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Save Patient Zero has you looking to find the cure
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…
Blank Slate is a fun, word-based party game
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…
Kyoto is full of capitalism and currupt politics
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…
Outfoxed! – a kids game for all the family!
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…
The Fate of Leopold – Part 3 of 3 – An uneventful ending
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…
Godtear is a big, bold, miniatures game that pulls no punches
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…
Agricola (Revised Edition) is Uwe Rosenberg at his best, but is it fun?
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?…
Mysterium Park has you contacting ghosts
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…
Terra Mystica Big Box is a dry, heavy fantasy Eurogame – and it is brilliant!
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…
Tiny Epic Pirates – Yo ho ho! It’s a tiny life for me!
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…