Category: Reviews

Designers / Publisher / Year: Naotaka Shimamoto, Yoshiaki Tomioka / itten / 2018 Player Count / Playtime: 2-4 Players / 30 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Dexterity, Transportation, Route Building, Stacking, Balancing, Tokyo Expansions: Rainbow City Kickstarter Edition: New Cityscapes (Rainbow, Yacht Harbor, Amusement Park, Asakusa, Tower, Airport, Stadium and Museum), Upgraded Materials, 10 Car Types Tokyo Highway is…

Designers / Publisher / Year: Magen Bain / NTSD Gaming / 2025 Player Count / Playtime: 1-6 Players / 30 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Animals, Cats, Dexterity, Stacking, Balancing, Cooperative, Solo Kickstarter Edition: Stack O’ Cats Base Game, Black Cat Edition, Three Kickstarter Exclusive Cats, Siamese Cats, Tuxedo Cats, Tortoise Shell Cats, Tabby Cats, Calico Cats Stack…

Designers / Publisher / Year: Elizabeth Hargrave / Alderac Entertainment Group / 2020 Player Count / Playtime: 2-5 Players / 60 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Butterflies, Insects, Grid Movement, Set Collection Mariposas is a board game centered around the migration cycle of monarch butterflies across North America. Designed by the talented Elizabeth Hargrave, the game has players…

Designers / Publisher / Year: Richard Garfield / IELLO / 2011 Player Count / Playtime: 2-6 Players / 30 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Fighting, Dice Rolling, Push-Your-Luck, King of the Hill, Player Elimination King of Tokyo throws giant monsters into a chaotic battle for fame, destruction, and survival, all powered by chunky dice rolls and a healthy…

Designers / Publisher / Year: Frank Brooks, Stephen Hand, Kevin Wilson / Wizkids / 2015 Player Count / Playtime: 2-5 Players / 120-180 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Deduction, Adventure, Fighting, Hidden Movement, Hand Management, Card Play Conflict Resolution In Fury of Dracula, one player takes control of Dracula as he secretly moves across Europe, leaving behind traps, encounters, rumors,…

Designers / Publisher / Year: Brad Barton / Wooly Pelican / 2024 Player Count / Playtime: 2-5 Players / 30 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Bluffing, Card Game, Mice, Cheese Blind Mouse Bluff is a quick bluffing and deduction game where players try to figure out hidden information while misleading everyone else at the table. Players make claims,…

Designers / Publisher / Year: Mitch Wallace / Mighty Boards / 2023 Player Count / Playtime: 2-4 Players / 30-60 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Auction, Bidding, Pattern Building, Tile Placement, Puzzle, Art In Art Society, players collect paintings and decorate the walls of their personal gallery by arranging artwork into patterns and sets that score points in…

Designers / Publisher / Year: Ceil Anderson, Kathy Assell / Double A Productions / 2004 Player Count / Playtime: 2-6 Players / 45 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Card Game, Set Collection, Hand Management, Golf Play Nine is one of those deceptively simple card games that becomes more satisfying the more you play it. At first glance, it feels…

Designers / Publisher / Year: Ken Johnson / Mattel, Inc. / 1982 Player Count / Playtime: 2-6 Players / 45 mins (if you’re lucky) Genre / Type / Mechanics: Card Game, Rummy, Set Collection, Take That Phase 10 is one of those games that feels tied to memory just as much as gameplay for me. Long before I cared…

Designers / Publisher / Year: Amy Droz, Dusty Droz / Dux Somnium Games / 2024 Player Count / Playtime: 1-5 Players / 45-90 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Engine Building, Events, Pick-Up and Deliver, Adventure, Flowers Expansions: Botany: Tantalizing Trees (2024), Perilous Perfumes (2024), Regal Roses (2024), Brilliant Blue Botanicals (2024), Orchid Obsession (2025), Festive Foliage (2025) Botany feels less like a competitive board game and…