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Right now I have a lot of time at home with my wife and 2 kids, 6 and 8 years old, due to the “stay at home” order during the COVID-19 pandemic. This time makes me grateful for all the board games that I keep purchasing in spite of my …
Rock Paper Wizard is a light “take that” game released by WizKids in 2016. “Take That” games are a cheeky sub-genre of game in which players take turns doing things that directly hurt one or more of the other players, presumably while standing up, pointing, and laughing as they do …
The Mind is a 2-4 player cooperative game by Wolfgang Warsch released in 2018. This is the simplest game that I’ve taken the time to review, but even so, it may be the one with the most immediate electricity running through its gameplay. In The Mind, you and a few …
Mysterium is a cooperative game for 2-7 players by Ukrainian designers Oleksandr Nevskiy and Oleg Sidorenko, released in 2015. This game puts one player in the role of a voiceless ghost, the victim of a gruesome murder, while the other players take on the role of psychics who have the …
Wingspan is the newest hotness from Stonemaier Games, from up-and-coming designer Elizabeth Hargrave. Highly anticipated since its announcement in January, this game hit the market and sold out before it even reached store shelves. Wingspan even attracted the attention of The New York Times, an organization that usually doesn’t look …
Okay, so you’ve just walked into a shop, and wandered over to the board game section out of boredom, intrigue, or maybe followed a stray cat around the corner. Regardless, you’re here now and you’re looking at all of the games. It’s overwhelming. There are so many boxes, so many …
Patchwork is a two player, tile laying, tetris-like game from the epic board game designer, Uwe Rosenberg. Famous for such blockbuster games as Agricola, Bohnanza, and A Feast For Odin. Patchwork currently sits at #61 of all time on BoardGameGeek. In Patchwork, you are attempting to make a patchwork quilt …
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