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Poppin’ the cork on Viticulture
Click to view slideshow. Where the Water Flows Like Wine! In Viticulture, from Stonemeier Games, you are a the owner of a scenic, pre-modern, Tuscan vineyard [remember The Godfather when Michael is...
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Goodbye, Chunky Dice! Hello, King of Tokyo!
In King of Tokyo players take the role of their favorite [in-no-way-similar-to-other-intellectual-properties] monster and head over to Tokyo for some light-hearted mayhem and destruction. Players grab...
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WASABI! It burns so good…
In Wasabi! players need to balance speed and style to complete the most well-executed and aesthetically-pleasing sushi menu. The players are competing sushi students trying to prove to their sensei...
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Looking Lovely in Tweed: A Review of Tammany Hall
In Tammany Hall, published by Pandasaurus Games, each player plays a rather vindictive cog in the political machinations of New York City in the 1850s – a time of growth, increasing immigrant...
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Dead Panic on the Dance Floor! A Review of Dead Panic
2-6 survivors all aged 13+ stumble across a dilapidated cabin in the woods. Exhausted, one survivor gapes at it. “I don’t think it will hold up against those…those…things! Did you see what they did to...
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The Sun’ll Come Out Tomorrow! A Review of Tomorrow
In Tomorrow by Dirk Knemeyer of Conquistador Games you play a major world power in a possible future where overpopulation has left very little choice except to actively and forcefully depopulate the...
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Rapid Reviews! Pigs, Ghosts and Fairies…Oh My!
In this Rapid Review, I am going to burn through a couple of games currently popular with my two daughters and myself. All three game are for ages 7+ and play in about 20-30 minutes. These reviews are...
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Playing with The Great Fire of London: 1666
What happens when you add a touch of take-that, a smidgen of area-control, a heaping dollop of destruction, sprinkle in some deduction and then wrap it up in a flaky, light Euro crust? A mess. But what...
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Rapid Reviews: Pub Games!
In this Rapid Review, I sat down with a couple of games I thought worked well at pubs. To test them out, we had a couple of drinks, swapped some stories and lied about the old days. All the games...
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Viva la Revolucion! A Review of 1775: Rebellion
It is the outbreak of the American War of Independence! Hoozah! Crazy colonists are stockpiling weapons, getting drunk, carousing at bars, complaining about stuff and generally shaking up the...
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The New Science: A 1970’s refrigerator covered with post-it notes
In The New Science players take control of five notable scientists of the Age of Enlightenment to take part in the scientific revolution as they race to complete research, perform experiments and...
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Relic Runners-Up: A Review of Relic Runners
In Relic Runners from Days of Wonder, you gear up as one of 2-5 archaeologists with everything in your arsenal except a pair of legs. Prepare to discover ruins, brave wild rapids, blaze new trails and...
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Solitaire at Sea: A Review of SOS Titanic
In SOS Titanic from Ludonaute and Game Salute, players take a role of one of the lucky crew of the Titanic. And we all know what happened to that lucky ship – it sank. Your objective is to work...
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Baba! How you been? ~ A review of Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga is the second installment of Iello’s Tales and Games Series following their inaugural dice-chucker – The Three Little Pigs. In Baba Yaga, players have slipped through the clutching grasp of...
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Viva Schadenfreude! A review of Las Vegas
In Las Vegas, designed by Rüdiger Dorn and produced by Alea/Ravensburger, players take the role of high-rollers on the Las Vegas strip. Six casinos are ripe for the taking and you’ve got the skills and...
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Rapid Reviews: Campfire Games!
Oh, the great outdoors! Roughing it in the wild. Struggling for existence much like our ancestors of old. Parking a gas-guzzling RV onto a cement slab and complaining that the campsite doesn’t have...
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I’m getting the Black Lung, Pop: A Review of Coal Baron
Welcome to Essen! Strap on your boots, light up your head lantern, pick up your shovel and brandish your pick because in Coal Baron from R&R Games you are a coal magnate and you will do none of...
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Rapid Review: Dr. Finn’s Games
In this week’s review we have a double header from Dr. Finn’s Games — a fine purveyor of quality filler that will entertain, enrich and engage players. In Gunrunners, you play federal agents hunting...
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Certified genius or authentic wacko? A Review of Blueprints
In Blueprints players assume the role of architects attempting to create structures with various materials represented by dice (wood, stone, glass, and recycled material). Each of these materials will...
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Oh! The Bureaucracy – A review of Belfort
In Belfort by Tasty Minstrel Games you play a Master Builder chosen by the city planners to provide the city with the buildings and districts that will be a testimony to the glory that is Belfort....
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