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Disclaimer: a free copy of the game’s printable files was provided to me by the designer for this preview. Kai, the writer/artist/creator of ‘Kinroku’ is at it again with another print and play game, this time a roll & write, launching on Kickstarter in August. While their last game was a solo dungeon crawler, this one has the option to go 1+ players. As a wizard wandering on Mana Island, you’ll…

Camp Grizzly was a grail game for a lot of people and that FOMO trickled down to me after watching a play-through on the now defunct YouTube channel “Dicebreaker” during 2020. Even they played on Tabletop Simulator, thought that was more to do with gestures at 2020 but also I don’t think anyone actually owned the game in that group either. Between then and now, I became obsessed with solo game…

(big ol’ air quotes around “weekly” there – more like, “When I feel like I have something to say” round up, amirite?) Where I break away from just board games and talk about all the things that probably distracted me from board games. Video Games Funnel Runners – this game just launched in VERY early access, but a friend was really interested in playing, so the group hopped on. You’re storm…

(I’m talking about applications, not appetizers for your game night…though that could work as a different post..) There are a lot of apps out there for board gamers. I’m not referring to apps that are board games (that is a whole different post!) but apps that act as supplements to games, enhancing the experience in some way. Here are a few that I use on the regular: BoardGameGeek (Free, app…

It’s July 4th which means it is time to think a bit too much about Jaws (wait, am I supposed to be celebrating something else right now?) so I am reposting my review of the Ravensburger board game which manages to capture the fun and tension of the movie in a solid, approachable way. One of the best movie to board adaptations, in my opinion. Have you played Jaws, the board game? Have you seen…

I had been limiting myself to buying games that I had at least played one time before. Too many boxes on the shelf of shampoo (shame/opportunity) that were “This looks cool” and then sat for ages or turned out to be a dud. But my friend Leslie kept talking about Guillotine as a go-to favorite for when she was playing with at game night with larger groups and I am ALWAYS on the lookout for fun…

Let’s get this out of the way first – I have not played ‘Dredge’ the video game yet but I know that everyone saw the launch of this Kickstarter and said “Whoa, Dredge the board game!” but I cannot actually make that comparison except on the most basic of things – there is fishing and some of the fish are cursed. I’ve wanted to play Deep Regrets since it was announced though – the artwork is…

Via Magica is a quick set collection game for 2-6 players and a game I NEVER would have known about had it not been for Board Game Arena and my friend, Allan, introducing it to me. It came out in 2020, so already doomed. It’s a small box game with cards and gems and cute artwork by a designer known for Ethnos and Blitzkrieg so, definitely not his usually work. (According to BGG, it was a…

ay was a really solid month for gaming! I met up with friends a few times and had some new BGA buddies start up a LOT of games. And I cracked open a game to learn solo and spent a whole weekend trying to “get good”. First up, the BGStats for Board Game Arena: Spooky Tower’s mix of push-your-luck dice rolling and card collection has made it a big hit for me and my friends. I’ve had several games…

My friend Bapter did a BoardGameArena showdown with a friend and it looked like a lot of fun! Turns out, I’m not the only one who thought so! We all joined a group chat on the ‘gram and we’ve been organizing some head to head competition to see who will be the last meeple standing! Or, in the case of achunkeemunkee and I, best 2 out of 3 (we’ve been going through our 10 games pretty quick…