Board Games Reviews

We are always looking for games to play with our 9 year old son Lochlan. He is pretty good at learning and tackling games that are above his age range, but he also really loves to play things that are cooperative. When I saw that Kosmos had a new expansion for The Adventures of Robin Hood, I decided I really wanted to review the original. Lochlan loves to read, and loves narrative adventures, so The Adventures of Robin Hood seemed…

Whenever you review an expansion, it’s always hard to balance explaining the base game, plus all the new content. Thankfully, we’ve reviewed Scythe in the past  so you can head on over there and check our our opinion. The other tough thing about reviewing expansions is that for many games lately, these expansions have been campaign based, meant to be played over numerous rounds. Within each round, new content gets unlocked that players aren’t expecting. I think you can see…

The year is 2222, and the citizens of Earth have figured out ways to colonize floating cities out in space. Above Venus, a group of immigrants work to establish a floating colony, complete with its own ruler. Whomever builds the best city in the sky will be crowned the ruler of this new world. Check out this amazing game over on Kickstarter, and prepare to back this May! With supplies and immigrants from Earth, can you build the best city…

You might have noticed by this point that we don’t post review scores on our board game impressions / reviews. I do this for a specific reason – just because I don’t like a game, doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t like it. To that end, I don’t want a decent game that I personally didn’t enjoy, to get a bad grade just because I didn’t like it. I bring this up because That Old Wallpaper is one of the few…

Have you ever wanted to start your own farm, feed a growing family, and compete with others to have the best agricultural business? Well that’s what Agricola can afford you, and it’s one of the better worker placement games currently available. While there is a lot going on, and you might feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff, once you get the hang of it you’ll want to play game after game. Let’s dive in!

Since the launch of Dominion, it has been the deck building golf standard. Is Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game taking the crown?

There are a few really popular board games available on the market, and it feels unfair that Stonemaier Games has a few of these. Two incredibly popular and in high demand games are Wingspan  and Scythe. We reviewed Wingspan and all the expansions a while ago , but despite all the Stonemaier Games reviews on the website, we have never looked at the game Scythe.

Good and easy to teach four player board games can be a bit tough to find, but I think perhaps I’ve found it! A few weeks ago, a copy of Wonder Woods was delivered to the office, and although it took us a bit longer than we wanted to get it to the table, once we did, we played it for hours. Is Wonder Woods any good? Let’s take a peak!

Exploding Kittens has been one of the most high profile games to launch in the last few years, and for good reason. It is a fast paced and easy to learn card game for multiple players that has fun and wacky card combinations.

Kids games are really hard to find. A lot of companies are trying to produce great games for kids, but not all of them have been great at it. One company is though, and that is Treasure Falls Games.