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Need a board game suggestion for those who love things like The Godfather, Sopranos and other Mafioso inspired entertainment? Well look no further than Omertà: The Five Families! Vesuvius Media’s new mafia-themed board game, Omertà: The Five Families, funded within hours of its launch on Kickstarter! In Omertà: The Five Families, players step into the gritty underworld of 20th-century New York City. In this high-stakes game of power, players navigate the treacherous landscape as the head of a crime family,…

Raising Robots arrived in late 2023 but joins my top 5 games of the year for many reasons. First, the components included in the deluxe version of the game are phenomenal , and the artwork might be the best art I’ve seen in a board game ever. But there is another more important reason it’s in my top 5 – it’s a phenomenal game that I cannot wait to play again and again! Let’s take a look! The best comparable…

Raising Robots just recently fulfilled from Nauvoo Games and players are excitedly unboxing their copies and checking out all the great components inside. In this review, we are unboxing the deluxe version of the game which includes wooden tokens instead of cardboard, the Animals expansion and card sleeves. Is the production worth the price? Let’s take a look! GamesReviews paid the production cost of the game plus shipping the game to Canada to do this review? Big thanks to Nauvoo…

GraviTrax has been a very popular toy in my household for the last few years. In fact, when I compare this toy to others that we have purchased and reviewed over the past few years, this is one that continues to get taken out of the closet, even a few years down the road. My youngest son Lincoln always had issues making all the pieces in standard GraviTrax work, and always felt a bit left out when the rest of…

There is something great about taking a game off the shelf and knowing you aren’t in for a multi-hour experience. Don’t get me wrong, I love longer games, and obviously have plenty to choose from. But every once in a while, you just want a nice short game that can be fun for all ages, and easy enough to understand that you can even teach it to someone new in just a few minutes. At GenCon 2023, I had the…

Nature, mushrooms, animals. These all seem to be the rage right now when it comes to board game themes, and for the most part, they all work really well. Many games, however, are beginning to blend together, as companies share concepts and ideas and just reskin them and mix of the mechanics to make something “new.” Mycelia is partially doing that, but includes a really cool dew drop system that is actually a lot of fun, albeit potentially gimmick. Either…

Video games adapted into board games are not always the best, but over the past year we’ve been enjoying a long list of great board games inspired and built upon the video game IPs. Age of Wonders: Planetfall is a fantastic 4x Strategy Game on PC and console, but it’s also a fantastic card game on your kitchen table! We took this game for a spin ahead of its release in North America, and had a blast! Here are our…

Big Boss is a classic strategy board game that has been translated into English for the first time ever! This game has a very unique concept and caught my interest from the start. Let’s open it up and look at what is included in the box!

A constant source of family fun, board games have always provided an excellent way to get two or more people around the table and sit them down for games of wit, strategy, and fun. However, as our entertainment takes on an increasingly digital nature, it feels like board games are falling by the wayside for many. That said, the rise and dominance of video games doesn’t mean that board games can be abandoned, especially when so many of them end…

There are few games as unique as Apiary – who else but Stonemaier Games would publish a game about space bees! I love worker placement games, and Stonemaier does them just about as good as anyone else. Viticulture is one of my favorite games of all time! I had really high hopes for Apiary when I saw Jamey Stagemier showing off some of the components and systems in some of his videos, and honestly, the game did not disappoint. I…