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Ransom Notes – Fridge Magnet Fun
Ransom Notes is an adult party game where players are tasked with grabbing random fridge magnets and creating sentences that may or may not make sense. This is the type of party game that works well with groups of people that have the same…
Happy Salmon is an incredibly fast-paced matching game
Matching cards gets up and out of its seat with Happy Salmon, a game all about clearing your hand by performing the actions on the cards when you pair up with others. Happy Salmon is probably one of the simplest games that I've reviewed…
Team GB: Ready Set Win – Planning Teams for the Future
Team GB: Ready Set Win challenges players to create teams that are battling it out against each other in the Olympics. You will spend your turn trading in specific points for members of your team, who will then be needed when their activity…
Cards vs Gravity is a card-stacking game of careful balance
Stacking games, as well as other physical games, have intrinsic ties to both the toys that we played with as a child and also with idle-hands activities like cairn-stacking and the assembly of house of cards. Cards vs Gravity takes this and…
Between Two Cities: Essential Edition – Create Your City
Casting players as renowned city planners, Between Two Cities is a tile laying and drafting game for up to 7 players that challenges players to divide their attention between a pair of cities. Each player collaborates with the person to…
Tiny Epic Crimes is a fun crime caper!
Having already reviewed numerous Tiny Epic games — including Tiny Epic Quest, Tiny Epic Pirates and Tiny Epic Dinosaurs — I should no longer be surprised at how well these games live up to the Tiny Epic series moniker. In the latest…
Humble Brag – A game of bluffing
For those looking for a party game, Humble Brag is one that is best played by groups of players who don’t quite know each other well. It’s a card game where you and your friends (you can have unlimited players, really) are trying to brag…
Pear Shaped gives snap a fruity, timing-based twist
When it comes to classic family card games that even the kids can get involved with, it doesn't get more classic than Snap. Pear Shaped takes Snap and gives it a brighter shine and a cool timer gimmick. Most games carry their name on the…
Horrified – Working together to defeat Myths
Horrified is a cooperative, one to four player game where you and (most likely) your friends are all trying to defeat a bunch of different mythical monsters! It features a lot of different combinations of monsters to battle against, each of…
Exploding Kittens is a great gateway game and undeniably modern classic
Quick turns, silly artwork and deadly odds made Exploding Kittens into a modern classic. Frankly, I'm surprised that we haven't written anything up about Exploding Kittens before. The main reason might be that it's a phenomenon that…