The winner of the 2026 Jogo do Ano award was recently announced.  It’s Ants, designed by Renato Ciervo and Andrea Robbiani and published by Cranio Creations.  It beat out the other nominated games (Ada’s Dream, Galactic Cruise, Luthier, and Speakeasy) … Continue reading →

    Jibber Jabble Designer: Cassie Sikes Publisher: Allplay Players: 3-10 Age: 8+ Time: 15 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Your goal each round is to convey a secret word to the round’s guesser. You and your … Continue reading →

    Grabble Designer:  Naoki Fukuda Publisher: CMYK Players: 2-6 Age: 6+ Time: 5 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Here’s how it works: you have a box of gloriously mismatched pieces from games that never existed—hogs, bananas, … Continue reading →

  Well, I just got done with a weekend full of new games at the local CapCon2.  This is an event run by Capstone Games – which just happens to be headquartered in my hometown.  It’s a wonderful event, free … Continue reading →

    Codenames: Critical Role Adventures Designers: Vlaada Chvatil and Felix Podlesny  Publisher: CGE Players: 2-4 Age: 10+ Time: 25 min/player Played with review copy provided by publisher   Enter the world of Exandria, a land of infinite wonder and … Continue reading →

As a youngster, we used to drive by a bar/lounge every time my family went most weekends to visit my grandparents. As neither of my parents drank, I kept peering at the neon sign on the side of the building, … Continue reading →

    a_way Designers:  Clément Bongibault, Louis Fievre, Benjamin Niess, Hugo Socié  Publisher: Blue Orange Players: 1-4 Age: 10+ Time: 10-30 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher In a_way, players take part in the legendary spaceship race of … Continue reading →

    Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs Designers: Joe Klipfel, Nikki Valens   Publisher: Cephalofair Players: 1 Age: 10+ Time: 20 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://link.amazon/B05SVtGDo Played with review copy provided by publisher Gloomhaven: Buttons & Bugs is a solo play game, … Continue reading →

    Enchanted Ivy Designer: Sarah Joshua Publisher: Allplay Players: 1 Age: 10+ Time: 15 minutes Played with review copy provided by publisher Take on the role of Ivy, the courageous new owner of a magical inn. Build your bewitching … Continue reading →

The Mutiny Mystery   Designer: Jonathan Chaffer Publisher: Grand Gamers Guild Players: 1+ Age: 13+ Difficulty Rating: 3/3 Time: 60 minutes on the box; 46 min in reality Played with review copy provided by publisher Weblink – https://grandgamersguild.com/Games/collections/18escape   Avast, … Continue reading →

The results of the 2026 International Gamers Awards (IGA) have just been announced.  In the Multiplayer category, the winner is Railway Boom, designed by Hisashi Hayashi.  In the Best 2-Player Experience category, Duel for Cardia was the winner; the designers … Continue reading →

I enjoy the Tiny Epic line of games published by Gamelyn games. Now owned by Tycoon Games, I was excited to see more of my favorite in the line, Tiny Epic Dungeons. Tiny Epic Dungeons Adventures keeps the same lightweight … Continue reading →

    Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo Designers: Ben Rosset and Matthew O’Malley1  Publisher: OfficeDog Players:  Age:  Time:  Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4wvg7rB Played with review copy provided by publisher In Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo, Rokugan teeters on … Continue reading →

    Postcards Designers: Eric Dubus, Simon Kayne  Publisher: Synapses Games Players: 1-4 Age: 10+ Time: 30-45 mins Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4wh4iVY Played with review copy provided by publisher Bonjour, and welcome to Postcards, a board game about exploring the … Continue reading →

Cue the game description, thanks to the Restoration Games website: “Like its bigger sibling, Thunder Road: Vendetta – in Thunder Road: Ignition your crew is racing through the wastelands – get your cars across the finish line first to win. … Continue reading →

  Pop Art Designers: Jeffrey Chin, Andrew Nerger Publisher: R2i Games Players: 1-8 Age: 8+ Time: 20 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4gL4Leu Played with review copy provided by publisher Create and arrange silkscreen prints in your gallery and become the … Continue reading →

I had an incredible opportunity over Labor Day Weekend, the chance to go to PAX West as a board gamer and see all the interconnections between the various geekdoms. Between four huge exhibit areas and maybe 100 other areas, zones, … Continue reading →

So, each day, I go to work and then fill up the holes in my schedule with little daily puzzles – things like Wordle, Catalogues, Connections, etc. Each of these games is a two to three minute brain teaser – … Continue reading →

    Misfit Heroes Designer: Phil Walker-Harding Publisher: AEG Players: 2-4 Age: 10+ Time: 30-45 minutes Amazon affiliate link: https://amzn.to/4xvABBQ Played with review copy provided by publisher After a bizarre interdimensional event of massive proportions, Earth as we know it … Continue reading →

    Tales of Myth & Legend Designers: Michael Guigliano, Keith Ward, Bobby West  Publisher: Van Ryder Games Players: 1-4 Age: 14+ Time: 60-150 mins Amazon affiliate link:  Played with review copy provided by publisher Tales of Myth & Legend … Continue reading →