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Thanks to our friends at Alderac Entertainment Group, we had the excellent opportunity to play Istanbul: The Dice Game, a simplified version of the original game title Istanbul, which removes the worker placement elements and instead uses dice rolls to determine potential actions. While I’ve always been a fan of worker placement games – and Istanbul is an excellent title that can take some time to complete – it’s nice to add games to my collection that take less than…

Istanbul is a very in depth game that can turn off potential players early on with the many nuances and things to consider when trying to figure out the best path to victory. While Istanbul is a fantastic experience, the worker placement actions do put it out of reach for some gamers. Enter Istanbul: The Dice Game, a streamlined version of the original that plays relatively quickly, and is easy to teach. The goal of the game is to obtain…

Unless you have been living under a rock, it is likely that you have heard of a little company called The Escape Game, who are famous for marketing and delivering a wide variety of escape rooms across North America, drawing in millions of fans each year. Groups of friends are enclosed in an area, and given a set amount of time to escape the room. Not only has it provided a fun experience on a Friday night, but has also…

A few weeks ago, Alderac Entertainment sent us a bundle of games to play and review, one of which was a fun and quick 2 player title, Greedy Kingdoms. We posted a “How to Play” article which is up on the site now, but basically, players are racing to collect resources using heroes, in order to build 2 Royal Palaces. The first to build 2 wins! Two player games are sometimes hard to come by, and finding a good 2…

A few weeks ago, we posted our “How to Play” article for Game of Throne: Catan – Brotherhood of the Watch. While I’ve been fairly vocal about my dislike of the base version of Catan, many of the spin off adaptations – most notably to date the Star Trek version – have improved on my main problems with the original. Was Brotherhood of the Watch also able to satisfy my concerns? Let’s dive in! In my opinion, the additions to…

When consuming different forms of media when it is based on something we love, it’s often hard to determine whether the media you are engaging with is actually good, or if you are looking and experiencing it with rose colored glasses. This was the worry I had when Ravesnburger first published Disney’s Villainous, but since the original release – and two stand-alone expansion – I can easily say that Villainous is one of the best games I’ve played within the…

One of the hardest things to do with a family board game is to create something that is entertaining for parents and exhilarating for kids. Many games attempt at striking this good balance, and ultimately fail. The reason is fairly simple: adult minds and children's minds think very differently, and trying to create a game for both is next to impossible. What many publishers and developers have decided to do is create experiences that are tailored to kids, but have enough to keep adults entertained. Enter Treasure X: Quest for Gold, a simplistic treasure ...

The next expansion for the wildly popular Disney board game, Villainous, is hitting store shelves on August 1, 2019. With three new villains brought to the table - literally in fact - we now have a total of 12! Regardless of whether you choose to play as Scar, Yzma, or Ratigan, this fantastic board game experience just got a whole lot better!

The translation of brands into board games doesn’t always work as well as you might like, but when brands create their own games, the results are sometimes fantastic, if the right designer is brought in. Enter Villainous, a Disney villain inspired board game that has you rooting for the bad guys, instead of trying to take them down! In this article, we will examine the ins and outs of Villainous. Let’s find out how to play! Setup Once you’ve removed…

If you've never seen the Treasure X products on the shelves at your local retail outlet, make sure to take a look in the toy isle next time you are there. These fun toys have kids of all ages cutting into aliens or digging into dirt, looking for the pieces to ancient skeletons and more, all in an effort to grow their own army and collect them all! The popular kids toy has been spun into it's own board game, published and released by Ravensburger. Let's dive in and learn to play Treasure X: Quest for Gold!