Spell is a compact head-to-head game of tile placement, area control, and pattern recognition from Nuts!, designed and illustrated by Jesus Fuentes. It plays in about 20 minutes (over up to 6 rounds), and the whole thing fits in a tiny box. Get out your sonic screwdriver, because this game is definitely bigger than its […]
There’s something about a trick-taker that always feels comfortable to me. But it’s tricky! Stay too close to the genre’s essentials and a new entry can feel unnecessary; stray too far, and it loses what makes trick-takers satisfying. Shards of Creation, a trick-taking game with some flair designed by Hayden Dillard, with art by Medusa […]
When I was first offered a review copy of Questline, I’ll admit I had never heard of it. Some quick research revealed that it is a small-box filler game for 1-6 players that plays like Fantasy Realms, but with a few twists. Fantasy Realms (and its derivative Fantasy Realms: Greek Legends) is probably my most-played […]
Allplay’s 2026 Gen Con display was stocked with varying sizes of colorful small-box games. The smallest of their boxes featured a cover with the stonk meme illustration as executed by artist Sai Beppu. Then, seeing the good doctor Reiner Knizia’s name attached, I was intrigued. In the tradition of Pit, and reimplemented from Knizia’s earlier […]
For those of you who read our Gen Con articles (Most Anticipated Games and Recap), you’ll notice that Camp Grizzly: 2nd Edition was my most anticipated game and it was also my pick of the convention. I picked up a copy of it at the con, and I think I must have played it 4-5 […]
At Gen Con this year, we met with Ravensburger to hear about what new games they were releasing at the show. To the surprise of none of us, they had a massive amount of new games to show off. While some of them are the larger titles you’d expect from them, a good amount were […]
There was a time when my boys were young that I handily beat both of them at Super Smash Bros. But as they got older, my grip on guaranteed victory slowly slipped away. Before I knew it, they could both beat me handily, and their only real challenge was playing against one another. When I […]
Superheroes and villains are perfect for a small model count skirmish game, as you can have amazing powers, lots of team-up options, and unique and colorful models to paint. Alliances is the first of several planned boxes that use a lot of core concepts from Marvel Crisis Protocol and convert them into a cooperative experience. […]
I’m a huge fan of Lost Ruins of Arnak, even though I was a late adopter. I loved the Indiana Jones theme right away, and the artwork is just fantastic. After a few plays of the base game, it was a keeper for me and started buying the expansions as they came out. Expedition Leaders […]
Welcome to this week’s batch of crowdfunding campaigns. We have a variety of offerings here, so we hope you will find something that catches your eye. Also, if you want to chat with the BGQ team, join our Discord Server where we talk about games, movies, sports, and other fun stuff. Check it out and […]
Sitting around the campfire telling scary stories is as old as humanity itself. For some, it evokes camping with close family; for others, it reminds us of a scouting camping trip for another badge. Call of Cthulhu Campfire Tales is a supplement that adds the ability to play younger investigators who are members of a […]
“The world’s first 3D-printable Miniatures Card Game” is here in the form of Malediction. Is this game a gimmick to sell miniatures, or is this a tried-and-true games system that could take over the wargaming space? Let’s find out. Malediction is a competitive skirmish wargame that features card play and deck customization, published by Loot […]
As someone who adamantly enjoys two-player, card-driven games, I was quite excited to have the opportunity to check out The Battle of Versailles. But in a crowded field, how does it stack up against the intense competition? Does it slowly fade away like the French fashion scene, or explode out of nowhere like the American […]
The year? 1871. The place? A mostly featureless Chicago, devastated after the Great Fire. The goal? To rebuild this great city to even greater heights. That’s the idea, anyway. In truth, you don’t much care how the rest of the city fares, so long as your district is the happiest, best-fed, and most danceable in […]
Welcome to this week’s batch of crowdfunding campaigns. We have a variety of offerings here, so we hope you will find something that catches your eye. Also, if you want to chat with the BGQ team, join our Discord Server where we talk about games, movies, sports, and other fun stuff. Check it out and […]
Say what you will about Queen Games and their publishing practices, but when you partner with a game designer like Stefan Feld, you’re bound to generate some good games, even if the boxes are larger than necessary, the prices are a bit high, and the colorful artwork rarely endeavors beyond the Fisher-Price palette. I am […]
Symbiosis is a well-known concept. Defined as the mutually beneficial relationship between two different organisms or groups. We see plenty of examples in nature, such as those fish that eat scraps from large predators’ mouths; the fish eat, and the predator gets dental care. Or the plant pheromone that attracts butterflies but repels birds; the […]
I am an abstract fanatic. While I certainly haven’t played them all, because as far as I know, my time in life is finite, I have played more than the average bear. But my favorite “rivalry” in the space is seeing how Gigamic’s Classic Series (Quarto, Quoridor, Qawale, etc.) shape up to Project GIPF (GIPH, […]
What’s a better way to spice up your summer travel plans than packing new micro-games from Button Shy’s Summer 2026 collection. I’ll be giving a preview of two of the new titles, Forest Rivals (for 2-players), and The Cursed Cast (for solo play), both consisting of 18 cards and playing in around 10 minutes. Forest […]
Welcome to this week’s batch of crowdfunding campaigns. We have a variety of offerings here, so we hope you will find something that catches your eye. Also, if you want to chat with the BGQ team, join our Discord Server where we talk about games, movies, sports, and other fun stuff. Check it out and […]
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