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Bellum Sacrum is a symmetrical card game with Godlike replay value
As modern board games become more and more popular, the temptation to use increasingly bigger boxes with more and more elaborate components is more than some publishers can resist. For design Anthony Gibbins and his company (Bow String…
Patchwork is a fast, tight, 2-player game of Tetris for your tabletop or your phone
In these uncertain times, when the next lockdown could be imposed at any moment, it makes sense to keep a stock of games that really work at low player counts — and for most households, that means two players. Patchwork, from legendary…
Creator Interview: Sunil & Zoeya — I Built It
Discover the architectural wonders of I Built It with an interview of its founders, Sunil & Zoeya — and learn more about their highly successful Kickstarter project!
Kingdom Rush: Rift in Time is a huge box of Tower-Defense Tricks!
Lucky Duck Games is rapidly becoming one of the most talked about board game publishers of the current gaming era. This is no small thanks to securing the rights to convert huge properties like Jetpack Joyride and Kingdom Rush into board…
Back to The Future Board Game — Biff is messing up time again
It is well known that my movie knowledge isn’t the best, but I have seen Back to the Future, so I am totally qualified to review the Back to The Future Board Game. This is a two to four player co-op game for ages ten and up which lasts…
Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition — Getting into the hobby
Games Workshop are back, once again, with the ninth edition of Warhammer 40k, the world’s most popular tabletop miniatures game, but what are the barriers to entry and how does a new player get around them?
P For Pizza is a quick and easy word game
Food games, food games, we are back to playing food games! This is so much fun! P For Pizza is a game that looks like a slice of pizza but also has nothing to do with pizza as a concept. It’s literally just the theme of the game, but that…
What’s Missing is a fun, if slightly unbalanced party game
Even though we cover a wide variety of different games here at Big Boss Battle, I’d say we cover fewer party games than we do other, heavier genres and thematic games. This is likely because my kids are too young for them, and the presence…
7 Wonders (Second Edition) is an old treasure, brought back to life with spit and polish
Antoine Bauza’s 7 Wonders is — apparently — one of the most awarded and best selling modern board games in circulation. Its city-building gameplay is evocative of the Civilization series of video games, yet its light mechanics and support…
Warhammer 40,000 9th Edition — Changes from 8th to 9th edition
Games Workshop are back, once again, with the ninth edition of Warhammer 40k, the world’s most popular tabletop miniatures game. What has changed between editions and are those changes for the better?