A surprise little game that I was asked to check out recently is Il Vecchio.At it’s heart, Il Vecchio is a worker placement game. Each player starts with four workers on the board, and the goal is to get victory points (“build up your family’s in…
An insanely popular game right now is Terra Mystica. So, when I was offered an opportunity to try it out, I gladly accepted.In Terra Mystica, each player represents a fantasy race that is attempting to expand. Unfortunately, only one habitat is …
Since I really enjoy Living Card Games (or LCGs), for today’s review, I tracked down a copy of Call of Cthulhu: The (Living) Card Game. And, for the purposes of this review, I will be writing about the game system, but will also be focusing on th…
Sometimes you only have one friend. (Hey, it’s better than not having any, right?) Regardless of whether you are looking to play a game with your significant other, your best friend, or some person that you just met, there is a time and a p…
One of my friend’s favorite co-operative games is Ghost Stories; so I took the opportunity to play it.In Ghost Stories, you take on the role of a Taoist priest that is fighting (along with three other priests) to excise Wu Feng from the world. Un…
A game that sat on my shelf for a long time before finally getting to the table is Lord of the Rings: The Duel.In Lord of the Rings: The Duel, players relive the duel between Gandalf and the Balrog. And, since they don’t want to be dueling foreve…
One game that I’ve been hearing about for a while now is Village.In Village you’re doing….. something… in order to gain the most victory points. Specifically, you are trying to make your family rich and famous and whatnot. In order to d…
A little while back, I ranked my top ten abstract games. After I made that post, you all (my readers) suggested a few more that I should try. Notably, Quarto and Arimaa. Well, I listened and traded for a copy of each of them. And, though Arimaa is …
A great game that I got to learn at a friend’s house is In the Year Of The Dragon (or “the game where all of your people die, but you might win anyway.”)In the Year of the Dragon is played over a series of 12 rounds (months). In each round, you g…
So, after Essen last year, it seemed like everyone was talking about the little game Love Letter. And, since I often succumb to peer pressure when it comes to trying the new, “hot” game, I decided to give it a whirl.In Love Letter, you start with a ca…
So, after letting it sit in my closet much longer than intended, I finally got in some plays for Omen: A Reign of War. (BoardGameGeek link – it’s apparently not on Amazon.)In Omen, the players are in the midst of a mythological war that seems to be set…
Are you looking for an awful game that you can buy to get free shipping? Well, then lucky for you, I’m going to talk to you about Anachronism! (To be fair, I bought this game at full price when it came out originally, and then I bought it a…
I would like to thank Donald Dennis for sharing this article. Donald is a librarian, small press game publisher, and the producer of the On Board Games Podcast. In his widely varied career he’s worked two table top game companies (Iron Crown Enterpr…
For my wife, there are two seasons – baseball season and the off-season. And, since she’s busy watching baseball during baseball season, the off-season is a good time to try to get her to play games – like Harry’s Grand Slam Baseball.In Harry’s G…
A deceptively simple game that I’ve been playing recently is Timeline.The premise of Timeline is very simple – you are supposed to place events (or inventions, discoveries, etc, based on which set you are using) in their correct order in the timeline.&…