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Board Game Review: Super Cats from The Op, An Evolution of Rock Paper Scissors with Awesome Artwork

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When I first unboxed Super Cats, a three to six player filler card game from The Op, I was totally confused.

In the box for Super Cats pretty much all you will find are cards with art on them. There are no numbers, no mechanics, nothing but the art of cats and super-powered cats and a huge robot dog. I had to read the rules to discover that these cards are all that this dead simple rock-paper-scissors based game needs to be fun. [ READ MORE ]

Board Game (P)review – Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria a new Dice Driven Game in the Valeria Series

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Thanks to Daily Magic Games I got a chance to check out a prototype of their latest Valeria game, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria. This dice driven, engine building, worker placement board game is due to hit Kickstarter in early July.

Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria is the fifth game in the Valeria series of games from Daily Magic Games. However, in Shadow Kingdoms, you are playing the monsters raiding the kingdoms of Valeria. Yes, this time they've swapped things around by having the players play the bad guys.  [ READ MORE ]

Board Game Review – The Alpha a wolf pack themed hobby board game from Bicycle Cards

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I have to admit I was a bit shocked when I got an email from Bicycle Cards about reviewing a couple of hobby board games. I didn't know that the largest card game company in the world is now trying to break into the board game market. This is a look at one of their two new light strategy games, The Alpha.

In The Alpha, three to six players take on the role of a wolf pack and have to compete for limited food resources. Packs battle for dominance and food using a prisoner's dilemma mechanic, but that's only after a successful chase. Sometimes a hunt turns up nothing. [ READ MORE ]

Back to the Borg: A Return to the Star Trek Deck Building Game – Re-Review

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With our regular game nights currently on hold, it's been difficult for me to get new games to the table. Due to this, this week I'm going to take a look at and update another classic game review. This time it's a review of The Star Trek Deck Building Game from Bandai. 

I originally checked out The Next Generation Next Phase Edition of the Star Trek Deck-Building game back in June of 2013. 
Below you will find the text from this original Star Trek card game review,  with only very minor editing. I want to keep the feel and tone of the original post. I will, at times, insert comments or corrections, and you will find these in [square brackets]. I have also included the original pictures. After the original post, you can find my current thoughts on the game. [ READ MORE ]

Review of Clans of Caledonia an Economic Board Game set in 19th-Century Scotland

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Clans of Caledonia: A Game about Whisky, Trade and Glory. This was the title of the Kickstarter for Clans of Caledonia the board game and I've got to say that name caught my interest right away. 

In this economic strategy game for 1 to 4 players, you take on the role of one of many Scottish Clans in 19th-Century Scotland and work to improve Scotland through trade and export.  [ READ MORE ]

Review of The Fox in the Forest Duet, a cooperative trick taking card game for two players

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Sometimes you only have two players, you want to play a board game together and you really want to play together on the same team. That is where a two-player cooperative board game like The Fox in the Forest Duet really shines.

The Fox in the Forest Duet is not to be confused with just The Fox in the Forest, which is also a two-player trick-taking card game with a fairy tale theme. We're talking about the Duet version of this card game, the big difference being that The Fox in the Forest Duet is cooperative. [ READ MORE ]

Review of The Fox in the Forest, a trick taking card game for two players.

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Some of the most popular tabletop games in the world are trick-taking cards games. Games like Euchre, Poker, Hearts and Spades. The Fox in the Forest is a modern trick-taking card game that is designed to be played with only two people.

I know what you are thinking, and it's exactly what I thought when I first heard about The Fox in the Forest and that's, "But how can trick-taking work and be fun with only two players?" Well, let's find out. [ READ MORE ]

Review of Pulsar 2849 – A Dice Driven Sci-Fi Engine Builder from CGE

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As a long time gamer, I have a love/hate relationship with dice. I'm always happy when I find a dice driven game that works well and Pulsar 2849 is one of the best dice based board games I've played. It's also one of the most stingy action selection games ever.

In Pulsar your use your dice to explore the stars, claim pulsars, discover technologies and build an energy-distribution infrastructure on a cosmic scale.  [ READ MORE ]