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When it comes to card games, I’m very familiar with those that come in a box with instructions (ala Dominion) and those that come in secret packs (ala Pokemon, Magic the Gathering, Disney Lorcana). I am very much not familiar with Living Card Games, where the cards are all predetermined in each box, but the decks you create can be varied and of your own personal desire. My father-in-law and I took Marvel Champions for a spin last night for…

As a longtime fan of board games, it was shocking to me that I’d never played something from Arcane Wonders. My eyes were opened to all the fantastic games they have on offer at GenCon 2023, and over the past few weeks I’ve been making my way through their catalogue? Here are my two favourite titles from Arcane Wonder as of writing! Neotopia I love an abstract tile laying game, and while Neotopia attempts to get you invested in building…

The words affordable and board game table are likely things you never expected to be in the same sentence. Even if you wanted one of the impressive Game Toppers for your standard table, you were still going to spend over 1000 dollars for a 3×5 table. Most tables today are in the range of 2000-3000 dollars, and that’s before you pay to ship a product weighing hundreds of pounds. Enter Project Ironwood, a project we have written about many times…

If you have had the pleasure of playing Descent: Legends of the Dark, then you know that to complete the entire campaign is going to take 40 – 50 hours of your time, which is a huge chunk. In our review of that game , we praised it for great components and fantastic storytelling. After we finished our last game and crossed over the 45 hour mark, we were pretty happy with our experience. But was it worth diving into…

Arcane Wonders seems to have this unique ability to not only create fantastic games with deep strategic thoughts required, but also games that are easy to teach and minimalistic in design. With only a deck of cards, a handful of wooden pieces, and some player boards, Age of Wonders: Planetfall appears to be yet another easy to understand, hard to master game from Arcane Wonders, and I cannot wait to get this one onto the table to play. As we…

Marvel Crisis Protocol is years into development, with tons of expansions being released after the original core set was launched. In October, Atomic Mass Games re-released the original core set with new sculpts for minis, new command cards, new leadership abilities, and more. This is great for bringing new players into the game, but by changing what was included in the box (although it mimics the original) allows longtime players to get new content as well. I think right away,…

I’ve been playing Star Wars: Shatterpoint since day one – in fact, we have been reviewing each and every box released since the game’s inception. I’m not a huge fan of tabletop gaming, and even though my father-in-law and kids attend a few big ones each year here in Ontario, I tend to sit on the side and just watch – it’s not my scene. Shatterpoint, however, is something I’ve grown to love, but the experience needs a boost and…

Asmodee, a global leader in the board gaming industry, and Equinox Studio, a rising star in the gaming world, are thrilled to unveil their exclusive partnership to bring the latest studio initiative Altered to Trading Card enthusiasts worldwide. Altered stands as the flagship initiative of the newly established studio, born in 2020 and spearheaded by the visionary game designer Régis Bonnessée, founder of the renowned Libellud studio responsible for publishing Dixit, Mysterium, Dice Forge, and Seasons. It introduces a groundbreaking…

Deluxe Components for board games used to be a pretty niche thing, but in 2023 you’d be hard pressed to find a game on your shelf that doesn’t have deluxe options available. There has been a lot of discussion lately around Kickstarter pricing for specific games, and whether or not the pricing is worth it, or justified by the product. I’ve thought long and hard about deluxe components for games, and I liken it to staying at resorts at Walt…

Board games themed to specific seasons are not generally the most popular thing, but when they are as affordable as what Funko Games is offering this holiday season, it’s a bit easier to make the plunge. Holiday games only last for a month or so before being put away until next season, but these little games from Funko are going to make great pre-Christmas Day game nights a lot of fun, or will make excellent stocking stuffers for those board…