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Board Game Review: Wonder Woman Challenge of the Amazons, a cooperative programmed movement game set in the DC universe

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At this point, if I see "game by Prospero Hall" on a board game box I know I'm in for something good. Wonder Woman Challenge of the Amazons, a cooperative Wonder Woman board game from Ravensburger, is no exception to this rule. 

In this programmed movement board game, players take on the role of Amazons from Themyscira teaming up to protect the island from threats including Ares, Circe and The Cheetah.
Each of these threats poses a different challenge, brilliantly using the same game components to provide a different game experience. [ READ MORE ]

Game Review: Roguebook a digital deck-building roguelike from Magic the Gathering designer Richard Garfield

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As soon as I read the first press release for Roguebook, a digital game with strong tabletop roots, that stated that Richard Garfield was working on a digital deck-building game I jumped at the chance to check it out. 

Roguebook is a PC game and App (soon coming to consoles as well) that is a digital deck-building game. It's a roguelike, a style of game where you play through the game multiple times improving slightly after each play and hopefully delving deeper into the dungeon each time. [ READ MORE ]

Board Game Expansion Review: What does Creepy Cellar add to Ghost Fightin’ Treasure Hunters?

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In my opinion, the best kids board game of all time is Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters!, a very thematic cooperative board game. Back in 2018, Mattel put out an expansion for this great cooperative kids game called Creepy Cellar. I finally got a chance to try this expansion out.

Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters! Creepy Cellar adds a number of new things to the kids game Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters! including a new cellar board, cursed treasures, secret passages, jinxed items and the undefeatable Ghost King. [ READ MORE ]

Harry Potter House Cup Competition Review, A gateway worker placement game set in the Wizarding World

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My kids are big Harry Potter fans and when I  heard that The Op was putting out a gateway worker-placement board game with a Harry Potter theme I jumped at a chance to check it out.

Harry Potter House Cup Competion is just that, a light, intro-level, family friendly worker-placement boardgame where players representing each of the four Hogwarts houses face off by completing challenges in order to win the House Cup. [ READ MORE ]

Funfair Review, a quick family weight board game about building a theme park (the less cutthroat update to Unfair)

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Funfair is a theme park building board game for two to four players that plays very quickly but has a surprising amount of depth for such a short card-driven game.

Funfair is an update to the popular hobby board game Unfair. It has been tweaked to be easier to learn, easier to play and less cutthroat. In this way Funfair is a great gateway game and a great introduction to the Unfair line of game products.  [ READ MORE ]

Hall of Heroes Expansion for Raiders of the North Sea, Adding New Rules and a Higher Player Count for this Viking themed Board Game

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Hall of Heroes is the first expansion for the Viking themed board game Raiders of the North Sea. Note you do need a copy of Raiders of the North Sea from Renegade Game Studios to use this boardgame expansion. 

This board game expansion allows you to play Raiders of the North Sea with a fifth player as well as adding a new mead hall board, player boards for all player counts, a new quest and reputation system and a number of new townsfolk cards. [ READ MORE ]

Board Game Review: Robotech Crisis Point, a two player Robotech Masters era card game.

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Robotech Crisis point is the second Robotech board game from SolarFlare Games. It is a follow up to Robotech Force of Arms and expands on the system presented in that two-player Robotech card game.

Crisis Point is also a two-player only competitive card game. It is set during the Robotech Masters era and pits the Army of the Southern Cross against the Robotech Masters. [ READ MORE ]

Board Game Review: Robotech Force of Arms, a two player card game set during the Macross era of Robotech

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As a huge fan of Robotech, I was very excited to see a number of new Robotech board games released in the last few years. These new Robotech games include Robotech Force of Arms, a Robotech themed card game from Solar Flare Games.

Robotech Force of Arms is a two-player only, competitive card game set during the Macross saga. It recreates a space battle between the invading Zentradi and the Robotech Defense Force. [ READ MORE ]

Board Game Review: Back to the Future Dice Through Time a cooperative dice game for up to four players

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It's so great to see so many properties from my childhood getting the strategy board game treatment. Back to the Future Dice Through Time is a great example of a modern hobby board game based on a pop culture licence that's actually good.

I'm so glad we now live in a time when licenced board games are actually worth playing. I'm also impressed to find a new and interesting way to represent time travel in a board game. [ READ MORE ]