Category: Reviews

Designers / Publisher / Year: Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, Shawn Stankewich / Alderac Entertainment Group / 2019 Player Count / Playtime: 2-6 Players / 15-30 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Card Game, Set Collection, Drafting Point Salad is one of those shockingly elegant card games that make you say…why didn’t I think of that. The rules are simple enough to…

Designers / Publisher / Year: Unknown / Public / ~1930 Player Count / Playtime: 2-6 Players / 30 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Card Game, Set Collection, Solitaire, Real-time Reminds Me Of: Dutch Blitz Nertz (or Nerts, Pounce, Racing Demon) is a fast-paced multiplayer card game that takes the familiar mechanics of solitaire and transforms them into a…

Designers / Publisher / Year: Uwe Rosenberg / AMIGO / 1997 Player Count / Playtime: 2-7 Players / 45 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Card Game, Negotiation, Farming, Set Collection, Trading, Hand Management Bohnanza is traditionally known as a trading-heavy bean farming card game designed for larger groups, but this review is specifically about the official 2-player variant…

Designers / Publisher / Year: John D. Clair / Alderac Entertainment Group / 2022 Player Count / Playtime: 2-9 Players / 45 mins Genre / Type / Mechanics: Party Game, Racing, Real Time, Betting, Bluffing, Dice Rolling, Track Movement Kickstarter Edition: “AND THEY’RE OFF!” Ready Set Bet is a real-time horse racing betting game that turns the table into…

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,…