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Don’t L.L.A.M.A Card Game – Don’t Let Llamas And Markers Accumulate
I recently took a minor vacation to visit my family, but travelling with a toddler is tough enough without carting around extra luggage, so I vowed to pack as leanly as possible. This meant bringing none of my games on vacation with me. Fortunately, there's a few...
HerStory – Board Game Review
Full Disclosure - A copy of HerStory was provided by Underdog Games for review purposes Introduction March is Women's History Month, and to celebrate both the month, and the 19th Amendment (granting women the right to vote in the USA), Underdog Games is selling their...
Switch & Signal – Board Game Review
Introduction I don't own many train games. I never considered myself to be the kind of person who is enamoured with large vehicles like tanks, ships, or trains. But then in 2020, I discovered a game called Train Valley 2, and suddenly, I was hooked. 200 hours of...
Stronghold 2nd Ed. – Initial Impressions as a Defender
The tagline for Portal Games is "Board games That Tell Stories", and in my experience, they do a good job in delivering a story to tell during game night. Neuroshima Hex spins a tale of a standoff, each side getting stronger and stronger with each passing turn, until...
Zaberias – A Tactical Skirmish Game for Kids
A copy of Zaberias was provided by the designer for review purposes Zaberias is the kind of game I wished I had as a kid. It presents itself as a fairly light tactical skirmish game where you throw yourself against an opponent. Considering just how much Final Fantasy...
Fog of Love – The Romantic Comedy as a Board Game
Introduction Good morning, it's Valentine's Day (actually the evening of Feb 13, 2023 as I write this) and I feel obligated to talk about Fog of Love. Fog of Love by Jacob Jaskov and currently published by Floodgate Games but originally published by Hush Hush...
Pendulum – Worker Placement Pandemonium
Pendulum, by Travis P Jones, and published by Stonemaier Games in 2020, is a real time worker placement game. It was lauded in that it was the highest-rated prototype ever during a Stonemaier Games Design Day. Now, I don't know what the scoring rubric is for one of...
Gloomhaven – My Experience With the Big Red Box
Full Disclosure: Cephalofair Games has provided me with a review copy of Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion Introduction I have a somewhat complicated relationship with Gloomhaven. Back in 2017 when I was only a year or two into playing board games, and didn't have a...
Quirky Circuits – First Impressions
Do you have control issues? Does the idea of relying on others to achieve your goals make your skin crawl? Are you the type of person who detests group projects and ends up doing everything because your teammates won't do their portion of the work up to your level of...
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