Posts By Adam

My kids absolutely love the Gravitrax marble system, and have been playing with it for years. We have reviewed a ton of sets over the past few years, and earlier this year a new set dropped. I think Gravitrax SkyTrax has the highest entry barrier as it takes a bit more skill to maximize the fun, but even for beginners it will be lots of fun! The SkyTrax line is one of the most exciting recent additions to the GraviTrax…

Some games promise a quick thrill. Stonesaga promises a journey—and that’s exactly why it’s worth getting excited about. The game is about to fulfill to bakers in January, so reviews (including ours) are going to begin flowing fast! At its core, Stonesaga feels like a return to what makes adventures memorable: discovery, growth, and a world that invites you to slow down and really explore. Instead of rushing players from objective to objective, it leans into ...

SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence works so well because it takes a huge, fascinating idea and turns it into something that’s actually fun to play. A lot of board games have cool themes, but SETI is one of those rare games where the theme and the gameplay really support each other instead of just sitting on top. First off, the theme is genuinely compelling. Searching for alien life is something most people already find interesting, and the game ...

Each and every Christmas, my wife likes to get me a board game to play, whether that’s a small game that will fit in my stocking, or a slightly larger game that becomes a full gift under the tree. The game is never massive, but it’s always nice for her to think about my favourite hobby year-in and year-out. This year, she picked up a game I had never heard of called Little Factory. Although this game isn’t doing anything…

Storing a ton of board games can be a lot of work, and perhaps I have more board games than the average person because of how many we review here on the site. That said, we are always looking for new board game storage solutions, and we have a number of them that work really well for us. IKEA Kallax Shelf The Kallax units from IKEA are a great storage solution for board games specifically because of their size. One…

Dorfromantik is one of those games that I could play almost anytime, but I find it especially enjoyable during the holidays. It is such a relaxing experience, and easy to teach almost anyone. With a plate of snacks over Christmas, we dove back into Dorfromantik head first, and we had a blast. Value in board games can often be hard to determine. At what point is a board game a good deal? We just finished game number 14 of Dorfromantik…

I always enjoy an easy to learn, easy to play roll and write experience, and First-Class Letters offers that kind of experience. While all you’ll get in the box is a bad of papers, some pencils, and 4 die, the experience here is still rather unique, while remaining approachable for anyone with the ability to write words and alphabetize things. In First-Class Letters, one player will roll three lettered dice, and those letters will be put in specific ...

If you haven’t picked up a Nintendo Switch 2 yet, or just want more fantastic games at good prices, it’s time to check out some great boxing day deals from Nintendo of Canada. You better be quick, though, as these deals won’t last forever! ● Race into the new year with the Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World Bundle, available while supplies last for $699.99, which comes with a digital download of the Mario Kart World game – which…

I don’t think anyone will ever say that AllPlay doesn’t produce really nice games, and they generally do so at an amazing price. We have reviewed a number of their small box games before – check out our thoughts on Lure and Oddland – but this is the first medium sized game we’ve reviewed from them. There is a ton of stuff in this box, and while the gameplay is pretty simple and straightforward, the amount of components might be…

Between the release of the last two DLC packs for Disney Dreamlight Valley, I took a really long hiatus from the game. It wasn’t that the game wasn’t fun anymore, but other priorities starting creeping in. We had a ton of Nintendo games to review, a lot of board games to finish, and so much more. Unfortunately, Disney Dreamlight Valley was just push to the backburner, and eventually it just fell off the stove. Puns aside, sometimes it takes a…

Despite Moonrollers only arriving last week, I’ve already played it a ton thanks to it being an easy to table experience with light rules and light gameplay. We talked about the components of Moonrollers, but just because a game looks great, doesn’t make it great. Would an IV Studio game that isn’t really all that deep still be successful? Can these guys create an easy to learn, easy to play experience? Although this isn’t the first ...

IV Studio has released hit after hit for us, and for the most part the quality of the production has been top notch. I think almost everything in the Deluxe version of Brink is phenomenal, although I have a few concerns about longevity that I’ll get to near the end of the article. The one thing that sets Brink apart from the competition, and the one thing that concerns me, is about the various trays included with the game. I…

If you’ve been reading our site for a while, you know we absolutely love most of what IV Studio releases each year. In fact, we’ve heralded them as our favourite designer two years running, which is a pretty impressive feat. We love the universes IV Studio creates, with Moonrakers being one of our favourites. Moonrollers is set in that same universe, and as a gaming group that loves dice games, we really wanted to check this one out. IV Studio…

OnePlus is doing what they do, what all companies do that is, and have released a cheaper version of their flagship smart phone. The OnePlus 15 has been out for a while, but on the 17th the OnePlus 15R launched taking the very expensive OnePlus 15 and making it quite a bit cheaper. Side to side, you won’t see a ton of differences right off the top. The OnePlus 15R is built with the exact same materials as the OnePlus…

When a game consists of almost only cards, there isn’t many ways the production can go wrong. The cards are either good quality or they aren’t. But what sets a card game apart from it’s competitors in the production realm is the art. We just recently did a components unboxing and overview of Flamecraft which featured art from Sandara Tang. Guess what, we’ve got another Sandara Tang design here as well, and it makes this game pop like ...