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Order of Battle: Red Steel tackles the USSRs mid-WWII efforts
Where recently reviewed Red Star, tackled the pre- and early years ('38-'41) of WWII from the Soviet perspective, Order of Battle: Red Steel takes the conflict through '42 through to the critical battles of early '43. As I noted in the Red…
Splash Party is the family game that will turn up the heat this summer
As a board gamer with young kids, I’m always on the lookout for new ways to hook my family into enjoying the hobby with me. The trouble with most kids games is that they offer little in the way of interest for adult players. Splash Party,…
Keyforge’s New Mass Mutation Is Bigger and More Bonkers Than Ever
You may already be familiar with Richard Garfield’s Keyforge — a head to head card game in which each player guides a procedurally-generated and entirely random deck in battle against the other player. Now onto its 4th set, Mass Mutation,…
The Plague: Kingdom Wars Brings Us Strategic Disease Management
The Plague: Kingdom Wars is the next entry in the Kingdom Wars grand strategy series. We have been playing it.
Petrichor is back on Kickstarter with a new Cows expansion!
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times — a unique theme can sell a board game to me in a heartbeat. With that said, I’m ashamed to say that I’d never really heard of Petrichor before I took on this review. Now that I have,…
Golden Light — Welcome to the MEAT ZONE!
You’re out for a nice picnic with your partner. She’s talking gibberish for some reason, but maybe that’s why you love her. You decide to go and get her a rose, only to return to the sight of a giant hand made of meat pulling her into a…
Get in, we’re going farming — Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town
Grab your overalls, we’re going farming. Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is a 3D remake of the classic Game Boy Advance game Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town bringing a much-needed refresh while staying true to the original.
Othercide — Murder the Others!
The real meat of the game is in the missions which are a turn-based grid affair, and are oh so enjoyable to play! Characters have a set of action points (AP), usually 100, used for moving and attacking. You’ll have your Daughters dashing…
Lumina — Chase fireflies as long as you can remember how to get there
Memory games have been around for so long — those games where you flip up two cards and hope that they match. It’s a simple something that even children enjoy playing. Lumina is a board game that takes that simple idea and uses it for all…
Order of Battle: Red Star focuses on the USSR’s fights from 1938-41
In a deliberate, continuing avoidance of the more classic, Western Front battles, The Artistocrats has, with Red Star, started a trilogy of expansions for Order of Battle which focuses on the Soviet's battles through WWII. One of the main…
Casetify — Design and durability
Picking a phone case is something that I have spent a lot of time struggling with. I always want something that looks cute, but I also am quite clumsy and end up dropping my phone to the death. I don’t like bulky items either, so having…
Hanni Honey Bee — a vertical boxed board game
It’s summertime and everyone loves flowers and bees, so Hanni Honey Bee is a great little garden-related game for young board game players to either play on their own or with up to four friends! Hanni Honey Bee has the aim of not only…
Knights will all come tumbling down in Knuckling Knights
Brave heroes — knights — each looking to find their way through a large tower. Knuckling Knights is a two to four player game aimed at children, age four and up, where you must simply roll a dice, put your knights in the tower and hope to…
Donuts Delivery really cares about the placement of donuts
I don’t know about everyone on Earth, but when I go into a donut shop,I don’t really care about where the donuts are physically locked in the box. I guess things would change though if I had teleporting donuts, like in Donuts Delivery. …
Ollie & Bollie: Outdoor Estate has you doing small chores with your friend
It’s sometimes difficult doing outdoor work on your own, but in Ollie & Bollie: Outdoor Estate, you have a fun friend to help you out! It’s all in a day's work, and on this big plot of land, there are quite a few different chores that…
Nordic Warriors Brings Us Tactical Vikings
Nordic Warriors follows the steps of real-time tactics classic Myth. We have been playing it.
Build A Bright Legacy In Sagrada
Sagrada's stained glass windows take on a more calculated form with careful dice placement.
Dream Catchers — Sweet dreams are made by these
There's nothing better than a good night's sleep, sadly sometimes nightmares — and monsters under the bed — are out to ruin that. You take on the role of the Dream Catchers, out to save the da... night. Play Nation Studios' Dream Catchers…
The Romans — Will you be hero or Nero?
In the latest from Ragnar Brothers, players guide the city of Rome from kingdom to republic to empire. Muster armies and send them out across the ancient world to conquer neighbouring lands but don’t neglect Rome herself. Senators must also…
Summer in Mara — mañana mañana
Summer in Mara successfully imitates the dream of living in a tropical paradise, a potentially stereotypical view that the Caribbean-like way of life is one of relaxing, sun-filled days with very little worry or concern entering the fray.