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Here we go! There were a lot of great games I had a chance to review in 2018. 55 of them, in fact. It wasn’t an easy year to make my picks, but in the end, I managed to narrow it down to 15 games. 7 Silver, 7 Gold, and 1 Platinum. To be eligible for a 2018 award a game …
Full Dungeon Mayhem Review It’s a 2-4 player battle royal in Wizard’s latest Dungeons & Dragons-themed card game, Dungeon Mayhem. Aimed at a younger crowd, this light-hearted title combines ultra-simple rules with wacky artwork to create a game the entire family can enjoy together in 5-10 minutes. In Dungeon Mayhem each player takes a character deck. There’s the Sun Elf …
Full The Tea Dragon Society Review There’s a world out there where adorable dragons grow tea leaves on their bodies. I want to live in that world. Thankfully there’s The Tea Dragon Society where I can pretend to be the caretaker of one these cuties; Feeding it, grooming it, and building life-long memories with it. The Tea Dragon Society is …
Full Tower of Madness Review Smirk & Dagger has taken a nostalgic game, wrapped it up with some extra mechanics and a Lovecraftian theme, and released it as Tower of Madness. It’s a push-your-luck dice game with a central 3D tower filled with tentacles and marbles like a horrific version of Kerplunk. Players try to investigate locations by rolling dice and …
Full ROOT Preview The Woodland has become a battlefield. The vile Marquise de Cat has taken over the once peaceful wood trying to spread her industry and exploit it for her own gain. The Eyrie, once proud rulers of the Woodland, have found a new commander to help them reclaim their birthright while the Woodland Alliance tries to spread sympathy for their …
Rock Paper Scissors meets monsters in Rock Paper Monsters, a family game about positioning and clever card play designed by Timothy Balogh. The goal of the game is to earn 10 Monster Bites over the course of several rounds. A Monster Bite (and possibly 2 or more) is earned by having the highest score at the end of the round. This is …
When one of the hottest board games gets a more child-friendly fan remake using a popular kids’ show for a theme, something wonderful has the possibility of being born. Enter My Little Scythe. Originally a print-and-play My Little Pony themed “demake” of Scythe by father-daughter team Hoby and Vienna Chou, the game was officially picked up by Scythe publisher, Stonemaier games. …
Walmart now sells an exclusive version of USAopoly’s Super Mario Bros. Power Up game with the iconic NES title’s underwater levels as its theme. It’s identical to the original name, but is more…wet? Seeing how I never reviewed the original I figured now would be a good time to see what Power Up is all about, especially since my 4-year-old is all …
The second payment from Threadless finally cleared in the amount of $15 so I have made the next donation to Take This! For transparency, below are some screenshots confirming the Threadless payment and the donation of funds.
I first got a chance to play Bumuntu back in 2016 at the 2nd annual Connecticut Festival of Indie games and was immediately smitten with the game. Back then there was a bit more to it, but the game has been wonderfully polished and streamlined since being picked up and published by WizKids. Bumuntu is a game of set collection, …
