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Rococo – Board Game Review
The late 00's and early 2010's were a beige time in board games. Lots of board games with shades of brown and themes about trading spices and goods for prestige in the Mediterranean. Let's not forget all the covers with grumpy men staring either at you, or off into...
Akropolis: Athena – Expansion Review
I'm not really an expansion kind of guy. In general, when given the choice between buying an expansion to a game I already know, or buying a whole new game, I'm going to pick buying a new game almost every time. Yes, I realize expansions are usually cheaper, and there...
Undergrove – Board Game Review
I like mushrooms, but only in the context of the kitchen. Some tasty morels, lobsters, and oyster mushrooms will always get me excited. I do find mushrooms kind of fascinating, how fast they can grow, how different they can all be, but their poisonous nature has...
River Valley Glassworks – Board Game Review
Generally, I prefer to play games in person before I start playing them on Board Game Arena. For one thing, I'm much more likely to actually sit down and learn the rules, rather than rely on click-and-pray and letting the computer manage all the rules. But for River...
Argent: The Consortium – Board Game Review
I've been a fan of Level 99 Games for a while now. From Millennium Blades to Bullet❤️, and all of its expansions, I really dig how unique every game of theirs I've played has been. So when I saw Argent: The Consortium in a math trade earlier this year, I hopped on it,...
Blokus 3D – Board Game Review
The way my game group operates, is that we rotate hosting between each member. Whoever's turn it is to host, gets to pick the game(s) we play that evening. Sometimes we finish our game a bit early, so the host gets to break out one of their smaller games to cap off...
Super Dice Battle – Board Game Review
A copy of Super Dice Battle was provided by the designer for the purposes of review Super Smash Bros is a pretty integral part of my teenage years. Many hours were consumed duking it among my friends, be it on the N64, GameCube, or Wii. So when Super Battle Dice was...
Last Will – Board Game Review
Your rich uncle has died. Hooray! Those first 6 words of the rulebook set the stage for Last Will, designed by Vladamir Suchy and published by CGE in 2011. Taking the plot of 1985's Bewsters Millions, your uncle, who has amassed a great fortune, realized on his...
Dorfromantik: The Duel – Board Game Review
I suppose I should state my experience with the extended Dorfromantik universe upfront. I've played the video game for about 2 hours, but I have not played the first board game. Dorfromantik: The Duel is the two player competitive follow-up to the 2023 Spiel des...
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