Tabletop Reviews

I am a huge fan of food-based board games, so I was delighted when I saw Sandwich Masters at Tabletop Gaming Live, as it was a new food game I had not seen before, with neat looking art. In this game, you are racing against the other…

Castle Party is a great game for October or Halloween parties, as you are planning out an adorable, spooky bash for all of your monster friends! It’s made for two to four players and takes about half an hour to play, during which you plan…

When I first read about Trekking Through History, I had no idea that there were already two Trekking games — Trekking the National Parks and Trekking the World. I now understand that the first two games in this trilogy are broadly similar,…

Some board games have a lot of depth when it comes to the way you need to think. Thinking a few actions ahead so that everything lines up properly, is exactly what you need to do in Robot Royale, a board game all about robots shooting each…

A few years ago I spent several evenings playing Gordon Calleja’s Vengeance. Vengeance was (and still is) a brutal, fast-paced miniatures game that has the players recreate scenes from classic vigilante films like Taken or The Transporter.…

I have often discussed the two main different kinds of expansions that exist in the board game world — those which add to the existing mechanics of a game, and those which transform them. The first and only expansion (aside from a few…

Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland is perhaps one of the most creatively-used intellectual properties. From twisted comics and video games to star-studded Tim Burton movies, few stones have been left unturned in the retelling of Alice’s…

Swatch: The Abstract Game of Art is a colorful looking game that has a bunch of strategy and depth behind it. This game is made for one to four players, and takes around 30 to 60 minutes to complete, as you attempt to draft cards, select…

From the creator of the Binding of Isaac board game comes Tapeworm. It's another, smaller tabletop game that fits perfectly between games or as a starter to your evening. Continuing with the art-style of the previous games and board games,…

We have played a number of games about global pandemics and viruses being on the loose, but none have been as intense as Save Patient Zero. In this strategic board game, your team of doctors and the other team of doctors are both racing to…

When it comes to casual party games, ones that you can whip out after a dinner or when you have all of your cousins over, Blank Slate is classic, good fun. The game itself is perfect for all ages and is very easy to set up and follow the…

Ever wonder what goes down at big, political meetings between countries? Obviously, each country has its own interests in the back of their mind, but many of the decisions they are making could actually affect the world. In Kyoto, you get…

When my kids ask me to play a new board game, I’m often forced to make excuses not to until at some point, they back me into a corner and I have to sigh my way through some turgid variant on Snakes and Ladders. With Outfoxed in their…

Our tabletop group has been working through the story of Maria as she tries to stop King Leopold from reincarnating, recently taking on part one and two, and now part three; The Fate of Leopold. This tabletop game is designed to be like an…

In Godtear, the old Gods have fallen — and their tears crash to the ground for mortals to claim; but only a select few (known as champions) have the fortitude to withstand their power. Godtear is a head to head miniatures game in which two…

You wouldn’t think that 17th century subsistence farming would make for an interesting game setting, would you? Yet somehow, Agricola manages to not only be interesting — but also extremely compelling and ridiculously tense. Why, you ask?…

I always find games with a paranormal element to them really interesting. Mysterium Park has you take on the role of either a ghost or a psychic, trying to solve the mystery of what happened to the park director, who did it, and where it…

It’s very unlikely that you can have been involved in hobby board games for long without at least encountering Terra Mystica. This ten-year-old game of terraforming, worker placement and pseudo-area control was designed by Jens Drögemüller…

I really liked how the action selection element of Tiny Epic Pirates worked, as you always had plenty of choices to make and a variety of ways to earn money. Moving quickly around the wheel allows you to do exactly what you want if you’re…

Pandemic Hot Zone North America is a smaller, standalone version of Pandemic, complete with a lot of the same concepts, but on a smaller scale, so you can play a bite-sized version. This game is for two to four players, working together, to…