Before the holidays came and ate up my entire life, I was given a copy of one of the three newest Button Shy Games productions - Turbo Drift by Rob Cramer. For a long time I've been admiring Button Shy's devotion to the very small game space - it's an interesting design challenge to make... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the beautiful prefecture of Kanagawa (BGG, Amazon)! You are all students at Katsushika Hokusai's art school and hope to create your own masterwork through the teachings of the great master himself. The publisher of Kanagawa, Iello, provides some of the best art direction in the board game industry. Iello games look and feel... Continue Reading →
This was an amazing year in board games with many games popping up perfect for your personal library. As I stated in 2015, it is nearly impossible to play and review even a large portion of all of the game that comes out in a year. And it is even harder to be able to... Continue Reading →
I was recently introduced to the abstract game The Climbers at the Granite Game Summit. I was immediately taken with the components and the game play. Nice, chunky wooden components and decent strategy! Let’s take a look at The Climbers and see what it has to offer. Climbers is a game for 2-5 people, ages... Continue Reading →
Yup - the database shrugged it's virtual shoulders, and jumped right into a hole. Unfortunately the last uncorrupted backup of the DB I was able to get was from Nov 25th. So we lost a few posts and about 3 weeks of traffic. All was not lost however, for which I'm grateful! Off to do... Continue Reading →
Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space is a minimalist game of bluffing and secrecy set on the damaged research ship -- the SELVA. All systems are down and the entire ship is dark. Captain and crew are trying to make their way to escape pods and an unknown, alien virus is transforming the crew... Continue Reading →
To those who celebrate it, Happy Thanksgiving! I'm hoping to get a few casual games in with various family members this Thanksgiving, along with a copious amount of time lazing about. Hope you can do the same!
Hey all! A few of you, perhaps 30 or 40 people out there, may have noticed that we were reviewing on average about 1.3 games per week! That's pretty rad and I'm happy to be back in the saddle with that. However, I've got to take a quick break from it because we have these... Continue Reading →
Session Report: Extra Life 2016 - we played a lot of games. Here's the (mostly) whole list of games we played. I may have missed a few as a couple of smaller spin-off games may have sprung up. Star Realms (phone) Friday (solo) x2 Star Realms (phone) x5 Forbidden Desert x2 Firefly nope Seasons What... Continue Reading →
