Board Games Reviews

If you love anime and war gaming, there is a chance that the expandable tactical tabletop game from Japanime Games, Granblue Fantasy, might be the game you are looking for. With a wide variety of characters to collect and play with, there is always something fresh to try in this expandable world. With 3D terrain included in the box, the core set has everything you need to play, and promises tons of additional content to purchase to expand your Grandblue…

We wrote about Rolling Realms as a game a few years ago, and you can reread that review by clicking this link part of what we wrote then I will copy below, but honestly what we are talking about here is whether this is a good additional purchase for those who already own the original Rolling Realms. Wink wink, nudge nudge…it is. Here is a bit from our original review: Rolling Realms was born out of a desire to play…

Thanks to our friends at Asmodee Canada, we had the chance to take the Klink card game for a spin. I’m generally not a huge fan of small box card games, but Klink hit a bit differently, or perhaps just at the right time, and I had a blast playing game after game with friends and family. A few months back we wrote an article about the best games to take camping, and I should go back and put Klink…

Root is quickly turning into a game I really, REALLY love, despite it being a game I thought I would really hate. Thanks to Leder Games, I took the dive into Root and I am so glad I did. The base game factions are perfectly fine, but it’s fun to mix and match with some of the expansion factions. While I don’t have access to all of them, Leder Games was nice enough to send over The Marauder Expansion, and…

Being the head honcho of an interstellar corporation is hard work, and that becomes very apparent when you get Star Tycoon down to the table. While the box size might give you the impression this is a light-to-medium weight title, you need to prepare yourself for a fairly long experience with some difficult decision making moments. There are very few board games that I just flat out don’t like, but not many. Let’s see where Star Tycoon falls on that…

It might seem silly to be reviewing Root in 2024, but when Leder Games opened up their library to us to look at the plethora of games they have available, we jumped at the chance. And I’m so glad I did. After taking Oath for a spin – what a fantastic experience  – it was time to try something just a bit different in Root. You can check out our full components overview and review of Root, but let’s get…

Mass Effect is one of my favorite games to play on console, and I think I’ve enjoyed them all in one way or another. Mass Effect isn’t an overly complicated video game, but I wouldn’t classify it as a light experience either. There are tech trees to think about, specials to mull over, and so much more. When I was told about Mass Effect, it was pitched as a very approachable, short campaign experience. What I was greeted with when…

Gnome Hollow might have made waves because of its magnetic player boards, but don’t let that really cool new production idea take away from what is underneath – a really great tile laying game with some interesting mechanics that sets it apart. Although not everyone I played with was a fan of how this game played, I thought it was interesting and innovative, more so than I thought it would be! On the surface, Gnome Hollow looks like a tile…

When we looked at the components for Stalk Exchange we noted that it was one of the better produced games we’ve seen in a long time. With the recent launch of this title and Gnome Hollow (LINK components article), The OP has been knocking it out of the park on the production side of things. While a good production goes a long way to making me enjoy a game more, it is not the end-all-be-all, and a good game needs…

I previously wrote on the site that I wasn’t very excited for the game Umbrella, and that the components were the only reason I was giving this game a go. You can read my components review article right now but how does the game itself actually play. Was it more puzzly-then-game as I assumed it would be? Let’s take a look. Umbrella is an easy to teach, easy to play game that is really nice as a filler on board…