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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 boxes on…

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…

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 lighter title from IV…

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…

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 nothing else.…

Despite not having my own copy of the game, I’ve had the chance to play Framecraft a few times using the Kickstarter Deluxe version of the game. The production on that game is phenomenal, with beautiful artwork and gorgeous wooden pieces, plus a neoprene mat and dragon miniatures for each player. When I saw the retail version and reached out to Lucky Duck Games about doing a review, I was a bit nervous about how I’d feel playing the retail…