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Onitama: An Elegant Exploration of Strategy

8/10

December 19, 2017 Andrew Smith Reviews

Board games can be intense. One of the most hotly anticipated games of this year comes in a huge box with hundreds of pieces. Poring over rulebooks has become as much a part of the fun as playing the game for so many players. Layers upon layers are used to create incredibly complex and rich gameplay experiences that can last

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BLANK: A Game That Teaches Game Design

7.5/10

December 12, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

What do you do when presented an opportunity to create new rules for a game? Are you the type of person to follow the written rules religiously, or do you come up with your own variations for your favorite game?

Leave a comment 5 players, 6 players, Anitra, BLANK, card games, creativity, customize, game design, Hub Games, Review

Seikatsu: Beautiful from any Perspective

8.5/10

November 27, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

Birds and flowers and fish, oh my! This beautiful abstract game has players work together to make a beautiful garden. But will the garden be most pleasing from your perspective, or will your opponents have a better view?

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Macroscope: Hidden Picture Prediction

5/10

November 6, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

In Macroscope, players compete to guess the nature of a hidden picture. Remove windows from the Macroscope and bid to be the first to guess correctly to win acclaim. Did Macroscope reveal hidden depths, or was it out of focus?

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Voodoo: Should You Do the Voodoo Too?

6/10

October 30, 2017 Andrew Smith Reviews

What does the word “Voodoo” make you think about? Is it a doll with pins? Is it an African religion? Most likely, you don’t think about the game Voodoo, a crazy magic game from Mayday Games. This week we take a stab at this game to find out if it casts a spell on us.

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BOO: A Petite Phantasmal Puzzler

7/10

October 23, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

Did you know that ghosts can scare each other? Neither did I until I played BOO, a compact game for two players from Perplext. Did this ghostly game grip us, or were we perplexed by this petite phantasmal puzzler?

Leave a comment 2 players, Anitra, card games, ghost, halloween, Microgames, Perplext, Review, spooky

Super Hack Override: Proxy Swap Your Way to Supreme Victory!

6/10

October 16, 2017 Andrew Smith Reviews

“There’s a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it’s not about who’s got the most bullets. It’s about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think… it’s all about the information!” – Sneakers, 1992 For some of us, it’s quotes like these that are about as close to hacking as

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Downforce: The Best Racing Game of the Eighties and Nineties is Back

8.5/10

October 9, 2017 Corey Lagunowich Reviews

Didn’t you play Daytona 500 when you were a kid? Downforce is just like that, but with superpowers and betting. Sold, amiright?

One comment 2 players, 3 players, 5 players, 6 players, Corey, Family Games, racing games, Restoration Games, Review, Tabletop Games

Dairyman: Milking It

7/10

October 2, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

In Dairyman, you are a dairy farmer, competing with your fellow farmers to see who can produce the most milk. Make cheese and ice cream along the way, and don’t let it spoil! Do we think Dairyman is a gouda game, or is it all jacked up? Read on to see if it hits a rocky road, or if it

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Qwingo: Rank, Roll, Rejoice!

7/10

September 25, 2017 Andrew Smith Reviews

Masters of the approachable family game, Gamewright delivers another multi-age filler game in Qwingo, a roll & write game designed by Heinz Meister. Read on to find out if we think Qwingo ranks highly, or if it makes us roll our eyes!

Leave a comment Andrew, dice, Dice Rolling, Gamewright, math, pen and paper games, roll and write

Bärenpark: A Koala-ity Family Experience

9.0/10

September 12, 2017 Andrew Smith Reviews

It’s time to bear down and start building! This week we take a look at one of the hottest games to come out of Origin this year, the tile-laying game Bärenpark from Lookout Spiele and Mayfair. We’ll tell you whether it’s a universally koality* experience, or if we think it’s a bit more polar-izing.

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Problem Picnic: Attack of the Ants

6.5/10

September 4, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

Ants are invading the picnic! In Problem Picnic: Attack of the Ants, you control the ants. Send them out from your anthill to retrieve the most food. Will your ants emerge victorious, or will they get squashed?

Leave a comment Anitra, dexterity games, dice, food, insects, Kids Table, Review

Number Ninjas: The Ancient Art of Arithmetic

6.0/10

August 28, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

The Dicecapades® franchise continues to grow. First there was Dicecapades® classic, then Dicecapades® Word Pirates, and now we have Dicecapades® Number Ninjas. Add, subtract, and multiply your way to victory with Number Ninjas, a Dicecapades® educational game from Haywire Group. You and your fellow players are ninjas, competing to collect four quest items and race to the Golden Dragon.

One comment Anitra, dice, educational games, Haywire Group, Review

Silly Street: Silly Fun for All Ages

7.5/10

August 21, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

Every person who takes care of children knows the importance of play. But sometimes young kids need to be encouraged to stretch their imaginations. Sometimes their grownups need permission to be silly and simply have fun. Have you howled like a wolf today? Maybe you should!

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Purrrlock Holmes: Furriarty’s Trail

8.5/10

August 16, 2017 Andrew Smith Reviews

Work together to deduce which gang is helping Furriarty before he can escape in this cooperative game perfect for families.

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Toasted or Roasted: A Marshmallow Victory?

7/10

August 10, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

Nothing says family fun like marshmallows on a campfire. Can you toast your marshmallows to a beautiful golden brown, or will your opponents cause you to roast them, leaving you with nothing but a blackened crisp?

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CAMP: The Family Pastime

7.5/10

August 7, 2017 Andrew Smith Reviews

We went camping this past weekend, and what better way to celebrate camping than to play camping themed board games? This week we take a look at CAMP: The Game that Grows With You, the Dr. Toy award winning game from Education Outdoors. CAMP has a lot of features that are really appealing, but do they come together to make

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S’mores: The Card Game – Delicious or Stale?

3/10

August 3, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

A s’more traditionally consists of two graham crackers, one marshmallow, and one piece of chocolate. S’mores: The Card Game tries to re-create the fun of assembling a s’more in a card game. Can you craft a s’more from your cards before the deck runs out?

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What’s Up and Strawberry Ninja: Short and Sweet!

8/10

July 27, 2017 Andrew Smith Reviews

This week, we take a look at a pair of short, simple games from Strawberry Studio, What’s Up and Strawberry Ninja. Strawberry Studio’s mission is to “enrich the world of gaming with a line of smart, fun and easy to play microgames for families and friends”. Do they succeed with these two titles? Let’s dive in and find out.

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Potion Explosion: A Magical Concoction!

9.0/10

July 24, 2017 Anitra Smith Reviews

Whizz! Clack! At first glance, Potion Explosion looks like just a gimmick – a board game adaptation of digital match-3 games like Bejeweled. Pull out marbles, make matches. But there is so much more to this delightful game!

2 comments Anitra, CMON, Family Games, fantasy, Horrible Guild, magic, marbles, potion, potion explosion, Review, Tabletop Games

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