Posts Tagged ‘board game review’

Bärenpark is one of Derek's favorite tile-laying games of all time, but does it need an expansion? Let's see!

Become a legendary smuggler in the Outer Rim, in Fantasy Flight's latest Star Wars board game! Does it live up to their past releases? Derek has our review.

The latest in the "escape room in a box" series of Unlock! scenarios is here, and this time they all come packaged in one box. Derek has our review!

Corinth is a new game from Days of Wonder, who has foregone their big boxes in favor of a tiny roll-and-write. How does it stack up? Derek has our review!

Designer: Antoine Bauza Artist: Dimitri Chappuis, Etienne Hebinger, Cyril Nouvel Publisher: Repos Production (Asmodee North America) Category: Card Drafting Player Count: 3-8 Price: $39.99 MSRP In 2011, the Spiel des Jahres (“Game of the [...]

Designer:Sébastien Pauchon, Ismaël Perrin Artist: Andrew Bosley Publisher: Days of Wonder (Asmodee North America) Category: Worker Placement Player Count: 2-4 Price: $39.99 MSRP Every year, Days of Wonder has some big release that gets the hype train [...]

Designer: Reiner Knizia Artist: Sébastien Caiveau Publisher: Thames and Kosmos Category: Auction / Strategy Game Player Count: 2-4 Price: $14.95 MSRP Like many others, Lost Cities was one of the first modern board and card games that I played. It’s [...]

Designers: Alice Carroll, Cyril Demaegd Artist: Arnaud Demaegd, Legruth, Mahulda Jelly Publisher: Space Cowboys / Asmodee Category: Deduction, Puzzle, Real-Time Price: $14.99 MSRP (each) Not long after Escape Rooms boomed in popularity, board game [...]

Designer: Alan R. Moon Artist: Julien Delval, Cyrille Daujean Publisher: Days of Wonder / Asmodee Category: Family Game Player Count: 2-4 Price: $20.00 MSRP (Target Exclusive) Since Love Letter in 2012, micro-games—board and card games with small [...]

Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Category: Collectible Dice Card Game, Star Wars Player Count: 2 Price: $29.99 for 2-player starter set, $2.99 for booster pack, $14.95 for single player starter set   Star Wars: Destiny is a collectible dice card game [...]

Designer: Adam Wyse Publisher: FoxMind Category: Family Game, Card Game Player Count: 2-5 Price: $19.95 In recent years, FoxMind Games has moved its focus away from educational games towards games focused on gamers and families, but still light and [...]

Designer: Roberto Fraga Artist: Stéphane Escapa Publisher: Blue Orange Games Category: Family Game, Card Game Player Count: 2-4 Price: ~$18 on Amazon In 2015, Blue Orange Games had great success with Dr. Eureka, a speed logic game from mad genius Roberto [...]

Designers: Jerry D’Arcey, Rob Daviau, Justin Jacobson Artist: Chelsea Harper Publisher: Restoration Games Category: Trick-Taking Player Count: 3-4 Price: $19.99 For me, one of the biggest hits of Gen Con 2017 was seeing Restoration Games become a [...]

Designer: J. Alex Kevern Artist: Beth Sobel Publisher: Renegade Game Studios Category: Family Game, Card Game Player Count: 2-4 Price: $20.00 MSRP Renegade Game Studios is a relatively new publisher, but they have come out the gates swinging, with hugely [...]

Designer: Alan R. Moon Artist: Julien Delval Publisher: Days of Wonder / Asmodee Category: Family Game Player Count: 2-5 Price: $49.99 MSRP Since winning the Spiel des Jahres in 2004, Ticket to Ride has had many iterations, and one of the more unique [...]