I don’t know about you, but I’m always rationalizing why I need to buy another board game. It’s even better when someone else does it for me, so I’m here to help you with that. If you’re not familiar with the term STEM, it stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Every toy store has […]
A fog lingers over our tree, and we are lost in our home. We need to set out and place the last lantern to fend off the fog. *Pause for dramatic effect* *Crickets chirp* *sighs* Last Lantern is a cooperative game with points of limited communication for two to four players that plays in about […]
IV Studio’s first game Moonrakers, was the first game I ever crowdfunded. I was struck by their combination of old-school design ideology, paired with marketable and upgraded components and art. Unfortunately, I found Moonrakers too simple to be fine. Because of that opinion, I never really checked in with their output of the last dozen […]
When Trick or Treat Studios (Nightmare Productions) decided to tap veteran game designer Richard Launius to codesign (along with Taran Lewis Kratz and Pete Shirey) their new cooperative adventure game, I was intrigued. I have many fond memories of playing his Arkham Horror board games, and then once I found out it was set 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 […]
I enjoy mashups in music, pop culture, and games, so I was very excited to hear about a game that has 30 expansions (small and large), which is almost enough to make CMON say “whoa, calm down,” crossing over with one of my favorite ’80s movies: Labyrinth. I can’t wait to see how Jennifer Connelly […]
The first electronic-enabled games I played in my youth were from the 1980s: Dungeons & Dragons Computer Labyrinth Game and Dark Tower. It’s hard to believe it now, but those games were unique and probably cutting-edge for their time. Fast forward to today, and now app-driven games are much more common, and the technology around […]
Is there anything better than having a dog? No. Unless my family is reading this, in which case my wedding day and the birth of our kid definitely top that. Having a dog is very much like having a kid, except they listen occasionally and are often easier to train. But they’re both messy and […]
It’s hard to believe that it’s only been 3 years since Disney Lorcana was released. I still remember the chaos this new TCG caused at Gen Con 2023. Lines were massive, people lined up for hours ahead of time, and some people were even trampled. Needless to say, it was a hugely anticipated release. Since […]
Professor X. Nick Fury. Magneto. What do these people all have in common? They assembled their superhero (or villain) teams. Much like playing Kickball in grade school, someone needs to be the captain and put the team together. That’s your job in Assemble!. In this quick filler game from publisher AEG, you’ll be assembling a […]
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 […]
So one hobby wasn’t enough, huh? Now you need a hobby within a hobby? Welllll… me too, so follow me down the rabbit hole of 3D Printing for Board Gamers. What is 3D Printing? 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D […]
Every year, Allplay seems to dig up the most random games for their Gen Con releases. They are tiny boxes that sell for $9, and yet they are also some of our most talked-about games at the convention. Fellow BGQ reviewer Brand already gave his thoughts on Stonk Market (which I absolutely love), but today […]
At Gen Con last year, I was really excited to try out the auto battler from Scorpion Masque named Tag Team. Designed by the duo of Gricha German and Corentin Lebrat, this unique 2-player game has seen its way to my table more times than I can count. To the surprise of absolutely no one, […]
Ravensburger keeps expanding the Horrified universe, and this time it takes players into the legendary mists of Barovia, the Transylvanian-flavored setting Wizards of the Coast built for Dungeons & Dragons. Designed by Peter Lee, a veteran of over a dozen D&D-themed games including Lords of Waterdeep and Castle Ravenloft, and Nick Tourville this entry brings […]
While you may not be super familiar with a company called Rollacrit, chances are you may have seen some of their products. They dabble in quite a few different things in geekdom. They’ve published a pretty successful board game called Heroes of Barcadia. They sell all kinds of apparel, including Gen Con branded ones. And […]
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 […]
Everdell is a medium-weight city-building game that has garnered great attention and popularity owing to its solid worker placement/engine-building design (James Wilson), the fun toy-factor of squishy berry resources, and also its evocative artwork by Andrew Bosley replete with adorable anthropomorphic animal critters. City building is just so much more fun when the post office […]
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 […]
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