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A few years ago we had the pleasure of reviewing a fantastic kids game called The Quest Kids. The base game, along with the expansions, took kids gaming to the next level, and provided something that was not only fun for the young ones in our house, but for the adults as well. Treasure Falls Games is back with another fantastic kids experience, this time with trains! Is Super Trains as good as we think it should be based on…

When I first saw Ink through a local board game store email flyer, I was pretty intrigued. My wife absolutely loves a tile laying game, and also enjoys puzzle games as well – this seemed to be a combination of the two. What drew me in was the game’s components, specifically the little plastic ink bottles in each player colour. It takes more than shinny things to make me happy, though, but they sure don’t hurt! I cannot stand when…

Rebirth was a game I wasn’t initially interested in when I first saw it available on crowdfunding platforms. The idea seemed easy enough to follow, but I questioned how fun the overall gameplay would feel. I honestly thought there was going to be too much luck in the tiles you selected each round, and while that can be the case from time-to-time, the overall game has a lot less luck than I expected. In Rebirth, players will be placing tiles…

The Unlock! series is one of our favourite escape room style games to play at home with friends and family. Over the years, we have reviewed many of these boxes, our personal favourite being the Star Wars themed release. When Unlock! Kids was first released, we were quite excited to take this experience and play it with our 10 year old at the time. Still, it was a bit complicated for our younger son who was about 4 years old.…

Star Wars games can be hit or miss when it comes to quality. With any popular IP such as Star Wars – and this includes things like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, etc. – there is always a chance that companies will look at the license as an easy way to make some money, with less of an emphasis being placed on component quality and more of an emphasis placed on selling it for the best price, making the…

When Garden Geckos launched, we had a blast reviewing it as a preview for the Kickstarter campaign. Once again, we are being given a chance to check out the new expansion before it hits Kickstarter, and we are really excited about what this adds to the experience! This one box includes three little expansions that can be folded into your main game, either all together or individually. I’ll quickly run down how each works, and provide a few impressions our…

At Canada Plays 2025, hosted by asmodee Canada, I had the chance to see Rebirth in action. To be honest, it wasn’t a game that looked interesting to me, but something about the look of the game at the game’s end was really intriguing. It had great table presence, and I wondered if I was missing out. I can say I’m pretty impressed after a few games, but one thing I can say definitely: this production is phenomenal! There aren’t…

Bad Comet is one of my favorite board game publishers and for good reason – not only are their games really fun to play, but the production quality is off the charts. It also doesn’t hurt that a lot of their games have cute animal meeples…that always helps! With games like Wild Serengeti, Life of the Amazonia, and Wondrous Creatures under their belts, I knew that Shallow Seas was going to be something special. We were definitely not disappointed, at…

When Earth first released, a friend of mine picked it up and introduced it to me – I thought it was a really good experience, but got beat so bad at the time that I didn’t really want to keep playing. When attending GenCon 2025, we popped into the InsideUp Games room to check out their latest expansion that should deliver in a few months called Earth: Animal Kingdom, and after a few demo rounds, I decided I wanted to…

If you’ve ever tried to teach a six-year-old how to play Splendor and ended up questioning your life choices, good news: Asmodee has your back. The tabletop gaming giant just announced Asmodee Kids, a brand-new line that takes their most iconic games and reimagines them for younger players—without losing what made them awesome in the first place. The goal is simple: make family game night fun for everyone. These aren’t just “junior” versions slapped together; Asmodee worked with child development…