The idea behind the Smash Up board game is as simple as it is brilliant. Pick 2 factions, shuffle their 20 card decks together, then use your newly assembled deck to establish dominance over bases before your opponents do. Despite a slew of loosely themed expansions, gameplay remains extremely accessible, and the replay value only …
Look, I get it, we start out with Risk because what’s easier than rolling dice and seeing the higher numbers versus the lowest one? This is a great foray into strategy games when you are a really young gamer and helps you appreciate strategy or conquest games as you move along, grow a bit older, …
The board game industry is going through a boom! Some people put this down to the pandemic, forcing everyone to stay home and find new forms of entertainment; but the surge started way before then. While there is a major correlation between people trying to detox their lives of unnecessary digital influence and the rise …
Drop Mix is a game that was introduced to us by my (Phillip) brother and gifted to us by Heather’s brother. Either way it came recommended as a good time and it deliver just that. What they set out to do in the game is quite fun and executed incredibly well. It may not get …
They got me with the name! I chased that bright and shiny name and saw the gameplay of it, even got to play it at Gencon, and I was hooked. As ridiculous as the name is the gameplay supports it. You are looking at Mariokart on your tabletop even if it doesn’t have the IP, …
Beast of Balance is a game that Heather found and added to the collection and I have zero regrets as is one that is just fun to pull out and play. It is one of the few games that I own that has an app needed to play it. The app for the game is …
Project L is a game that you look at and don’t think anything of besides it looks kind of cool. Then you try it and feel that hard jerk of the hook being set and you are in for the ride. Think Tetris smashing into your tabletop with engine building at its core and you …
Variable menus, new types of cards, and familiar card drafting come together to make Sushi Go Party! an enticing upgrade to the standard Sushi Go! tin. While the base Sushi Go! game is great (check it out on Board Game Arena if you haven’t treated yourself yet), the party edition adds layers of depth and …