New-to-me games played recently include … 13 LEAVES (2025): Rank 7205, Rating 6.7 Shedder where the set you play must be <= the lowest played set so far or >= the highest played set so far. The twist … Continue reading →

    Llama Llama Designer: Kaya Miyano Publisher: Allplay Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: 15 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher In Llama Llama, players pass cards to craft hands around the different scoring conditions. These conditions were … Continue reading →

    Miams  Designer: Jules Messaud Publisher: KYF edition Players: 2-5 Age: 10+ Time: 30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Roll your dice to make the most beautiful fruit skewers, and fill your Hearts track before your … Continue reading →

    Queen Marie-Antoinette Designer: Julien Griffon Publisher: Oka Luda Players: 2-4 Age: 10+ Time: 30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher A game of strategy and influence at the court of Versailles – Step into the intrigues … Continue reading →

You may not have realized it – but the Heroscape team has not simply been adding figures & terrain to the world of Valhalla. They have also been adding tons of lore. We are now leaving the Age of Annhilation … Continue reading →

    Space Lab Designers: Corentin Lebrat, Johannes Goupy Publisher: Studio H  Players: 1-4 Age: 10+ Time: 20 minutes Amazon affiliate link:  Played with review copy provided by publisher Interest in space research is at an all-time high. Across the … Continue reading →

    Giraffe Raffe Designer: Hisashi Hayashi Publisher: Mandoo games Players: 1-5 Age: 8+ Time: 20-30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Play tricks to Trees, or play Apples to skip your turn, but be careful to not … Continue reading →

The winners of the As d’Or–France’s Game of the Year awards–were announced last week. Taking the main award is Toy Battle, a 2-player affair in which tiles representing toys do battle on a small territorial map. It was designed by … Continue reading →

    New-to-me games played recently include … 6 NIMMT! BARON OXX (2025): Rank 6848, Rating 7.1 – Kiesling / Kramer The latest 6 Nimmt variant, where the number now only determines play order and you can play in any … Continue reading →

    Ghosts Galore Designer: Michael Luu Publisher: Lookout Games Players: 2-5 Age: 10+ Time: 20 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher In Ghosts Galore you’re helping monsters to build a fun ghost train in an abandoned mineshaft. … Continue reading →

    Blooming Sea Designer: Reiner Knizia Publisher: Korea Board Games Players: 2-4 Age: 8+ Time: 30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Blooming Sea is a colourful tile-laying game by Reiner Knizia, where players take on the … Continue reading →

In the fall of 1998, a small group of families gathered off-season in a summer camp facility in Panama City Beach (Florida) to play board games and begin to build friendships. That was Gulf Games #2… and my wife & … Continue reading →

    Yubibo Designer: MAGNET Publisher: Jelly Jelly Players: 2-8 Age: 6+ Time: 5-10 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher YUBIBO is a cooperative dexterity game involving hands, sticks, and spongey balls. (Fun fact: Yubi means finger in … Continue reading →

    Pencil Express: Yugoslavia Designer: Damjan Miladinović Publisher: Hectic Games Players: 2-4 Age: 10+ Time: 45 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Pencil Express is a route-building and drawing game set in 1960s Yugoslavia, during a time … Continue reading →

    Propolis Designers: Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, Shawn Stankewich  Publisher: AEG Players: 1-4 Age: 10+ Time: 15-30 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4sBCue6 Played with review copy provided by publisher Propolis is a worker-placement, engine-building, area-control, and tableau-building game. Players … Continue reading →

    New-to-me games played recently include … FORESTRY (2025): Rank 3336, Rating 7.8 You only get 10 turns, and each turn you use your actions points (which can grow thru the game) from a menu of actions, Tikal-style. These … Continue reading →

  Tearable Quest Designer: Shintaro Ono Publisher: Allplay Players: 1+ Age: 8+ Time: 10 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4s22H4A Played with review copy provided by publisher In Tearable Quest, you’ll have to equip yourself with powerful weapons, fend off terrible … Continue reading →

Essen 2025 provided us with three fun new card games for two players. Unsurprisingly, they are all designed by Geonil and it seems to have become his specialty. I love trick takers and as I usually play with my partner, … Continue reading →

    Wispwood Designer: Reed Ambrose Publisher: Czech Games Edition Players: 1-4 Age: 10+ Time: 30-45 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4qi9zcR Played with review copy provided by publisher Is that a light at the end of the… branch? A curious … Continue reading →

    Kingdom of Dice Designer: Reiner Knizia Publisher: mandoo games Players: 1-4 Age: 8+ Time: 30 minutes Amazon affiliate link:  Played with review copy provided by publisher Once upon a time, in a distant continent, there was the Kingdom … Continue reading →