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The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 has you working together, with someone who’s sus
I am going to start off this review by stating that I have never seen The Thing. I do not know anything about it, however, Dann really loves the movie and was super excited to play it. The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 is a strategy based,…
Obsession maintains a stiff upper lip, but does it capture the Downton Abbey spirit?
When a game receives the sort of hype that Obsession has, you have to approach it with caution. At best, there’s a chance that you’ll end up being underwhelmed by a game that is actually decent but still can’t live up to expectations,…
The Batman Who Laughs pits players against the ultimate DC Villain
The Batman Who Laughs is the second game we've played in the Rising system, after we played SpongeBob Squarepants: Plankton Rising previously. This system seems to have been based around having a large villain statue, which is used in…
Cuphead: Fast Rolling Dice Game impressed!
Cuphead is known as a very challenging, face past, almost Disney-looking video game that will make you rage quit. Or, well, it does make me rage quit. So, as a result, I was pretty curious on how the intense, face-paced, always going to…
The best food-themed board games
Over the years we've reviewed an absolute mass of board and tabletop games, in fact, we've got over 400 tabletop reviews on the site already. What you might not know is that we've got a penchant for food-themed ones; We've actually reviewed…
Kingdomino is Dead — Long Live Kingdomino Origins!
It must be tough to take an IP as popular as former Spiel Des Jahre 2017 winner Kingdomino and expand on it without spoiling a working formula, but Bruno Cathala and friends seem to keep managing it. First we had the roll-and-write…
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King: A Pandemic System Game — Catchy!
I have to admit that when I first saw the previous World of Warcraft branded take on a thematic board game (Small World of Warcraft) I was pretty dubious. Somehow though, the Warcraft theme really enhanced the base game and I really enjoyed…
Zillionaires on Mars is an auction focus Monopoly game
Zillionaires on Mars reminded all of us of Monopoly — specifically the auction phase in Monopoly, where you’d auction to purchase properties. I did not really play much like it beyond that though, instead taking notes from Bingo. Regardless…
Unmatched: Battle of Legends and its Expansions are a Duelling Delight
A long time ago (2002) in a galaxy far, far away (when Milton Bradley were still a trading brand) there was a game called Star Wars: Epic Duels. In this game, iconic heroes from the Star Wars universe did battle using cards and dice. For…
Steamopolis — Prepare for a headache
In Steamopolis, players compete for the title of mayor of the titular steampunk town by building the best steamship, flying supportive banners and visiting the various factories in the city. It’s not exactly clear why much of this equates…