Posts By Adam Roffel

Star Wars Unlimited has been my favorite Trading Card Game for a little while now which is shocking because of how much I’ve also loved Altered, and how much I love Disney. While I still prefer the collectible aspect of something like Disney Lorcana better than Unlimited, gameplay wise it’s not even close. With past releases having a heavy emphasis on ground units, it was nice to see things getting mixed up with a set focused very specifically on space…

Chip Theory Games has been doing what I’ve been asking companies to do for a long while now – get rid of miniatures and create a good, premium alternative. Most companies ditch miniatures for acrylic standees, others for cardboard standees. Chip Theory, as their name implies, has gone for heavy premium chips, which has proven to be pretty unique in the board game space. With strong dice-based role playing games like Too Many Bones already available for ...

All games deserve a good insert. I’ve been saying this for a long time. Even my favourite games get docked points if they lack a sturdy insert to hold all the games components. Shelfie Stacker from Arkus Games is leading the way in terms of storage solutions, and while I’m not sure how much I love the game yet, getting it out and putting it away is a real treat! Shelfie Stacker is all about rolling dice and slotting them…

Over the past couple days, my wife and I and our kids had the opportunity to travel to Walt Disney World on a short Disney vacation. Thanks to our friends at Disney Canada, we were able to secure some anytime use Lightning Lane passes, which allowed us to check out some of the more popular attractions at Magic Kingdom and Epcot. What we witnessed was Disney at its finest, with some of the best technologies currently in use for theme…

Thank goodness for games that use a phone but not an application. I get it, it’s 2025 and people want to get really technologically advanced with their board games. Unlocked! does it, Little Alchemists does it. Why not do it? Floristry has a phone component, but it’s web based as opposed to an application. And that makes me so happy. Ok, that wasn’t the normal way I start a review, but people are going to instantly love or hate this…

The Carina D1S Charging Dock for the Meta Quest 3S might look to be only a charging dock, but it was so much more in our experience!

Reef Project is yet another beautifully detailed game from Board and Dice, and after looking at a number of their games – Windmill Valley, Minos, Books of Time – it has become very apparent that we should only expect the best when it comes to a Board and Dice production. While this game has a lot more cardboard components, and perhaps lacks the big flashy pieces or ideas of the other games, it’s still an impressive production. When I say…

WNext week I’ll be enjoying a few days at the Happiest Place on Earth! OK, I’m sure for many of you, a few days at Walt Disney World might not be that exciting, but for my family it definitely is. Here on the site we’ve written about Walt Disney World and Disney Cruise Line in the past, touching on all the amazing technology these places have to offer. With two trips booked this year, my wife and I wanted to…

I’ve never been a huge racing game fan, the only one I’ve really enjoyed to date is Camel Up, and that’s more about random betting than anything else. I’ve seen people rave about Heat: Pedal to the Metal for years now, and when Asmodee Canada reached out to ask if I wanted to review the upcoming expansion, I decided now as as good as any time to try out Heat. Before jumping into components, I want to say that companies…

Prototype copies of games are becoming more and more impressive as the years go by, and when I unboxed Scales of Fate from IV Studio I knew it was going to be something special. First and foremost, IV Studio produces some of the greatest games in my collection, including the very impressive Deluxe Edition of Fractured Sky and Moonrakers, a fantastic card game with great quality cards and metal coins. Even on their prototype, IV Studio went above and beyond…

Lemonade Stand has a charming production for younger board game fans, and I really like that about the title. It lacks some of the frills you might find in a more adult centric experience, but that doesn’t make this any less great overall. Outside of the fairly bland customer tiles, everything else here is pretty impressive! And with that said, let’s get the first bit out of the way first. The cardboard used in this game is very, very good.…

If a game has a connection to plants, my wife is likely going to love it. Regardless of the production quality of a game, my wife loves everything about plants! I’m a bit harder to please – while I enjoy the plant life that surrounds me every day in my home, I still like my board games to have some flair! Thankfully, for a game that could just be all cardboard, the design team behind Floristry wanted to make sure…

If you’ve wanted to get your hands on Two Point Museum ahead of its official launch next week, consider picking up the Explorers Edition which comes with a bunch of goodies, including 5 days early access! There is a lot more here than you might think, so let’s dive right in! The Explorers Edition of Two Point Museum is offering up a ton of goodies for just a few more dollars than the basic game. Yes, 5 days early access…

I might sound like a broken record at this point, but I’ve never been a huge fan of trick taking games, especially cooperative ones. I have great strategic thinking capabilities, but for some reason all logic leaves my brain when it comes to deciding which cards to play in a trick taking experience. While I enjoyed what The Crew was trying to do, it was never a game I wanted to play. With The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship…

There is a trio of board games now in Stonemaier Games’ “Span” franchise and overall I would say they are all really good games. As more come out, you begin to rank them based on how they play and what they do. Preference why, I prefer Wrymspan for a more involved game, and because of that, will probably never play Wingspan again. Finspan, on the other hand, stands alone in my opinion when compared to the other three. Let’s explore…