someone manages to spoil the ending for you? Yeah, me too. It’s frustrating. If you’re anything like me, you like to savor each show at your own pace. Sometimes that mean ...
It is no doubt that abstract games saw their heyday back in the 90’s and early 2000’s. This is obvious to us by what we find at the thrift store every week. Back then there were scores of new titles every month from Hasbro, Matt ...
