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Fromage came out of nowhere for me, but it’s a game I definitely wanted to have in my collection. Now that it is here, getting it to the table has been a breeze thanks to the fantastic production. While I don’t have the version of the game with all the wooden tokens, the retail release is still pretty amazing! Let’s take a look. Fromage uses a nifty mechanic where you place out workers onto the board, and at the end…

Enthrone wasn’t a game I thought I would like that much, but the fantastic production made me want to give it a go as soon as possible. The production is out of this world good, but does the gameplay hold up? Let’s take a look! There are eight different characters in the game, and to setup each player is dealt three cards (characters) leaving two left over that no player will get to see. From the three cards you are…

We’ve only focused on a few major toy brands over the past year, namely LEGO and Playmobil, but there is one toy we reviewed a few years ago that continues to impress my kids month in and month out. Gravitrax is the marble building toy of your dreams, and whether you are six years old, or sixty years old, there is a ton to love about Gravitrax. Check out all the great sets from Ravensburger! The toy itself is easy…

I’m not always a fan of board games getting expansions. That isn’t because they aren’t fun, it’s just that our group gets the same game tabled so little, does owning and expansion even worth it? What I do love are expansions that easily fold into the base game, provide only a little more time to teach, and make the experience so much better. We loved In the Footsteps of Darwin, and the Correspondence expansion just makes it better. The expansion…

As much as I like big and grandiose board game experiences, having a few filler games with killer strategy is always important too. So often we finish a large board game and have 45 minutes left in our game night, and filling those moments and getting the most out of everyone being in the same room can be tough. Enter In the Footsteps of Darwin, a fantastic tile laying game where players look for animals, score points, and see who…

Far to often, board games that we may classify as simpler experiences often get sub-par productions. I understand why – I think the less a game is for hardcore gamers, the more likely the production quality doesn’t matter as much. In the Footsteps of Darwin is a fairly simple board game experience, but the design team has done a fantastic job making this feel like a very premium experience. Even my kids were impressed by the quality of this product.…

2025 has been a good year for board games – we have played and reviewed over a hundred games this year, and it’s hard to whittle that list down to a top 5. While there are a ton of great candidates for this list, here are our favourite board games of 2025! Number 5 – Shallow Seas  Shallow Seas was a game I was interested in solely because of the publisher, Bad Comet Games. I love what Bad Comet has…

You know from previous posts we’ve made two things: Boxking Gaming did send us a table for review and to promote our various board game articles, and we love the table. There aren’t a ton of affordable board game tables out there, but Project Ironside is one of them, and we have been thrilled to own it. Now that we are six months into ownership, do we still love the table? Let’s take a look. There are things we really…

One of my most anticipated games of 2025 was The Hobbit: There and Back Again, a roll and write adventure that takes players through various moments of J.R.R. Tolkien’s popular novel, The Hobbit. The game does an excellent job showcasing key moments of the book in board game form, which I think is actually a tougher task than many might think. What started out as a negative experience quickly became something positive for me, and while I’m not 100% positive…

When it comes to tile laying – card laying – games, I’m generally pretty intrigued. I love the idea of building out a tableau to score points. What sets Oddland apart from those games is that the tableau you are building is being built by everyone, so you might be setting yourself up for a big score, but that doesn’t mean it won’t get ruined by someone else. There is a lot of interaction in Oddland, for better or for…