I love when board game designers draw inspiration from other mediums. Among my favorite games are ones that feel a lot like reading a mystery novel (Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective), wandering through an art museum (Mysterium), or watching a serial TV thriller (Pandemic Legacy). So I was very excited when I got a chance to… Read More First Impressions: Mechs vs. Minions
I’m now 5 months into my expedition to play and review every game in the BGG Top 100, and am over 20% of the way there. It has been a challenge to write a new 1,000 word review each week, but it has also been a really enjoyable creative outlet. My experiences learning and reviewing… Read More Review: War of the Ring (2nd Ed.)
Last month in the Rankings Update, I added a “Most Wanted List” feature, identifying the 10 games of which I was most interested in tracking down a copy. Well, that feature seems to have worked out pretty well. Within weeks, I had received leads on 8 of the 10 games on my Most Wanted list.… Read More Rankings Update – June 2017
A slight tangent before I get into this week’s review– Last week, popular reviewers Shut Up and Sit Down released a six-part special feature in which they took on the BoardGameGeek Top 100 in a single week, providing brief thoughts on each game and linking to many past reviews. It goes without saying that this was right… Read More Review: Puerto Rico
The Top of the Table 