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Lord of the Rings Duel: Battle for Middle Earth is one of the better 2-Player games I have ever played. This one is worth looking into!

Arcs is the latest release from Leder Games and is now available at retail after a very successful Kickstarter campaign. Leder Games was nice enough to send over the base game of Arcs, so let’s get this open and let you know what we think of the included components. Leder Games produces really nice games – nothing is every out of this world in the base box. For example, the basic components in Oath are cardboard tokens, but can be…

Animalcatraz has a concept that is really intriguing to me, and plays up to 8 players. It’s not often you get a game that puts animals in prison, or that can be played with so many people. It is almost an instant win in my books based on that alone, but how does it play? With the game coming to Kickstarter soon, I thought I’d give you the low-down on my experience with the game. Let’s check it out! Animalcatraz…

Project Ironside put affordable tables into your home via Kickstarter. They are now working on bigger and better projects!

We have been covering the wonderful work of Project Ironside, and look forward to reviewing their tables in the near future. A recent update from the companies head honcho, Dan, has us excited for even more and for what is possible in the future. Cloud Puncher Games is going to work with a leading furniture distributor via Amazon to deliver more tables, more shelves, and more accessories to people around the world. And they will do it faster and more…

Tomten is going to be our go-to Christmas game this holiday season and for good reason - it is so accessible!

There are some themes that are becoming a bit oversaturated in the board game space. Nature, for example, is starting to become one that I gloss over a bit when I see new titles full of animal or plant cards. Building civilizations has become something I’m a bit less interested in as well. Building ski slopes and running a company? That’s something I can get behind. Let’s take a look at everything that comes in Alpenglow! Alpenglow is all about…

I’m not sure what it is with board game publishers and comically large boxes, but Survive the Island might have the biggest box when compared to the games included components, although I think I know the reason for that. That said, the production quality here is phenomenal, and for under $40 CAD, it’s an incredible value from a production standpoint! Ok let’s get the comically large box out of the way first. It’s massive, with deep spaces to hold the…

Tree Society has a theme I’m pretty excited about and while I expected the box to be a lot larger when it arrived in the mail for review from Asmodee, after getting it open I understood why. I think some of the component choices here are cost cutting measures to keep the game accessible, and ultimately nothing is sub-par. Let’s dive in to see what I love about this game and what I wish was changed! I’m not going to…

The LEGO Group is back into the board game space, and they have partnered with Asmodee to start releasing board games back into retail stores. The first of this planned partnership is Monkey Palace, a game about building steps for a monkey to climb. Before we get into our full review of the game, let’s take a look at the game’s components! There isn’t a lot to say about this game. The game itself comes with a ton of LEGO…