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Theme and toy factor are two of the things I look for in games for my son and I to play together. When I saw Fossilis, I saw a game with both. Sliding chunky tiles along a 3D board and collecting dinosaur bones? Sign me up. Add in the art and some educational information on […]
Ketchup vs. mustard. Skiing vs. snowboarding. Purses vs. handbags. Soft shell vs. hard shell. Unicycles vs. bicycles. Flip flops vs. sneakers. These age-old contests have left generations of people pondering which side should be victorious. (Except the unicycle/bicycle one. That’s a no-brainer victory for the unicycle. I’m also partial to handbags, but I’m willing to […]
I opened the door to Tony’s house and was immediately greeted by a flying object. Luckily, my cat-like reflexes allowed me to catch it before it hit my face. I turned the box in my hand over. “Ark… ARK NOVA. Why are you throwing this?? It’s like… THE hotness right now!” “Dude, I live in […]
For most of my life, I’ve lived in the suburbs where wildlife is a feral cat or birds. I was fortunate enough to spend a lot of summer vacations camping at the mountains and beaches of Southern California. So I’ve always enjoyed the great outdoors and have a fond appreciation of nature. Nature is awe-inspiring […]
Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling’s homes must be just absolutely covered in tiles they’ve used in prototyping. They’ve designed countless tile laying games. Hex tiles, square tiles, round tiles. Tiles with animals. Floor tiles. They are really the tiling experts. Savannah Park is another in their discography. Simple to learn, family weight, and covered in […]
Here in New Jersey, the Festival of Ballooning happens every summer, with over 100 hot air balloons taking to the skies over some of the most beautiful locales in the Garden State, drifting in the wind until they come back down to Earth. If you live in the area, and perchance one of those balloons […]
As Board Game Quest’s resident movie person, I always get handed games that fall between the worlds of cinema and gaming. When our benevolent leader Tony Mastrangeli told me there was a new game based on the classic horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, it was a no-brainer that I should be the one […]
Kingdomino, from Bruno Cathala, has experienced continued interest since its introduction in 2016. It feels like it’s grown into a property like Azul, in that it takes concepts people loved about the original and grows them into new but familiar games. Kingdomino has gone through a few changes since its inception, and this is the […]
