Guestwriter: Thessaly Chance Tavern Masters is a card based game wherein each player is running his or her own fantasy tavern. Most gamers who play RPGs are very familiar with the trope of the fantasy tavern, but rarely is the tavern itself anything but a gateway to adventure. In the Tavern Masters game, the tavern itself is the focus, and …
Antler Games’ Salt Lands
Review Author: Bryan Parke Disclosure: The author of this review has purchased a copy of the game with his very own hobby pocket money! Background Earth is dried out and dying, human civilisation along with it. Survivors eke out a living on the Salt Lands; plains left behind by a once great ocean. Whilst there are resources to be found …
Iello Games’ Dungeon Fighter
Guestwriter: Thessaly Tracey I play tabletop RPGs. I play with friends around a big table every single week, so I have a lot of love for, and familiarity with, the concept of characters crawling around in dungeons and slaying monsters in order to take their treasure. I also play boardgames every Sunday night. In the last five years I have …
Last Days: Skirmish in the Zombie Apocalypse
Last Days: Skirmish in the Zombie Apocalypse This review of Last Days was done using a copy of the product supplied by the designer. The prophecy of the Zombie Apocalypse has been in media a lot these days. The phenomenal success of franchises such as the Walking Dead has Zombies dripping and drooling and dragging their way right into our …
Family Game Night’s Sizzling: Burger Up
Guest Writer: Ernie Laurence This article was brought to you by the gift of a review copy, QWERTY and rolling natural 20s. Game Overview: The purpose of Burger Up is to make the most money by the end of the game (when the ingredients run out). You make money by purchasing ingredients (cards) from the market and building burgers based …
Grimm Forest: This little piggy built one heck of a game!
This review is done using a copy purchased by the reviewer. Grimm Forest published by Druid City Games Game Design by Tim Eisner Art by Noah Adelman, Lina Cossette, David Forest Who doesn’t know the tale of the Three Little Pigs? Growing up I remember my mother spinning this old yarn many times, usually involving some kind of tickling or …
Azul – Picking up the pieces has never been so much fun!
This review is done using a copy purchased by the reviewer. Azul made by Plan B Games Game Design by Michael Kiesling Art Direction by Philippe Guérin I always enjoy my trips back home to Indiana. I often get the opportunity to do a lot of board gaming with my cousin and his friends. The best part is visiting with …
Star Trek Panic! Is Tribble Approved
This review is possible due to the gift of a review copy, QWERTY and Spock. Many licensed tie-in games merely slap the name onto the box and make it vaguely themed. However, Star Trek Panic! by Fireside Games delivers more than just their Castle Panic! game with a sci-fi twist. The Enterprise model is wonderfully sturdy and makes me want …
Terraforming Mars from Fryx Games
Guest Writer: Ernie Laurence Creator: Jacob Fryxelius Wow! I found out recently that I’m a board game snob. With three younger children, the past few years of playing board games has been intellectually…underwhelming. Thankfully, my twins (8 year olds), are pretty sharp and have started getting into big kids games – and by big kids I mean adult kids like me …
Hunting Grounds: Dracula’s America expands–plus minis!!
This is a review of the first expansion for Dracula’s America and the accompanying line of minis. Read the review of Dracula’s America first for best results! “He don’t look like no priest to me.” The gunfighter smiled, revealing the fangs he’d had capped in gold. His posse, near-mindless thralls that had been the townfolk of Redemption, hissed and awaited …