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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On the vanguard of the latest resurgence of Trick Taking games is/was Fives. Originally...
On the vanguard of the latest resurgence of Trick Taking games is/was Fives. Originally...
On the vanguard of the latest resurgence of Trick Taking games is/was Fives. Originally...
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 […]
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