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It’s not often that Walt Disney Studios – including Pixar Studios – doesn’t win the Oscar for the best animated feature, but that is exactly what happened at the 2025 Academy Awards. Instead, a unique film about animals escaping rising water won the award, and understandably it has spun off a number of new toys and games. One of those games is, understandably, called Flow and will be launching later this year. In Flow, players work cooperatively to draw and…

Each night of Canada Plays 2025, a trade show put on by Asmodee Canada that a few media members were invited to, featured an open games night. A ton of already released, and pre-release, games were available for attendees to try out with friends and colleagues. The room was always full of folks having a great time, trying out some of the greatest games coming from Asmodee Canada, their partners, and others in the board game space! Let’s look at…

Over the past few days I had the privilege of attending Canada Plays 2025 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The event, while primarily aimed at retailers and distributors, was attended by a few media members as well. Over the two days that I was in attendance, I had the chance to see upcoming games, walk the show floor, play in a tournament, and so much more. Over the next week or two, we will be publishing articles around our time at the…

I’m not sure why I’m shocked at this point, but it seems that every box I get from Leder Games is better than the last. That could be recency bias I suppose, but yet I’m blown away time and time again. This go around it’s all about sailing the high seas and trying to become as famous as possible. Let’s take a look at the components in Ahoy, and why yet again this is proof that Leder Games is one…

The good folks at Ravensburger were nice enough to send over a few packs of the latest Disney Lorcana chapter, Archazia’s Island. Although I cannot review the entire set as I haven’t received my booster box yet, I can talk about what I’ve seen so far, and the positive changes I see them taking yet again with this release. Let’s not waste any time – let’s check out what’s new in the Archazia’s Island release! The most obvious change to…

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 consumers, I was…

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…

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…

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…